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STEDT #2270

*hwaŋ

ENCIRCLE / CIRCULAR / FENCE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlehwaŋinitialhwrhymeaŋcoverH · N

Connections

HPTB*hwaŋ ‘encircle / fence’p. 269

Reflexes & cognates52 reflexes · 14 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanhwaŋ ‘encircle / fence’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 593
*Tibeto-Burmanhwaŋ ‘encircle / fence / circular’Benedict 72 STC: 217

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lushai [Mizo]huaŋ ‘yard, enclosure’Benedict 72 STC: 217

1.7.3.1Jingpho7

Jingphošəprefix◦wāŋ ‘inclose, shut in’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 246
Jingphośəprefix◦waŋ ‘shut in, fence in’Benedict 72 STC: 217
Jingphowàn be v.‘in a circle, be coiled’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 248
Jingphowāŋ ‘surround; a circle’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 246
Jingphowaŋ ‘surround, encircle; circle, enclosure, compound’Benedict 72 STC: 217
Jingphowaŋ³³ ‘surround’Liu 84
Jingphowaŋ³³ ‘surround’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 687.47

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Sakwáŋ ‘garden’Huziwara 08 Sak: 96a

2.3Kiranti1

*Kirantiwaŋ-waŋ ‘circular’Benedict 72 STC: 217

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti2

Balaliwaŋ-waŋ ‘circular’Benedict 72 STC: 217
Lohorongweŋ-weŋ ‘circular’Benedict 72 STC: 217

4Nungic3

Anongwaŋ ‘surround’Benedict 72 STC: 217
Nungxuɑŋ⁵³ v.‘circle / hover / wheel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1543.21
Anongxuɑ⁵⁵u³¹morpheme ‘surround’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 687.44

6.1.1Burmish15

Achang (Lianghe)wɛ³¹ ‘surround’Dai 85 AcJZ
Burmese (Rangoon)wɑ̃i⁵⁵ ‘circle / circular’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0990.27
Burmese (Rangoon)wɛ⁵⁵ v.‘circle / hover / wheel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1543.27
Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)wɑĩ⁵⁵jɑ̃²²morpheme ‘surround’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 687.40
Burmese (Written)waŋ ‘fence, enclosure’Matisoff 83 TIL: 75
Burmese (Written)wâŋ ‘enclosing fence’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 246
Burmese (Written)wâŋ ‘fence made of wrought materials’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)wàŋ ‘fence made of wrought materials, forming an enclosure’Benedict 72 STC: 217
Burmese (Written)woŋ³rɑṁ²morpheme ‘surround’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 687.39
Burmese (Written)wûiŋ ‘do by joint effort; surround; circle of people’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)əprefix-wûiŋ ‘circle, anything round’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2Loloish1

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish12

Gazhuovɤ³³ ‘circle / circular’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0990.47
Yi (Liangshan)vo³³lɯ³³morphemegu²¹morpheme ‘circular’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Mile)vɛ̱²¹zi²¹morpheme ‘surround’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 687.25
Yi (Mile)ᴀ³³prefixvɛ³³mo³³morpheme ‘round’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 807.25
Yi (Nanhua)vɑ³³ ‘circle / circular’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0990.37
Yi (Weishan)a⁵⁵prefixli⁵⁵morphemevɑ³³ ‘circle / circular’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0990.36
Yi (Weishan)vɑ³³ v.‘circle / hover / wheel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1543.36
Yi (Wuding)vɒ³³ v.‘circle / hover / wheel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1543.38
Yi (Wuding)vɚ¹¹ ‘circle / circular’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0990.38
Yi (Xide)vo³³ v.‘circle / hover / wheel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1543.35
Yi (Xide)vo³³lɯ³³morphemegu²¹morpheme ‘circle / circular’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0990.35

6.1.2.2Central Loloish5

Jinuovə³¹lɯ⁴⁴morpheme v.‘turn (round and round)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1808.44
Lahu (Lancang)u³⁵ ‘circle / circular’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0990.43
Lahu (Lancang)vɔ³³lɔ³³morpheme v.‘turn (round and round)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1808.43
Yi (Sani)vɑ⁴⁴ v.‘circle / hover / wheel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1543.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Mpiwuŋ² ‘circle / classifier for circles’Srinuan 76

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish2

Azhavɛ³³ ‘round’Pelkey 11 Phula: 941
Pholavɛ⁵⁵ ‘round’Pelkey 11 Phula: 941

6.2Naxi3

Naxi (Yongning)uə³¹uə¹³ ‘surround / encircle’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 687.29
Naxiuə⁵⁵uə³³ ‘circle / circular’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0990.45

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2270, *hwaŋ ‘ENCIRCLE / CIRCULAR / FENCE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2270
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#217, HPTB p.269
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2270,
  title  = {{*hwaŋ 'ENCIRCLE / CIRCULAR / FENCE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2270},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2270}
}