*hwa(n/t)

SHINE / LIGHT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

Allofams

HPTB*hwa-t ‘light / brightness / shine’pp. 334, 429, 444, 463

HPTB*hwan/t ‘shine / bright / light’p. 429

Reflexes & cognates19 reflexes · 12 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmanhwa-t ‘light / brightness / shine’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 593

*Tibeto-Burmanhwa-t ‘yellow / golden / radiant’Matisoff 83 TIL: 64

*Tibeto-Burmanhwa-t ‘light, shine’Benedict 72 STC: 221

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani3

Damuwat ‘glimmer’Sun J 93 Tani

Milangaprefix◦un ‘light’Tayeng 76 Mil

Milangaprefix◦un-ɲimorpheme ‘bright’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Thadowat ‘shine’Benedict 72 STC: 221

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)2

Lotha Nagawon v‘shine’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtamaprefix◦vi◦samorpheme n‘light (bright)’Marrison 67 Naga

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti3

Limbuhaːnd- v.‘light (e.g. lamp, cigarette)’Michailovsky 89 Lm

Limbuoːts- (ottshu) ‘<light,burn> to cause to shine brightly’Driem 88? LimA

Limbuoːtt- ‘<burn> to give light, to shine (of sun, lamp, firefly)’Driem 88? LimA

2.3.3Central Kiranti1

Dumihɨt◦nɨmorpheme ‘burn (+ inedible, e.g. sɨ "firewood")’Driem 93 Dumi

6.1.1Burmish1

Burmese (Written)ne#85 PTB *s-nəy ‘SUN / DAY / DWELL’PTani *ñi ‘SUN’PKC *nii ‘DAY / SUN’PCN *nəj ‘SUN / DAY’PLB *ʔnəy¹/³ ‘SUN / DAY’PKar *nejᴬ ‘DAY’-at ‘sunlight’Benedict 72 STC: 221

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2271, *hwa(n/t) ‘SHINE / LIGHT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2271

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: STC#221

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2271,
  title  = {{*hwa(n/t) 'SHINE / LIGHT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2271},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2271}
}