*kaŋ

FATHER / GRANDFATHER / HONORIFIC

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handlekaŋinitialkrhymeaŋcoverK · N

Connections

HPTB*kaŋ ‘father / grandfather’p. 302

Chinese comparandum

公 OC *kung, GSR #1173a-f; B & S 2011: *C.qˁoŋ; Mand. gōng.
翁 OC (*ʔung), GSR (not in #1173) ‘old man’; Schuessler 2007:515 *ʔôŋ; B & S 2011: (*qˁoŋ); Mand. wēng.

Reflexes & cognates17 reflexes · 5 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmankaŋ ‘father / grandfather’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 595

*Tibeto-Burmankɑŋ=k[ɑ,ɑː]ŋ ‘father / grandfather (vocative) (honorific)’Chou 72: 1173a-f

4Nungic5

Trung [Dulong]aprefix-kaŋ ‘grandfather’Benedict 72 STC: 190n488

Trung [Dulong]ɑprefix-kɑŋ ‘father / grandfather (vocative) (honorific)’Chou 72: 1173a-f

Trung [Dulong]ɑ³¹prefixkɑŋ⁵³ ‘grandfather’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 317.46

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)ɑ³¹prefixkhɑŋ⁵³ ‘grandfather’Sun H 82 Dul

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)ɑ³¹prefixkhɑŋ⁵³ ‘maternal grandfather’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1.1Burmish9

Burmese (Written)khaŋ-bhyamorpheme ‘sir, madam’The second syllable of this WB form has a variant bhyâ.Benedict 72 STC: 190n488

Burmese (Written)khaŋ-pwàn#198 PTB *pʷa-n ⪤ *bʷa-n ‘GRANDMOTHER’PLB *bwa ‘GRANDMOTHER’ ‘spouse’Benedict 72 STC: 100n284

Burmese (Written)khaŋ-pwàn#198 PTB *pʷa-n ⪤ *bʷa-n ‘GRANDMOTHER’PLB *bwa ‘GRANDMOTHER’ ‘spouse’Benedict 72 STC: 190n488

Burmese (Written)khɑŋ-bhyɑmorpheme ‘sir / madam’Chou 72: 1173a-f

Burmese (Written)khɑŋ-pwɑ̀n#198 PTB *pʷa-n ⪤ *bʷa-n ‘GRANDMOTHER’PLB *bwa ‘GRANDMOTHER’ ‘spouse’Chou 72: 1173a-f

Burmese (Written)mímorpheme-khaŋ ‘mother’Benedict 72 STC: 190n488

Burmese (Written)mimorpheme-khɑŋ ‘mother’Chou 72: 1173a-f

Burmese (Written)phámorpheme-khaŋ ‘father’Benedict 72 STC: 190n488

Burmese (Written)phɑ́morpheme-khɑŋ ‘father’Chou 72: 1173a-f

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)kung/kung ‘father, prince’Karlgren 57 GSR: 1173a-f

Chinese (Old)kuŋ ‘father / grandfather (vocative) (honorific)’Chou 72: 1173a-f

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Chinese (Mandarin)kung ‘father, prince’Karlgren 57 GSR: 1173a-f

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2293, *kaŋ ‘FATHER / GRANDFATHER / HONORIFIC’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2293

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

References: cf. STC p.100, HPTB p.302

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2293,
  title  = {{*kaŋ 'FATHER / GRANDFATHER / HONORIFIC'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2293},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2293}
}