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STEDT #2355

*m-kul

TWENTY / ALL

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*kul ‘TWENTY’PKC #320
Central Naga (Ao Group)*mu-kju ‘TWENTY’PCN #083
Tangkhulic*kul ‘TWENTY’DRM#508

Connections

HPTB*m-kul ‘twenty / all’pp. 24, 119, 384, 385, 388, 414, 416, 425
See also#3572

Notes

STC originally set up two separate roots: *kun ALL (#10) and *m-kul TWENTY (#397). However, the discovery of the Karbi pair koi ‘all’ / iŋ-koi ‘twenty’ made it clear that a single etymon is involved, with an original meaning like “such a large number that one has to use all the fingers and toes to count up to it.”

This root may also be connected semantically with #201 PTB *m-kal ⪤ *s-gal BACK (lower) / KIDNEY / LOAD / CARRY.

Chinese comparandum

OC *g’i̯wən, GSR #459d-e ‘flock, group; all’; Schuessler 2007:438 *gun; B & S 2011: *ɡur {[ɡ]ur}; Mand. qún.
OC *kwən, GSR #417a-b ‘swarm (insects)’; Schuessler 2007:438 *kûn; B & S 2011: *kˁun {kˁu[n]}; Mand. kūn.

Reflexes & cognates136 reflexes · 21 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)6

*Tibeto-Burman(m-)kul ‘twenty (unit)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 753
*Tibeto-Burmankun ‘used up, all’Benedict 72 STC: 10
*Tibeto-Burmanm-kul ‘twenty / all’Mortensen 12 Tk
*Tibeto-Burmanm-kul ‘twenty / all’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 597
*Tibeto-Burmanm-kul ‘twenty, all’Benedict 72 STC: 397

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinkul ‘TWENTY’VanBik 09 PKC: 320

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Siyinkul ‘twenty, all’Benedict 72 STC: 397

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin10

Ashogoˊˊ ‘twenty’VanBik 09 PKC: 320
Asho ‘twenty’Weidert 87 TBTo: 753
Ashogó̵ ‘twenty’Weidert 87 TBTo: 753
Matupḁmorphemekul ‘twenty’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 219
Mkaangpḁmorphemekuⁱ ‘twenty’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 219

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)kulkwe ‘twenty, all’Benedict 72 STC: 397

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]pamorpheme- ‘twenty’VanBik 09 PKC: 320

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)13

Ao (Chungli)mə²tsə² num.‘twenty’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.083
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)mükyi-#2436 PTB *ma ‘(NEGATIVE)’PCN *maʔ ‘NO (REFUSAL)’penmorpheme-teprefixni#2505 PTB *s-ni-s ‘SEVEN’PTani *kV-nɯt ‘SEVEN’PKC *sa-riʔ ‘SEVEN’PCN *th-ni(t) ‘SEVEN’PTk *ni ‘SEVEN’PNN *C̬-nit ‘SEVEN’TGTM *ᴮʰnis ‘SEVEN’PLB *ʔ-nit ⪤ *ši² ‘SEVEN’PL *C-ʃi(k)²/ᴸ ‘SEVEN’PKar *hnət / hnwi-t ‘SEVEN’PKar *Ɂnweᴬ, Ɂnwetᴰ ‘SEVEN’ ‘seventeen’This is an excellent example of the original “overcounting” numeral system of Mongsen Ao (cf. Coupe 2007, Clark 1893). The individual morphemes are are as follows: ‘twenty-NEG-be.complete-seven’, i.e. “the seven before the twenty”.Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)məki-kimorpheme ‘twenty each’Coupe 07 Ao: 276
Lotha Nagamju¹kjuʔ¹ num.‘twenty’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.083
Lotha Naga¹mi¹gü ‘twenty’Weidert 87 TBTo: 753
Sangtammükyü ‘twenty’Kumar 73 Sang
Yimchungrü²mu²gu [²] ‘twenty’Weidert 87 TBTo: 753

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Zeme¹n¹kai ‘twenty’Weidert 87 TBTo: 753

1.3.4Tangkhulic7

Huishumorpheme-kɐn ‘twenty / score’Mortensen 12 Tk: Numbers.014
Kachaimorpheme-kwi ‘twenty’Mortensen 12 Tk: Numbers.014
Tangkhul ‘twenty’Bhat 69 TNV: 99
Tangkhul¹mə¹kə ‘twenty’Weidert 87 TBTo: 753
Tusommorpheme-ku-hemorpheme ‘twenty’Mortensen 12 Tk: Numbers.014
Ukhrulmorpheme-ku ‘twenty’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.4Meithei2

Meitheikul ‘score (twenty)’Benedict 72 STC: 7n23

1.5Mikir [Karbi]4

Mikir [Karbi]prefix-kol >x prefix-koi ‘score (twenty)’Benedict 72 STC: 7n23
Mikir [Karbi]prefixkòi ‘twenty’Weidert 87 TBTo: 753
Mikir [Karbi]prefixkolprefixkoi ‘twenty, all’Benedict 72 STC: 397
Mikir [Karbi]koi ‘all (iŋkoi=20 < iŋkol)’Benedict 72 STC: 18n64

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Dimasakhon ‘twenty, all’Benedict 72 STC: 397
Kokborokkru ‘twenty’Tripuri 88

1.7.1.2Garo4

Garokholkhal ‘twenty, all’Benedict 72 STC: 397
Garokol ‘score (twenty)’Benedict 72 STC: 7n23
Garokolgrik ‘twenty’Weidert 87 TBTo: 753

1.7.1.3Koch5

Atongkhol num‘twenty’van Breugel 08 Atong
Atongkhole num‘twenty (only used in compound numerals)’van Breugel 08 Atong
Atongkholchang num‘twenty, used only in compound numerals’van Breugel 08 Atong
Atongkholgryk num‘twenty (loan from Garo, used frequently)’van Breugel 08 Atong
Atongkholgyk num‘twenty (used infrequently)’van Breugel 08 Atong

1.7.3.1Jingpho8

Jingphokhun ‘twenty, all’Benedict 72 STC: 397
Jingphokhun < khul ‘score (twenty)’Benedict 72 STC: 7n23
Jingphokhun³³ ‘twenty’Liu 84
Jingphokhun³³ num‘twenty’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0816.19
Jingphokhun³³ ‘twenty’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 930.47
Jingphokhun³³lă⁵ŋai³¹ ‘twenty one’Liu 84
Jingphokhun⁵⁵lă⁵⁵ŋai⁵¹ ‘twenty-one’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 931.47
Jingpho²khun ‘twenty’Weidert 87 TBTo: 753

2.1.2Bodic17

Tsangla (Central)khai-thur ‘twenty’Andvik 93: 162
Tsangla (Motuo)khai thor daŋ thor ‘twenty-one’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 931.7
Tsangla (Motuo)kʻai⁵⁵tʻor⁵⁵ ‘twenty’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tsangla (Tilang)khei-thur ‘twenty’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tshona (Wenlang)khɑ⁵⁵li⁵⁵ ‘twenty’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Wenlang)khɑ⁵⁵li⁵⁵thi⁵⁵ ‘twenty one’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)khᴀ⁵⁵li⁵³ ‘twenty’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 930.6
Tshona (Mama)khᴀ⁵⁵li⁵³theʔ⁵³ ‘twenty-one’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 931.6
Tashigangkhethur ‘twenty’Weidert 87 TBTo: 753
Cuona Menbakha⁵⁵li⁵³ num‘twenty’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0816.06

2.1.2.1Tibetan27

Tibetan (Jirel)khāl-jyik-tāngq 'nyiq ‘twenty-two’Hale 73 CSD: 09.12
Tibetan (Sherpa)'khal-gemorpheme ‘eighty’Hale 73 CSD: 09.20
Sherpakhāl- ‘twenty’Weidert 87 TBTo: 753
Tibetan (Sherpa)khal-čithambāqmorpheme ‘hundred’Hale 73 CSD: 09.24
Tibetan (Sherpa)khal-čurkhumorpheme ‘hundred and ninety’Hale 73 CSD: 09.27
Tibetan (Sherpa)khal-dinmorpheme ‘seventy’Hale 73 CSD: 09.19
Tibetan (Sherpa)khal-ǰimorpheme ‘forty’Hale 73 CSD: 09.16
Tibetan (Sherpa)khal-ǰik 'tangq čurkhu ‘thirty-nine’Hale 73 CSD: 09.15

2.1.4Tamangish19

Tamang (Sahu)khāl 'ki:h ‘twenty’Hale 73 CSD: 09.11
Tamang (Sahu)khāl 'ki:h syi 'ku ‘twenty-nine’Hale 73 CSD: 09.13
Tamang (Sahu)khāl 'ki:h syi 'unnāis ‘thirty-nine’Hale 73 CSD: 09.15
Tamang (Sahu)khāl 'kumorpheme syimorpheme 'cimorpheme ‘hundred and ninety’Hale 73 CSD: 09.27
Tamang (Sahu)khāl 'Tu:hmorpheme syimorpheme 'cimorpheme ‘hundred and thirty’Hale 73 CSD: 09.26
Tamang (Sahu)khāl ci ‘hundred, two’Hale 73 CSD: 09.28
Tamang (Sahu)khāl ngāhmorpheme ‘hundred’Hale 73 CSD: 09.24
Tamang (Sahu)khal-'giːʱ ‘twenty’Weidert 87 TBTo: 753
Tamang (Sahu)kʰal 'kiːh ‘twenty’Taylor 72 TmVo: 9.11
Tamang (Sahu)kʰal 'kiːh syi 'ku ‘twenty-nine’Taylor 72 TmVo: 9.13
Tamang (Sahu)kʰal 'kiːh syi unnais ‘thirty-nine’Taylor 72 TmVo: 9.15
Tamang (Sahu)kʰal 'kumorpheme syimorpheme 'cimorpheme ‘hundred and ninety / 190’Taylor 72 TmVo: 9.27
Tamang (Sahu)kʰal 'Tuːhmorpheme syimorpheme 'cimorpheme ‘hundred and thirty / 130’Taylor 72 TmVo: 9.26
Tamang (Sahu)kʰal ci ‘two hundred’Taylor 72 TmVo: 9.28
Tamang (Sahu)kʰal ŋahmorpheme ‘hundred’Taylor 72 TmVo: 9.24

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Kulungkha‘twenty, score’Rai 75 Kul

6.1.1Burmish5

Achang (Lianghe)kɯŋ⁵⁵kɯŋ⁵⁵ ‘all / even’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Luxi)kəŋ⁵⁵kəŋ⁵¹ ‘all / even’Dai 85 AcJZ
Burmese (Written)kun v.‘come to an end, be used up’Benedict 72 STC: 10
Burmese (Written)əprefix-kun ‘all; the whole’Benedict 76 WBur

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2355, *m-kul ‘TWENTY / ALL’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2355
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB pp. 24, 119,278, 384, 385, 388, 414, 416, 425, STC#010, #397
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2355,
  title  = {{*m-kul 'TWENTY / ALL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2355},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2355}
}