STEDT #2355
*m-kul
TWENTY / ALL
Reconstruction analysis
handlem-kuprefixminitial)krhymeulcoverK · L
Intermediate reconstructions
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
羣 OC *g’i̯wən, GSR #459d-e ‘flock, group; all’; Schuessler 2007:438 *gun; B & S 2011: *ɡur {[ɡ]ur}; Mand. qún.
昆 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
1.2Kuki-Chin1
1.2.1.1Northern Chin1
1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin10
1.2.2Central Chin2
1.2.3Maraic1
1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)13
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)mükyi-mü#2436 PTB *ma ‘(NEGATIVE)’PCN *maʔ ‘NO (REFUSAL)’◦penmorpheme-teprefix◦ni#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: Longchang)mükyi◦mü#2436 PTB *ma ‘(NEGATIVE)’PCN *maʔ ‘NO (REFUSAL)’◦penmorpheme◦tsit#2259 PTB *b-r-gyat ⪤ *b-g-ryat ‘EIGHT’PKC *riat ‘EIGHT’PTk *ʃɐt ‘EIGHT’PLB *ʔ-ritᴸ ‘EIGHT’PL *C-yetᴸ ‘EIGHT’PKar *khrɔtᴰ/grɔtᴰ ‘EIGHT’ ‘eighteen’Marrison 67 Naga
Sangtammükyü-pümorpheme-aprefix◦nyü#2504 PTB *g/s-ni-s ‘TWO’PTani *pri-ñi ‘EIGHT’PKC *niʔ ⪤ *hniʔ ‘TWO’PCN *a-ni(t) ‘TWO’PTk *ni ‘TWO’PBG *ni ‘TWO’PNN *ʔ-ni ‘TWO’TGTM *ᴮniː ‘TWO’PLB *ʔ-nit ⪤ *ni² ‘TWO’PL *s-ni(k)²/ᴸ| ‘TWO’PKar *k-hnejᴬ ‘TWO’ ‘twenty two’Kumar 73 Sang
Sangtammükyü-pümorpheme◦khü#2301 PTB *kat ‘ONE’PKC *khat ⪤ *ʔat ⪤ *hat ‘ONE’PCN *khaj ‘ONE’◦tumorpheme ‘twenty-one’Kumar 73 Sang
1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group9
Angami (Khonoma)meku◦pommorpheme◦theprefix◦na#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’Marrison 67 Naga
1.3.3Zeme Group1
1.3.4Tangkhulic7
1.4Meithei2
1.5Mikir [Karbi]4
1.7.1.1Bodo2
1.7.1.2Garo4
1.7.1.3Koch5
1.7.3.1Jingpho8
2.1.2Bodic17
Kaikeli#2409 PTB *b-ləy ‘FOUR’PTani *pri ‘FOUR’PTani *pri-ñi ‘EIGHT’PKC *lii ‘FOUR’PCN *phV-ləj ‘FOUR’PTk *ti ‘FOUR’PBG *brəi ‘FOUR’PNN *bə ləy ‘FOUR’TGTM *ᴮbli ‘FOUR’PLB *b/ʔ-ləy² ‘FOUR’PL *b-le² ‘FOUR’PKar *lwi-t ‘FOUR’◦thal ‘eighty’Hale 73 CSD: 09.20
Kaikenghe#2504 PTB *g/s-ni-s ‘TWO’PTani *pri-ñi ‘EIGHT’PKC *niʔ ⪤ *hniʔ ‘TWO’PCN *a-ni(t) ‘TWO’PTk *ni ‘TWO’PBG *ni ‘TWO’PNN *ʔ-ni ‘TWO’TGTM *ᴮniː ‘TWO’PLB *ʔ-nit ⪤ *ni² ‘TWO’PL *s-ni(k)²/ᴸ| ‘TWO’PKar *k-hnejᴬ ‘TWO’ thāl ‘forty’Hale 73 CSD: 09.16
Tsangla (Motuo)khai sam#2666 PTB *g-sum ‘THREE’PTani *ɦum ‘THREE’PKC *thum ‘THREE’PCN *a-sam ‘THREE’PTk *tʰum ‘THREE’PBG *ta'm ‘THREE’PNN *C̬-sum ‘THREE’TGTM *ᴮsom ‘THREE’PLB *sum² ‘THREE’PL *C-sum² ‘THREE’PKar *səmᴬ ‘THREE’ ‘sixty’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 935.7
Tshona (Mama)chɛʔ⁵³pli⁵³#2409 PTB *b-ləy ‘FOUR’PTani *pri ‘FOUR’PTani *pri-ñi ‘EIGHT’PKC *lii ‘FOUR’PCN *phV-ləj ‘FOUR’PTk *ti ‘FOUR’PBG *brəi ‘FOUR’PNN *bə ləy ‘FOUR’TGTM *ᴮbli ‘FOUR’PLB *b/ʔ-ləy² ‘FOUR’PL *b-le² ‘FOUR’PKar *lwi-t ‘FOUR’ ‘eighty’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 937.6
Tshona (Mama)chɛʔ⁵³pli⁵³#2409 PTB *b-ləy ‘FOUR’PTani *pri ‘FOUR’PTani *pri-ñi ‘EIGHT’PKC *lii ‘FOUR’PCN *phV-ləj ‘FOUR’PTk *ti ‘FOUR’PBG *brəi ‘FOUR’PNN *bə ləy ‘FOUR’TGTM *ᴮbli ‘FOUR’PLB *b/ʔ-ləy² ‘FOUR’PL *b-le² ‘FOUR’PKar *lwi-t ‘FOUR’tɕi⁵³#2748 PTB *ts(y)i(y) ⪤ *tsyay ‘TEN’TGTM *ᴮtsjui ‘TEN’PLB *tsay¹ ‘TEN’PL *tsay¹ ‘TEN’PKar *chejᴬ ‘TEN’ ‘ninety’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 938.6
2.1.2.1Tibetan27
Tibetan (Jirel)khāl-jyikmorpheme-tāngqmorpheme 'gu#2364 PTB *d/s-kəw ‘NINE’PKC *kua ‘NINE’PCN *t-ku ‘NINE’PTk *ko ‘NINE’TGTM *ᴮku(ː) ‘NINE’PLB *gəw² ‘NINE’PKar *khwiᴬ ‘NINE’ ‘twenty-nine’Hale 73 CSD: 09.13
Tibetan (Jirel)khal-jyikmorpheme-tangqmorpheme cyurmorpheme◦guq#2364 PTB *d/s-kəw ‘NINE’PKC *kua ‘NINE’PCN *t-ku ‘NINE’PTk *ko ‘NINE’TGTM *ᴮku(ː) ‘NINE’PLB *gəw² ‘NINE’PKar *khwiᴬ ‘NINE’ ‘thirty-nine’Hale 73 CSD: 09.15
Tibetan (Sherpa)khal-čithambāqmorpheme 'tangqmorpheme n#2504 PTB *g/s-ni-s ‘TWO’PTani *pri-ñi ‘EIGHT’PKC *niʔ ⪤ *hniʔ ‘TWO’PCN *a-ni(t) ‘TWO’PTk *ni ‘TWO’PBG *ni ‘TWO’PNN *ʔ-ni ‘TWO’TGTM *ᴮniː ‘TWO’PLB *ʔ-nit ⪤ *ni² ‘TWO’PL *s-ni(k)²/ᴸ| ‘TWO’PKar *k-hnejᴬ ‘TWO’ ‘hundred and two’Hale 73 CSD: 09.25
Tibetan (Sherpa)khal-čupmorpheme◦sum#2666 PTB *g-sum ‘THREE’PTani *ɦum ‘THREE’PKC *thum ‘THREE’PCN *a-sam ‘THREE’PTk *tʰum ‘THREE’PBG *ta'm ‘THREE’PNN *C̬-sum ‘THREE’TGTM *ᴮsom ‘THREE’PLB *sum² ‘THREE’PL *C-sum² ‘THREE’PKar *səmᴬ ‘THREE’ ‘hundred and thirty’Hale 73 CSD: 09.26
Tibetan (Sherpa)khal-gu#2364 PTB *d/s-kəw ‘NINE’PKC *kua ‘NINE’PCN *t-ku ‘NINE’PTk *ko ‘NINE’TGTM *ᴮku(ː) ‘NINE’PLB *gəw² ‘NINE’PKar *khwiᴬ ‘NINE’ ‘ninety’Hale 73 CSD: 09.21
Tibetan (Sherpa)khal-gu#2364 PTB *d/s-kəw ‘NINE’PKC *kua ‘NINE’PCN *t-ku ‘NINE’PTk *ko ‘NINE’TGTM *ᴮku(ː) ‘NINE’PLB *gəw² ‘NINE’PKar *khwiᴬ ‘NINE’ 'tangqmorpheme 'gemorpheme ‘ninety-eight’Hale 73 CSD: 09.22
Tibetan (Sherpa)khal-gu#2364 PTB *d/s-kəw ‘NINE’PKC *kua ‘NINE’PCN *t-ku ‘NINE’PTk *ko ‘NINE’TGTM *ᴮku(ː) ‘NINE’PLB *gəw² ‘NINE’PKar *khwiᴬ ‘NINE’ 'tangqmorpheme gu#2364 PTB *d/s-kəw ‘NINE’PKC *kua ‘NINE’PCN *t-ku ‘NINE’PTk *ko ‘NINE’TGTM *ᴮku(ː) ‘NINE’PLB *gəw² ‘NINE’PKar *khwiᴬ ‘NINE’ ‘ninety-nine’Hale 73 CSD: 09.23
Tibetan (Sherpa)khal-ǰikmorpheme 'tangqmorpheme čumorpheme◦čikq#2726 PTB *tyak ⪤ *g-t(y)ik ‘ONE’TGTM *ᴮgrik ‘ONE’PLB *C-ti-k ‘ONE’PLB *ʔ-dikᴸ ‘ONE / ONLY’ ‘thirty-one’Hale 73 CSD: 09.14
Tibetan (Sherpa)khal-ǰikmorpheme 'tangqmorpheme gu#2364 PTB *d/s-kəw ‘NINE’PKC *kua ‘NINE’PCN *t-ku ‘NINE’PTk *ko ‘NINE’TGTM *ᴮku(ː) ‘NINE’PLB *gəw² ‘NINE’PKar *khwiᴬ ‘NINE’ ‘twenty-nine’Hale 73 CSD: 09.13
Tibetan (Sherpa)khal-ǰikmorpheme 'tangqmorpheme ngyiq#2504 PTB *g/s-ni-s ‘TWO’PTani *pri-ñi ‘EIGHT’PKC *niʔ ⪤ *hniʔ ‘TWO’PCN *a-ni(t) ‘TWO’PTk *ni ‘TWO’PBG *ni ‘TWO’PNN *ʔ-ni ‘TWO’TGTM *ᴮniː ‘TWO’PLB *ʔ-nit ⪤ *ni² ‘TWO’PL *s-ni(k)²/ᴸ| ‘TWO’PKar *k-hnejᴬ ‘TWO’ ‘twenty-two’Hale 73 CSD: 09.12
Tibetan (Sherpa)khal-ngāq#1306 PTB *l/b-ŋa ‘FIVE’PTani *ŋo ‘FIVE’PKC *ŋaa ‘FIVE’PCN *pha-ŋa ‘FIVE’PTk *ŋa ‘FIVE’PLB *ŋa² ‘FIVE’PKar *ŋjatᴰ ‘FIVE’ ‘fifty’Hale 73 CSD: 09.17
2.1.4Tamangish19
Tamang (Sahu)khāl 'ki:hmorpheme syimorpheme 'nyi:h#2504 PTB *g/s-ni-s ‘TWO’PTani *pri-ñi ‘EIGHT’PKC *niʔ ⪤ *hniʔ ‘TWO’PCN *a-ni(t) ‘TWO’PTk *ni ‘TWO’PBG *ni ‘TWO’PNN *ʔ-ni ‘TWO’TGTM *ᴮniː ‘TWO’PLB *ʔ-nit ⪤ *ni² ‘TWO’PL *s-ni(k)²/ᴸ| ‘TWO’PKar *k-hnejᴬ ‘TWO’ ‘twenty-two’Hale 73 CSD: 09.12
Tamang (Sahu)khāl 'ngahmorpheme syimorpheme 'nyi:h#2504 PTB *g/s-ni-s ‘TWO’PTani *pri-ñi ‘EIGHT’PKC *niʔ ⪤ *hniʔ ‘TWO’PCN *a-ni(t) ‘TWO’PTk *ni ‘TWO’PBG *ni ‘TWO’PNN *ʔ-ni ‘TWO’TGTM *ᴮniː ‘TWO’PLB *ʔ-nit ⪤ *ni² ‘TWO’PL *s-ni(k)²/ᴸ| ‘TWO’PKar *k-hnejᴬ ‘TWO’ ‘hundred and two’Hale 73 CSD: 09.25
Tamang (Sahu)kʰal 'kiːhmorpheme syimorpheme 'nyiːh#2504 PTB *g/s-ni-s ‘TWO’PTani *pri-ñi ‘EIGHT’PKC *niʔ ⪤ *hniʔ ‘TWO’PCN *a-ni(t) ‘TWO’PTk *ni ‘TWO’PBG *ni ‘TWO’PNN *ʔ-ni ‘TWO’TGTM *ᴮniː ‘TWO’PLB *ʔ-nit ⪤ *ni² ‘TWO’PL *s-ni(k)²/ᴸ| ‘TWO’PKar *k-hnejᴬ ‘TWO’ ‘twenty-two’Taylor 72 TmVo: 9.12
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
2.3.2Southern Kiranti1
6.1.1Burmish5
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #2355,
*m-kul ‘TWENTY / ALL’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2355Data: 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}
}