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STEDT #2440

*maŋ

BIG / ELDER (BROTHER, UNCLE) / OLD

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlemaŋinitialmrhymeaŋcoverM · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*maŋ² ‘OLD (of people)’DL:1031

Connections

HPTB*maŋ ‘big / elder (brother or uncle)’pp. 264, 302

Chinese comparandum

兄 OC *χi̯wɑ̆ng, GSR #765a-e ‘eldest (of brothers)’; B & S 2011: *m̥raŋ; Mand. xiōng.
孟 OC *mɑ̆ng, GSR #761e ‘eldest, great-‘; B & S 2011: *mˤraŋ-s; Mand. mèng.
S375 mang huang

Reflexes & cognates195 reflexes · 13 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanmaŋ ‘big / elder (brother or uncle)’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 601

*Tibeto-Burmanmɑŋː ‘eldest (of brothers) / great / principal’Chou 72: 761e-f

4Nungic6

Nungʈhi³¹morphememɑŋ³¹ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.21

Nungʈhi³¹morphememɑŋ³¹ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.21

Anongʈhi³¹morphememɑŋ³¹ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.44

Anongʈʰı³¹morpheme maŋ³¹ ‘old’Sun J 88 Ano

Trung [Dulong]dəprefix◦maŋ ‘big’Benedict 72 STC: 189n488

Trung [Dulong]dəprefix◦mɑŋ ‘big (of persons); (comp.) older (brother, uncle)’Chou 72: 761e-f

6.1.1Burmish40

Achang (Lianghe)mɑŋ³¹ ‘old (of people)’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Lianghe)tsu⁵⁵#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mɑŋ⁵⁵ ‘old person’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Longchuan)muaŋ³¹ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.28

Achang (Longchuan)muaŋ³¹ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.28

Achang (Longchuan)muaŋ³¹ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.41

Achang (Longchuan)muaŋ³¹tsɔ³¹#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’ ‘old person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 292.41

Achang (Longchuan)phɔʔ³¹morphememuaŋ³¹tsɔ³¹morpheme n‘old man’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0171.28

Achang (Longchuan)tɕhi³¹morphememuaŋ³¹tsɔ³¹morpheme n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.28

Achang (Luxi)maŋ⁵¹ ‘old (of people)’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Luxi)pju³¹morphememaŋ³¹ ‘old person’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Xiandao)mɔŋ³¹ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.29

Achang (Xiandao)mɔŋ³¹ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.29

Achang (Xiandao)mɔŋ³¹tsɔ³¹morpheme n‘old man’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0171.29

Achang (Xiandao)mɔŋ³¹tsɔ³¹morpheme n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.29

Bola (Luxi)mɔ̃³¹ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.32

Bola (Luxi)mɔ̃³¹ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.32

Bola (Luxi)mɔ̃³¹ta³¹morphememi̱³⁵morpheme n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.32

Bola (Luxi)mɔ̃³¹ta³¹morphemepha³⁵morpheme n‘old man’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0171.32

Burmese (Written)mâŋ ‘old’Hansson 89 AHKP: 272

Burmese (Written)mâŋ ‘ruler, governor, controller, official’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 222

Burmese (Written)mâŋ ‘ruler, governor, official’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)mɑ̀ŋ ‘ruler / governor / official’Chou 72: 761e-f

Burmese (Written)ù#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’-màŋ ‘uncle’Benedict 72 STC: 189n488

Burmese (Written)ú#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’-mɑ̀ŋ ‘uncle’Chou 72: 761e-f

Hpun (Northern)mò ‘old (of persons)’Henderson 86 Hpun

Langsu (Luxi)mɔ̃³⁵ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.31

Langsu (Luxi)mɔ̃³⁵ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.31

Langsu (Luxi)mɔ̃³⁵tsɔ³⁵morpheme n‘old man’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0171.31

Langsu (Luxi)mɔ̃³⁵tsɔ³⁵morpheme n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.31

Leqi (Luxi)maŋ³³tso³³morpheme n‘old man’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0171.33

Leqi (Luxi)maŋ³³tso⁵⁵#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.33

Leqi (Luxi)phji⁵⁵#2559 PTB *ʔ-pəy ‘GRANDMOTHER’PKC *pii ‘GRANDMOTHER’PTk *bɨ ‘GRANDMOTHER / MOTHER / AUNT / FEMALE’maŋ³³ n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.33

Maru [Langsu]mɔ̃³⁵ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.43

Maru [Langsu]mɔ̃³⁵tsɔ³⁵#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’ ‘old person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 292.43

Atsi [Zaiwa]maŋ²¹ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]maŋ²¹ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.42

Atsi [Zaiwa]maŋ²¹tso²¹#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’ ‘old person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 292.42

Atsi [Zaiwa]maŋ²¹tso²¹morphemepho⁵⁵morpheme n‘old man’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0171.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]maŋ²¹tsɔ²¹morphememji̱⁵⁵morpheme n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]mjaŋ²¹ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.30

6.1.2Loloish3

*Loloishmaŋ² ‘old (person)’Bradley 79 PLo: 535

*Loloishmaŋ² ‘old’Hansson 89 AHKP: 272

PNLmaŋ² ‘old’Chen 86 CS: 20.

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish46

Gazhuomo³¹ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.47

Laloàprefix-phì#2559 PTB *ʔ-pəy ‘GRANDMOTHER’PKC *pii ‘GRANDMOTHER’PTk *bɨ ‘GRANDMOTHER / MOTHER / AUNT / FEMALE’-mò ‘old woman’Björverud 94

Lalomò ‘old (person)’Björverud 94

Lalomu²¹ ‘old’Chen 86 CS: 20.

Liphoma²¹ ‘old’Chen 86 CS: 20.

Nasudz'ɿ³³#5753 PTB *m-dzəw ‘CHIEF / MASTER / LORD’PLB *m-dzəw² ‘RULER / LORD / EMPEROR’mo³³ ‘ruler / lord / emperor’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 68

Nasumɔ⁵⁵ ‘old’Chen 86 CS: 20.

Neisumo⁵⁵ ‘old’Chen 86 CS: 20.

Nesuma²¹ ‘old’Chen 86 CS: 20.

Nosumo²¹ ‘old’Chen 86 CS: 20.

Nusu (Central)mɚ⁵⁵ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.34

Nusu (Northern)mɯ³⁵ ‘old (people)’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Bijiang)mɯ⁵³ɑ³¹morpheme ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.45

Nusu (Southern)mɯ⁵⁵ ‘old (people)’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Central)mɯ⁵⁵ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.34

Yi (Dafang)m(u)⁵⁵ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.22

Yi (Dafang)m̩(u)⁵⁵su³³#5632 PTB *su ⪤ *s-lu ‘WHO / INDEF PRONOUN / REMOTE 3RD PERS.’ ‘old person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 292.22

Yi (Liangshan)a⁵⁵prefixmo²¹ ‘old (age)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)mo²¹ ‘old (age)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)mo²¹su³³#5632 PTB *su ⪤ *s-lu ‘WHO / INDEF PRONOUN / REMOTE 3RD PERS.’ ‘person, old’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Mile)mu²¹ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.25

Yi (Mile)tshu³³#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mu²¹ ‘old person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 292.25

Yi (Mojiang)mɒ²¹ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.26

Yi (Mojiang)tshɒ²¹#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mɒ²¹mo²¹morpheme ‘old person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 292.26

Yi (Nanhua)mɑ²¹ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.37

Yi (Nanhua)mᴀ²¹ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.24

Yi (Nanhua)tshɑ³³#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mo³³morphememɑ²¹ n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.37

Yi (Nanhua)tshɑ³³#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mɑ²¹ n‘old man’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0171.37

Yi (Nanhua)tshɑ³³#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mɑ²¹ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.37

Yi (Nanhua)tsʰᴀ³³#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mᴀ²¹ ‘old person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 292.24

Yi (Nanjian)tshu⁵⁵#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mu²¹ ‘old person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 292.23

Yi (Weishan)a²¹prefixfi²¹#2559 PTB *ʔ-pəy ‘GRANDMOTHER’PKC *pii ‘GRANDMOTHER’PTk *bɨ ‘GRANDMOTHER / MOTHER / AUNT / FEMALE’m̩²¹ n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.36

Yi (Weishan)a²¹prefixpa⁵⁵morphemem̩²¹ n‘old man’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0171.36

Yi (Weishan)mo²¹su³³morpheme n‘old man’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0171.36

Yi (Weishan)mu²¹ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.36

Yi (Weishan)mu²¹ta²¹morpheme ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.36

Yi (Wuding)mɒ⁵⁵ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.38

Yi (Wuding)mɒ⁵⁵ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.38

Yi (Wuding)mɒ⁵⁵su³³morpheme n‘old man’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0171.38

Yi (Wuding)ɑ⁵⁵prefixphi³³#2559 PTB *ʔ-pəy ‘GRANDMOTHER’PKC *pii ‘GRANDMOTHER’PTk *bɨ ‘GRANDMOTHER / MOTHER / AUNT / FEMALE’mɒ⁵⁵ n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.38

Yi (Xide)a⁵⁵prefixmo²¹ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.21

Yi (Xide)mo²¹su³³morpheme ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.35

Yi (Xide)mo²¹su³³morpheme v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.35

Yi (Xide)mo²¹su³³#5632 PTB *su ⪤ *s-lu ‘WHO / INDEF PRONOUN / REMOTE 3RD PERS.’ ‘old person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 292.21

Yi (Xide)ɑ³³prefixmɑ⁵⁵ n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.35

Yi (Xide)ɑ⁵⁵prefixmo²¹ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.35

6.1.2.2Central Loloish41

Ahimu²¹ ‘old’Chen 86 CS: 20.

Kucongmu31 ‘old (of people)’Dai 09 Kucong

Kucongtshu33#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’ mu31 kv33morpheme lv33morpheme ‘old man’Dai 09 Kucong

Lahu (Lancang)mɔ⁵³ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.43

Lahu (Lancang)tɕhɔ³³#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mɔ⁵³ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.43

Lahu (Black)jɔ̂#5753 PTB *m-dzəw ‘CHIEF / MASTER / LORD’PLB *m-dzəw² ‘RULER / LORD / EMPEROR’-mɔ̂ ‘ruler / lord / emperor’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 68

Lahu (Black)mɔ⁵³ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.33

Lahu (Black)tshɔ³³#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mɔ⁵³ ‘old person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 292.33

Lahu (Yellow)mɔ³ ‘old (people)’Chang 86

Lahu (Yellow)ɔ²prefixkɛ⁴morpheme~ɔ²prefixmɔ³ ‘old person’Chang 86

Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixphy²¹#5797 PLB *pu ‘PUMPKIN / GOURD’mɔ²¹ ‘old pumpkin’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ji⁵⁵morphememɔ²¹ V‘old’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ji⁵⁵morphememɔ²¹ ji⁵⁵morphemekɯʔ²¹morphemetɯʔ²¹morpheme ‘withered and old’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Central)maw⁵ ‘old (persons)’Fraser 22

Lisu (Northern)ma²¹#2436 PTB *ma ‘(NEGATIVE)’PCN *maʔ ‘NO (REFUSAL)’mɔ²¹ ma²¹#2436 PTB *ma ‘(NEGATIVE)’PCN *maʔ ‘NO (REFUSAL)’læ⁵⁵morpheme ‘middle-aged; not old nor young’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisumo³¹ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.40

Lisumo³¹ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.40

Lisumo³¹ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.27

Lisu (Northern)mɔ²¹ V‘old’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)mɔ²¹je³³morpheme ‘old; senile’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)mɔ²¹mɔ²¹ læ⁵⁵morphemelæ⁵⁵morpheme ‘young and old’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)mɔ²¹su³³#5632 PTB *su ⪤ *s-lu ‘WHO / INDEF PRONOUN / REMOTE 3RD PERS.’ ‘old person; aged person’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ni²¹morphememɔ²¹ ‘old cow’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)si³⁵#2658 PTB *si(ŋ/k) ‘TREE / WOOD / FIREWOOD’PTani *sɯŋ ‘WOOD / TREE’PKC *thiŋ ‘TREE / WOOD’PCN *siŋ ‘WOOD’PTk *tʰiŋ ‘WOOD’TGTM *ᴮsiŋ ‘TREE’PKir *siŋ ‘TREE’PLB *sikᴴ ⪤ *siŋ ‘TREE’mɔ²¹dzi³³#6123 PTB *dziŋ ‘PLANT (n.) / TREE’ ‘old tree; ancient tree’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisutsho̱³³#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mo³¹mɑ̱³³morpheme n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.40

Lisutsho̱³³#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mo³¹phɑ³¹morpheme n‘old man’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0171.40

Lisutsho⁴⁴#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mo²¹ ‘old person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 292.27

Lisu (Northern)tshɔ³³#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’dzø⁴⁴morphememɔ²¹ ‘old bachelor’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)tshɔ³³#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mɔ²¹ ‘old people; the aged’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)tshɔ³³#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mɔ²¹ tshɔ³³morphemeti³³morpheme ‘respectful form of address for an old person’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)tshɔ³³#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mɔ²¹ma³³morpheme ‘old lady; old woman’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)tshɔ³³#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mɔ²¹pha²¹morpheme ‘old man; old gentleman’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɣa³³#1606 PTB *k-rak ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PTani *rok ‘CHICKEN’mɔ²¹ ‘old hen’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Central)ɲi²¹#2538 PTB *ŋwa ‘CATTLE’mɔ²¹ ‘old cow’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ʃɿ³³morphemekhɤ²¹morpheme mɔ²¹khɤ²¹morpheme ‘senile; weak; old and weak; at the verge of death’Bradley 94 Lisu

Sani [Nyi]mo²¹ ‘old’Chen 86 CS: 20.

Yi (Sani)mo¹¹ ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.39

Yi (Sani)mo¹¹ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.39

Yi (Sani)mo¹¹ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.39

Yi (Sani)ɑ⁴⁴prefixbv̩⁵⁵morphememo¹¹ n‘old man’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0171.39

Yi (Sani)ɒ⁵⁵prefixphɪ¹¹#2559 PTB *ʔ-pəy ‘GRANDMOTHER’PKC *pii ‘GRANDMOTHER’PTk *bɨ ‘GRANDMOTHER / MOTHER / AUNT / FEMALE’mo¹¹ n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish38

Akha (Thai)àprefix◦phì#2559 PTB *ʔ-pəy ‘GRANDMOTHER’PKC *pii ‘GRANDMOTHER’PTk *bɨ ‘GRANDMOTHER / MOTHER / AUNT / FEMALE’ zàmorpheme mɔ̀ ‘old woman’Hansson 89 AHKP: 274

Akhamɔ̀ ‘old’Hansson 89 AHKP: 272

Akha (Thai)mɔ̀ ‘old’Hansson 89 AHKP: 272

Akha (Thai)tshɔ́#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’ mɔ̀ ‘old person’Hansson 89 AHKP: 273

Akha (Yunnan)tshɔ́#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’ mɔ̀ ‘old person’Hansson 89 AHKP: 273

Akha (Yunnan)zàmorpheme mɔ̀ ‘old’Hansson 89 AHKP: 272

Akha (Thai)zàmorpheme mɔ̀ ‘old woman’Hansson 89 AHKP: 99

Bisujàmorpheme◦bì#2559 PTB *ʔ-pəy ‘GRANDMOTHER’PKC *pii ‘GRANDMOTHER’PTk *bɨ ‘GRANDMOTHER / MOTHER / AUNT / FEMALE’◦jàmorpheme◦màŋ ‘old woman’Bradley 9x Bisu

Bisujàmorpheme◦màŋ ‘old person’Bradley 9x Bisu

Hani (Lüchun)àprefix◦phì#2559 PTB *ʔ-pəy ‘GRANDMOTHER’PKC *pii ‘GRANDMOTHER’PTk *bɨ ‘GRANDMOTHER / MOTHER / AUNT / FEMALE’ tshó#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’ mò ‘old woman’Hansson 89 AHKP: 274

Hani (Lüchun)mò ‘old’Hansson 89 AHKP: 272

Hani (Dazhai)mo³¹ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.31

Hani (Lüchun)tshó#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’ mò ‘old person’Hansson 89 AHKP: 273

Hani (Lüchun)tshó#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’ mò ? ‘old woman’Hansson 89 AHKP: 99

Hani (Dazhai)tsho⁵⁵#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mo³¹ ‘old person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 292.31

Hani (Lüchun)a³¹prefixbo⁵⁵morphemetsho⁵⁵#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mo³¹ n‘old man’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0171.41

Hani (Lüchun)a³¹prefixphi³¹#2559 PTB *ʔ-pəy ‘GRANDMOTHER’PKC *pii ‘GRANDMOTHER’PTk *bɨ ‘GRANDMOTHER / MOTHER / AUNT / FEMALE’tsho⁵⁵#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mo³¹ n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.41

Hani (Lüchun)mo³¹ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.41

Hani (Lüchun)tsho⁵⁵#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mo³¹mo³¹ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.41

Hani (Pijo)jumorpheme mù ‘old person’Hansson 89 AHKP: 273

Hani (Caiyuan)ju³¹morphememu³¹ ‘old person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 292.30

Hani (Pijo)mù ‘old’Hansson 89 AHKP: 272

Hani (Caiyuan)mu³¹ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.30

Hani (Gelanghe)mɔ³¹ ‘old (people)’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Gelanghe)tshɔ⁵⁵#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mɔ³¹ ‘old person’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Wordlist)aqprefix◦piq#2559 PTB *ʔ-pəy ‘GRANDMOTHER’PKC *pii ‘GRANDMOTHER’PTk *bɨ ‘GRANDMOTHER / MOTHER / AUNT / FEMALE’◦ssaqmorpheme◦moq ‘old woman’Hansson 89 AHKP: 274

Hani (Wordlist)col#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’◦moq ‘old person’Hansson 89 AHKP: 273

Hani (Wordlist)moq ‘old’Hansson 89 AHKP: 272

Hani (Shuikui)mu³¹ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.32

Hani (Wordlist)ssaqmorpheme◦moq ‘old woman’Hansson 89 AHKP: 99

Hani (Shuikui)tshv̩⁵⁵#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mu³¹ ‘old person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 292.32

Hani (Khatu)jàmorpheme mù ‘old person’Hansson 89 AHKP: 273

Hani (Khatu)mù ‘old’Hansson 89 AHKP: 272

Hani (Mojiang)mu³¹ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.42

Hani (Mojiang)tshv̩⁵⁵#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’mu³¹mu³¹ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.42

Hani (Mojiang)ɔ³¹prefixphi³¹#2559 PTB *ʔ-pəy ‘GRANDMOTHER’PKC *pii ‘GRANDMOTHER’PTk *bɨ ‘GRANDMOTHER / MOTHER / AUNT / FEMALE’zɔ³¹morphememu³¹ n‘old lady’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0172.42

Hani (Mojiang)ɔ³¹prefixpv̩⁵⁵morphemezɔ³¹morphememu³¹ n‘old man’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0171.42

Mpimaŋʔ⁵ ‘old’Hansson 89 AHKP: 272

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish5

Azhamu²² ‘old (person)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 966

Southern Mujimə²¹ ‘old (person)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 966

Pholamɔ³¹ ‘old (person)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 966

Hlepho Phowamə³³ ‘old (person)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 966

Phuzamɔ³³ ‘old (person)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 966

6.2Naxi10

Laze (Xiangjiao)hĩ˧morpheme mv˧ v˧morpheme hĩ˧morpheme ‘elderly person’[Source note] for both sexesMichaud 06 NaLaze: 519

Laze (Xiangjiao)mv˧v˧morpheme ‘old’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 2131

Na (Yongning)mu˩ ‘old’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Naximo⁵⁵ v.‘old, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1493.45

Naximu⁵⁵ ‘old / elderly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1058.45

Naxi (Lijiang)mu⁵⁵ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.28

Naxi (Yongning)mu⁵⁵ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.29

Naxi (Yongning)xɪ̃³³morphememu¹³ ‘old person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 292.29

Naxiɕi³³morphememu⁵⁵ n‘old man’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0171.45

Naxi (Lijiang)ɕi³³morphememu⁵⁵ ‘old person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 292.28

9Sinitic2

Chinese (Hanzi)孟 ‘eldest, great’BaxterSagart 2011: 1889

Chinese (GSR #)0761e ‘eldest, great’BaxterSagart 2011: 1889

9.0.1Old Chinese4

Chinese (Old/Mid)mɑ̆ng/mɒng- ‘eldest (of brothers etc.); first of three months; great, principal’Karlgren 57 GSR: 761e-f

Chinese (Old)mrangs ‘eldest sibling’Baxter 92: 1420

Chinese (Old)mɑ̌ŋ ‘eldest (of brothers) / great / principal’Chou 72: 761e-f

Chinese (Old)mˤraŋ-ssuffix ‘eldest, great’BaxterSagart 2011: 1889

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Chinese (Middle)maengH ‘eldest, great’BaxterSagart 2011: 1889

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Chinese (Mandarin)mèng ‘eldest, great’BaxterSagart 2011: 1889

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2440, *maŋ ‘BIG / ELDER (BROTHER, UNCLE) / OLD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2440

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

References: cf. STC p.189, HPTB pp.264, 302

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2440,
  title  = {{*maŋ 'BIG / ELDER (BROTHER, UNCLE) / OLD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2440},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2440}
}