*ŋun

CORPSE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleŋuninitialŋrhymeuncoverM · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Tangkhulic*ŋun ‘CORPSE’DRM#472

Notes

This etymon is evidently valid, but more confirmation would be welcome.

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.3.4Tangkhulic5

*Tangkhulicŋun ‘corpse’Mortensen 12 Tk: 472

Huishuʔamorpheme-ŋun ‘corpse’Mortensen 12 Tk

Kachaiʔamorpheme-ŋun ‘corpse / dead body’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.017

Tangkhulāprefix◦ŋun ‘carcass / corpse’Matisoff 87 BP

Ukhrulʔamorpheme-ŋun ‘corpse’Mortensen 12 Tk

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]ngi̯ụ² ‘body’Sofronov 97

8Bai1

Bai (Jianchuan)ɕi³³#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’ ŋɯ̱̃²¹ ɕi³³#27 PTB *səy ‘DIE’PTani *si ‘DIE’PKC *thii-I, thiʔ-II ‘DIE / DEAD / EXTINCT’PCN *səj ‘DIE’PTk *tʰi ‘DIE’PNN *səy ‘DIE’PLB *səy¹ ‘DIE’PKar *sejᴬ ‘DEAD, DIE’ mæ³³#17 PTB *s-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *si-maŋ ‘DEAD BODY’PCN *a-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’ ‘carcass / dead animal’Jianchuan ɕi³³ ŋɯ̱̃²¹ ɕi³³ mæ³³ lit. “dead ox, dead horse”. Probably refers to all draft animals (e.g. water buffalo).Zhao 90: 1.15

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #25, *ŋun ‘CORPSE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/25

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-25,
  title  = {{*ŋun 'CORPSE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #25},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/25}
}