STEDT #2501
*s-ni(ː)ŋ ⪤ *s-nik
YEAR
Reconstruction analysis
handleniŋprefixniŋ=sinitialnrhymeiŋ=s-niŋcoverM · VNS
Intermediate reconstructions
Loloish*s-nikᴴ ‘YEAR’
Connections
HPTB*s-ni(ː)ŋ ⪤ *s-nik ‘year’pp. 282, 283, 475, 524, 528
Notes
Almost all TB reflexes point to the final velar nasal, except for Burmish, which has the homorganic final stop. Several other roots pattern the same way (e.g., #2658 PTB *si(ŋ/k) TREE / WOOD / FIREWOOD, #126 PTB *s/r-ma(ŋ/k) DREAM).
Chinese comparandum
年 OC *nien, GSR #364a-c ‘year’; B & S 2011: *C.nˁiŋ {C.nˁi[ŋ]}; Mand. nián.
Reflexes & cognates400 reflexes · 21 subgroups
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)5
1.1.1Tani1
1.1.1.1Western Tani76
Apatanisɯ#650 PTB *g-ts(y)i-t/n ‘URINE / URINATE’PTani *si ‘URINE’PNN *C̥-cʰi ‘URINE’PLB *N-ts(y)i² ⪤ *z(y)əy² ‘URINE’PKar *chejᴮ ‘URINE’-nã lɯmorpheme-pamorpheme ‘up till now’Sun J 93 Tani
1.1.1.2Eastern Tani15
1.1.2Deng33
Darang [Taraon]tɑ³¹morphemebɯ⁵⁵morphemejɑ³¹morphemexɑ³¹morphemenɯŋ⁵⁵ n/adv‘year before last’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0780.22
Darang [Taraon]tɑ³¹morphemebɯ⁵⁵morphemejɑ³¹morphemexɑ³¹morphemenɯŋ⁵⁵ ‘year before last’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 68.49
Idue⁵⁵#5807 PTB *(h)i ⪤ *(h)ay ‘THIS / HERE / PROXIMAL DEICTIC’tiɑ⁵⁵morphemenu⁵⁵ ‘year, this’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 65.50
Yidue⁵⁵#5807 PTB *(h)i ⪤ *(h)ay ‘THIS / HERE / PROXIMAL DEICTIC’tiɑ⁵⁵morphemenu⁵⁵ n/adv‘this year’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0778.25
1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)13
1.5Mikir [Karbi]5
1.7.3.1Jingpho45
Jingphokui³¹#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’ (ʃă³¹morphemeniŋ³³) n‘year of the dog’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0765.19
Jingphokum³¹morphemeʒa³¹#1431 PTB *s/m-raŋ ‘HORSE’PKC *raŋ ‘HORSE’PLB *mraŋ² ‘HORSE’ (ʃă³¹morphemeniŋ³³) n‘year of the horse’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0761.19
Jingpholă³³prefixpu̱³³#2178 PTB *bəw ‘INSECT / SNAKE / VERMIN / BUG’PTani *bɯ ‘SNAKE’PTani *bɯ-rem ‘PYTHON’PLB *bəw² ‘INSECT / VERMIN / BUG / SNAKE’ (ʃă³¹morphemeniŋ³³) n‘year of the snake’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0760.19
Jingphopai³¹morphemenam³³morpheme (ʃă³¹morphemeniŋ³³) n‘year of the ram’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0762.19
Jingphopă³¹morphemeʒen³¹morpheme (ʃă³¹morphemeniŋ³³) n‘year of the dragon’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0759.19
Jingphopʒa̱ŋ³¹morphemeta̱i⁵⁵morpheme (ʃă³¹morphemeniŋ³³) n‘year of the rabbit’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0758.19
Jingphotai³¹#2195 PTB *m-day ⪤ *m-di ‘THAT / THIS / DEICTIC’niŋ³³ n/adv‘this year’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0778.19
Jingphou³¹#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’ (ʃă³¹morphemeniŋ³³) n‘year of the chicken’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0764.19
Jingphowaʔ³¹#1006 PTB *pʷak ‘PIG’PKC *wok ‘PIG’PTk *hwok ‘PIG’PNN *wak ‘PIG’TGTM *ᴮɖwa ‘PIG’PLB *wakᴸ ‘PIG’PKar *thɔʔ / tháuʔ ‘PIG’PKar *thɔɁᴰ ‘PIG’PKar *thɔɁᴰmiᴬ ‘BOAR (WILD~)’PBai *te ‘PIG’ (ʃă³¹morphemeniŋ³³) n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.19
Jingphowoi³³#2782 PTB *b/g-woy-n ‘MONKEY’PTani *beː ‘MONKEY’PNN *woːy ‘MONKEY’ (ʃă³¹morphemeniŋ³³) n‘year of the monkey’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0763.19
Jingphoʃă³¹morphemeniŋ³³n³¹morphemenan³³morpheme ʃaŋ³¹morpheme v.‘celebrate (the New Year)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1362.19
Jingphoʃă³¹morphemeʒo³³#2618 PTB *m/s-rwaŋ ‘CAT / WILDCAT / TIGER’PTani *mjo ‘TIGER’TGTM *ᴮmaŋ ‘TIGER’PLB *k-roŋ¹ ‘CAT / WILDCAT’PL *k-roŋ¹ ‘CAT, LEOPARD’ (ʃă³¹morphemeniŋ³³) n‘year of the tiger’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0757.19
1.7.3.2Asakian1
2.1.2Bodic27
2.1.2.1Tibetan22
2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1
3.2Qiangic15
Namuyiʂɿ³³morphemeȵi⁵⁵khu⁵⁵#2252 PTB *(k/ʔ)uk ‘BEND / CROOKED / RETURN / BACK / YEAR’PLB *gukᴸ ‘CROOKED / BENT / KNEE / ANGLE’ ‘year before last’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 68.19
Namuyiquo³³morphemeȵi⁵⁵sɿ⁵⁵#6178 PTB *g-sik ‘NEW’PLB *C-syik ‘NEW’tsæ³¹morpheme n‘New Year's Day’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0795.46
Namuyiʂɿ⁵⁵morphemeȵi⁵⁵khu⁵⁵morphemeəʴ⁵⁵morpheme n/adv‘year before last’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0780.46
4Nungic39
Nungdɛ³¹#2195 PTB *m-day ⪤ *m-di ‘THAT / THIS / DEICTIC’ȵi⁵⁵uɑ⁵⁵morpheme n/adv‘this year’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0778.21
Anongdɛ³¹#2195 PTB *m-day ⪤ *m-di ‘THAT / THIS / DEICTIC’ȵi⁵⁵uɑ⁵⁵morpheme ‘year, this’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 65.44
Dulongdɔi³¹#2195 PTB *m-day ⪤ *m-di ‘THAT / THIS / DEICTIC’niŋ⁵⁵ n/adv‘this year’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0778.20
6.1.1Burmish25
Burmese (Written)hnɑs⁴tθɑs⁴morphemeku³morpheme v.‘celebrate (the New Year)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1362.26
6.1.2Loloish2
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish32
6.1.2.2Central Loloish17
Lisu (Northern)næ⁵⁵hæ̃²¹morpheme næ³³ni³⁵morpheme ‘future; next year and the year after’Bradley 94 Lisu
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish5
7Karenic35
9Sinitic5
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #2501,
*s-ni(ː)ŋ ⪤ *s-nik ‘YEAR’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2501Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB pp. 282, 283, 475, 524, 528; STC#368
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2501,
title = {{*s-ni(ː)ŋ ⪤ *s-nik 'YEAR'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2501},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2501}
}