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STEDT #2507

ney ⪤ ni(y)

AUNT / MOTHER-IN-LAW

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleniyinitialnrhymei(y)coverM · W

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*nii ‘AUNT (father's sister)’PKC #801

Tangkhulic*ni ‘MOTHER-IN-LAW / PATERNAL AUNT’DRM#355

Connections

HPTB*ney ⪤ *ni(y) ‘aunt’pp. 193, 218, 509

Reflexes & cognates89 reflexes · 23 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmanney ⪤ ni(y) ‘aunt’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 604

*Tibeto-Burmanni(y) ‘aunt’LaPolla 87: 58

*Tibeto-Burmanni(y) ‘aunt (father's sister), mother-in-law’Benedict 72 STC: 316

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinnii ‘AUNT (father's sister)’VanBik 09 PKC: 801

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Sizangnī ‘paternal aunt’VanBik 09 PKC: 801

Thadoníi ‘aunt’VanBik 09 PKC: 801

Tiddimni² ‘aunt (paternal), father's sister’VanBik 09 PKC: 801

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khuminií ‘father's sister’VanBik 09 PKC: 801

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)nîi ‘aunt (father's sister)’VanBik 09 PKC: 801

Lai (Falam)nǐi ‘aunt (father's sister)’VanBik 09 PKC: 801

Lushai [Mizo]ní ‘aunt (a paternal aunt)’VanBik 09 PKC: 801

Lushai [Mizo]ni ‘paternal aunt’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1225

Lushai [Mizo]ni ‘aunt’LaPolla 87: 58

Lushai [Mizo]ni ‘aunt (father's sister), mother-in-law’Benedict 72 STC: 316

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Yimchungrü²ni ‘elder sister’Weidert 87 TBTo: 163

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ni ‘aunt’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic5

*Tangkhulicni ‘mother-in-law / paternal aunt’Mortensen 12 Tk: 355

Huishuʔamorpheme-nik ‘mother-in-law’Mortensen 12 Tk: People.021

Kachaiʔamorpheme-nɐ ‘mother-in-law’Mortensen 12 Tk: People.019

Tusomʔamorpheme-nɯ ‘mother-in-law’Mortensen 12 Tk: People.024

Ukhrulamorpheme-ni ‘mother-in-law’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.5Mikir [Karbi]2

Mikir [Karbi]ni ‘aunt (father's sister), mother-in-law’Benedict 72 STC: 316

Mikir [Karbi]nni ‘aunt’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.2Garo3

Garomamorpheme-ni ‘aunt’LaPolla 87: 58

Garomamorpheme-ni ‘aunt (father's sister), mother-in-law’Benedict 72 STC: 316

Garo (Bangladesh)mamorpheme-ni n‘aunt (FaSi); mother in law’Burling 03 Garo: 6.612-II:idx

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1

Tangsa¹ʌprefix¹ŋi(ʔ) ‘aunt’Weidert 87 TBTo: 163

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang2

Changaprefix◦nyi ‘aunt’Marrison 67 Naga

Changñí ‘aunt’Weidert 87 TBTo: 163

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphoni ‘aunt (father's sister), mother-in-law’Benedict 72 STC: 316

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Kanauriəprefix◦ne ‘aunt (father's sister), mother-in-law’Benedict 72 STC: 316

2.1.2Bodic3

Tsangla (Central)əprefix◦nye ‘aunt (father's sister), mother-in-law’Benedict 72 STC: 316

Motuo Menbaʔaprefix ȵi n‘aunt <mother's brother's wife>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0239.07

Motuo Menbaʔaprefix ȵi n‘aunt <father's sister>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0243.07

2.1.2.1Tibetan28

Tibetan (Alike)aprefix ni n‘aunt <wife of father's elder brother>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0231.05

Tibetan (Alike)aprefix ni n‘aunt <wife of father's younger brother>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0233.05

Tibetan (Alike)aprefix ni n‘aunt <mother's sister>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0241.05

Tibetan (Alike)aprefix ni n‘aunt <father's sister>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0243.05

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)aprefix ne ‘aunt (paternal)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 326.4

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)aprefix ne ‘aunt (wife of maternal uncle)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 328.4

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)aprefix ne ‘aunt (maternal)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 330.4

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)aprefix ne ‘aunt (paternal)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 326.5

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)aprefix ne ‘aunt (wife of maternal uncle)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 328.5

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)aprefix ne ‘aunt (maternal)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 330.5

Tibetan (Balti)aprefix◦ne· ‘aunt (maternal)’Rangan 75: 49

Tibetan (Batang)ʔa⁵⁵prefixne⁵³ n‘aunt <father's sister>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0243.03

Tibetan (Khams:Dege)ʔa⁵³prefixni⁵³ ‘aunt (paternal, elder)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 322.3

Tibetan (Khams:Dege)ʔa⁵³prefixni⁵³ ‘aunt (wife of younger paternal’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 324.3

Tibetan (Khams:Dege)ʔa⁵³prefixni⁵³ ‘aunt (paternal)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 326.3

Tibetan (Khams:Dege)ʔ⁵³prefixni⁵³ ‘aunt (wife of maternal uncle)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 328.3

Tibetan (Lhasa)ə⁵⁵prefixni⁵⁵ n‘aunt <wife of father's elder brother>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0231.02

Tibetan (Lhasa)ə⁵⁵prefixni⁵⁵ n‘aunt <wife of father's younger brother>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0233.02

Tibetan (Lhasa)ə⁵⁵prefixni⁵⁵ n‘aunt <father's sister>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0243.02

Tibetan (Written)ʔaprefix ne n‘aunt <father's sister>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0243.01

Tibetan (Written)ʔaprefix ne ‘aunt (paternal)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 326.1

Tibetan (Written)ʔaprefix◦ne ⪤ nene-mosuffix ‘aunt (father's sister), mother-in-law’Benedict 72 STC: 316

Tibetan (Written)ʔaprefix◦ne~ nene-mosuffix ‘aunt’LaPolla 87: 58

Tibetan (Xiahe)ʔaprefix ne n‘aunt <wife of father's elder brother>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0231.04

Tibetan (Xiahe)ʔaprefix ne n‘aunt <wife of father's younger brother>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0233.04

Tibetan (Xiahe)ʔaprefix ne n‘aunt <mother's brother's wife>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0239.04

Tibetan (Xiahe)ʔaprefix ne n‘aunt <mother's sister>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0241.04

Tibetan (Xiahe)ʔaprefix ne n‘aunt <father's sister>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0243.04

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Kulungnini ‘aunt (paternal)’Rai 75 Kul

2.3.3Central Kiranti1

Duminini ‘paternal aunt, older / younger than father’Driem 93 Dumi

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]njɨ ‘aunt (paternal), father's sister’Li 97 Tangut: 3894

3.2Qiangic26

Guiqionga³⁵prefixji⁵⁵ n‘mother-in-law’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0246.16

Guiqionga⁵⁵prefixji⁵⁵ n‘aunt <mother's brother's wife>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0239.16

Guiqionga⁵⁵prefixji⁵⁵ n‘aunt <mother's sister>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0241.16

Guiqiongɑ³³prefixji⁵⁵ ‘mother-in-law’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 332.17

Muyaæ³³prefixni⁵³ n‘aunt <father's sister>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0243.15

Muya [Minyak]ɛ³³prefixni⁵⁵ ‘aunt (paternal, elder)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 322.15

Muya [Minyak]ɛ³³prefixni⁵⁵ ‘aunt (paternal)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 326.15

Namuyiɛ⁵⁵prefixnɛ⁵⁵ ‘aunt (paternal, elder)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 322.19

Namuyiɛ⁵⁵prefixȵi³³ ‘aunt (paternal)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 326.19

Namuyiæ⁵³prefixni³¹ n‘aunt <father's sister>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0243.46

Pumi (Lanping)a⁵⁵prefixni⁵⁵ n‘aunt <father's sister>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0243.09

Pumi (Lanping)a⁵⁵prefixni⁵⁵ n‘mother-in-law’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0246.09

Pumi (Lanping)ni¹³ni¹³ n‘aunt <mother's brother's wife>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0239.09

Pumi (Qinghua)a⁵⁵prefixni⁵⁵ ‘mother-in-law’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 332.11

Pumi (Qinghua)ni¹³ni¹³ ‘aunt (wife of maternal uncle)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 328.11

Qiang (Longxi)àmorpheme nə́ ‘father's older brother's wife’Evans 99 Qiang: 288

Qiang (Longxi)àmorpheme nə́ ‘father's younger brother's wife’Evans 99 Qiang: 290

Qiang (Mawo)eprefix ni ‘aunt (paternal, elder)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 322.8

Qiang (Mawo)eprefix ni ‘aunt (wife of younger paternal’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 324.8

Qiang (Mawo)eprefix ni ‘aunt (paternal)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 326.8

Qiang (Mianchi)ʁuèmorpheme nə́ ‘father's older brother's wife’Evans 99 Qiang: 288

Qiang (Mianchi)ʁuèmorpheme nə́ ‘mother's sister’Evans 99 Qiang: 300

Qiang (Mianchi)ʁuèmorpheme nə́ ‘father's sister (3d person)’Evans 99 Qiang: 302

Qiang (Mianchi)ʁuèmorpheme nə́ ‘mother-in-law’Evans 99 Qiang: 305

Qiang (Mianchi)ʁuèmorpheme ȵá ‘mother-in-law’Evans 99 Qiang: 305

Zhaba (Daofu County)nɪ³³nɪ⁵⁵ n‘aunt <father's sister>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0243.14

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGyalrongəni ‘aunt (father's sister), mother-in-law’Benedict 72 STC: 316

4Nungic1

Anongəni ‘aunt (father's sister), mother-in-law’Benedict 72 STC: 316

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lisuɑ⁵⁵prefixȵi³³ n‘aunt <father's sister>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0243.40

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2507, *ney ⪤ *ni(y) ‘AUNT / MOTHER-IN-LAW’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2507

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

References: cf. STC#316, HPTB

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2507,
  title  = {{*ney ⪤ *ni(y) 'AUNT / MOTHER-IN-LAW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2507},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2507}
}