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STEDT #2510

*now

TENDER / SOFT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*now ‘tender / soft’pp. 223, 224

Chinese comparandum

柔 OC *ńi̯ôg, GSR #1105a ‘flexible, soft, gentle’; Schuessler 2007:444 *no; B & S 2011: *nu; Mand. róu.
揉 OC *ńi̯ôg, GSR #1105b ‘knead, massage’; Schuessler 2007:444 *noh; B & S 2011: (*nu-s); Mand. ròu.
懦 OC *ńi̯u/*nwɑ̂r, GSR #134e ‘pliant, soft; weak, timid’; Schuessler 2007:445 *no; Mand. nuò.
耎/輭 OC *ńi̯wɑn, GSR #238a-b ‘pliant, soft’; Schuessler 2007:447 *nonʔ; Mand. ruǎn.
肉 OC *ńi̯ôk, GSR #1033a-b ‘meat’; B & S 2011: *k.nuk; Mand. ròu.
弱 OC *ńi̯ok, GSR #1123a ‘weak’; Schuessler 2007:448 *nhiauk ~ *newk; Mand. ruò.
荏 OC *ńi̯əm, GSR #667s ‘soft’; Schuessler 2007:442 *nəmʔ; B & S 2011: *nəmʔ {n[ə]mʔ} (‹*num ?); Mand. rěn.
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Reflexes & cognates83 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burman*now v.i.,v.‘young / tender’Weidert 87 TBTo: 337
*Tibeto-Burmannow ‘tender / soft’Benedict 72 STC: 274

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lushai [Mizo]nou ‘young, soft, tender’Benedict 72 STC: 274

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphonu ‘tender, soft’Benedict 72 STC: 274

4Nungic1

Anongnu ‘tender, soft’Benedict 72 STC: 274

6.1.1Burmish17

Bola (Luxi)nɔ³⁵ ‘tender young (plant)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1057.32
Burmese (Rangoon)nu⁵³ ‘tender young (plant)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1057.27
Burmese (Written)nú v.i.,v.‘young / tender’Weidert 87 TBTo: 337
Burmese (Written)nû be v.‘made soft’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)nū:◦ññaṁmorpheme. ‘soft’Marrison 67 Naga
Burmese (Written)nu¹ ‘tender young (plant)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1057.26
Burmese (Written)nuʼ ‘young, tender; fine’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)nû⪤nu' ‘tender / soft’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 100
Burmese (Written)əprefix-nuʼ ‘young, tender; fine’Benedict 76 WBur
Langsu (Luxi)nau⁵⁵ ‘tender young (plant)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1057.31
Leqi (Luxi)nuː⁵⁵ ‘tender young (plant)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1057.33
Atsi [Zaiwa]nu⁵⁵ ‘tender young (plant)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1057.30

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish26

Lalonù ‘soft / tender’Björverud 94
Lalonu̪²¹ ‘soft’Chen 86 CS: 112.
Liphonu²¹ ‘soft’Chen 86 CS: 112.
Nasunu³³ ‘soft’Chen 86 CS: 112.
Neisunu³³ ‘soft’Chen 86 CS: 112.
Nesunu³³ ‘soft’Chen 86 CS: 112.
Nosunu³³ ‘soft’Chen 86 CS: 112.
Nusu (Bijiang)n̥ɑ⁵³ɑ³¹morpheme ‘soft’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 832.45
Nusu (Northern)n̥ɔ̱⁵³ ‘soft’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Central)ŋɚ⁵⁵ ‘tender young (plant)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1057.34
Yi (Liangshan)i³⁴prefixnu³³ ‘lithe; soft’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)nʥɿ³⁴morphemenu³³ ‘skin, soft; soft (skin)’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)pha³³morphemenu³³ ‘soft’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)ʦi³⁴morphemenu³³ ‘soft (of wool)’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Weishan)nu̪²¹ ‘tender young (plant)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1057.36
Yi (Wuding)nv̩³³mɤ̱²morpheme ‘soft / spongy / loose’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1035.38
Yi (Xide)i³⁴prefixnu³³ ‘soft’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1035.35
Yi (Xide)i³⁴prefixnu³³ ‘tender young (plant)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1057.35
Yi (Xide)i⁴⁴prefixnu³³ ‘soft’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 832.21

6.1.2.2Central Loloish20

Ahino²¹ ‘soft’Chen 86 CS: 112.
Jinuoa⁴⁴prefixnu³³ ‘tender young (plant)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1057.44
Jinuo (Youle)no⁵⁵ ‘soft’Gai 86
Jinuo (Youle)ɑ⁴⁴prefixnu⁴⁴ ‘young’Gai 86
Kucongnv31 ‘soft’Dai 09 Kucong
Lahu (Lancang)nu⁵³ ‘tender young (plant)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1057.43
Lahu (Black)nû ‘tender / soft’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 100
Lahu (Yellow)nu³ ‘soft’Chang 86
Lisu (Northern)nu²¹ V‘soft; tender; amiable’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisunu³¹ ‘soft’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 832.27
Lisu (Central)nu⁵ v.‘soft, be’Fraser 22
Lisu (Northern)ny³⁵ deʔ²¹morphemele³³morpheme ‘ripe and soft; rub thoroughly’Bradley 94 Lisu
Yi (Sani)no⁵⁵ ‘tender young (plant)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1057.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish12

Hani (Lüchun)nɔ̀ ‘soft, small, tiny’Hansson 89 AHKP: 424
Hani (Lüchun)nɔ³¹ ‘tender young (plant)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1057.41
Hani (Pijo)ny imorpheme ‘soft, small, tiny’Hansson 89 AHKP: 424
Hani (Khatu)ny ‘soft, small, tiny’Hansson 89 AHKP: 424
Hani (Mojiang)nu³¹ ‘tender young (plant)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1057.42

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish5

Azhanɞ²² ‘soft’Pelkey 11 Phula: 951
Pholanɯ³¹ ‘soft’Pelkey 11 Phula: 951
Phu Khanɯ³¹ ‘soft’Fried 00 PhuKha
Phuzanɯ¹³ ‘soft’Pelkey 11 Phula: 951

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2510, *now ‘TENDER / SOFT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2510
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#274
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2510,
  title  = {{*now 'TENDER / SOFT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2510},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2510}
}