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STEDT #2526

*s-ŋak

PLANTAIN / BANANA
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleŋakinitialŋrhymeak=(s-)ncoverM · VNTS

Connections

HPTB*s-ŋak ‘plantain / banana’p. 318

Reflexes & cognates47 reflexes · 16 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmans-ŋak ‘plantain / banana’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 606

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Damu*ŋak-paʔsuffix ‘banana’Sun J 93 Tani

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Tiddimna?³ tang¹morpheme ‘banana’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1161

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagaŋaːk ‘plantain’French 83: 532

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte2

Tangsa (Moshang)yammorpheme ŋa ‘plantain’French 83: 462
Tangsa (Moshang)yammorpheme◦nga ‘banana’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphoŋa ~ ləmorpheme◦ŋa ~ ləmorpheme◦ŋu ‘plantain’Benedict 72 STC: 477

2Himalayish1

Nacherenglimorpheme-ŋak-simorpheme ‘plantain’Benedict 72 STC: 477

2.3Kiranti1

*Kirantiŋak ‘plantain’Benedict 72 STC: 477

2.3.2Southern Kiranti3

BantawabhoNga ‘banana flower’morphemeRai 85 BnDs
BantawaNaksi ‘banana’morphemeRai 85 BnDs
BantawaNaksiTaN ‘banana tree’morpheme · morphemeRai 85 BnDs

2.3.3Central Kiranti1

Khalinglemorpheme-ŋak-simorpheme ‘plantain’Benedict 72 STC: 477

6.1.1Burmish7

Bola (Luxi)ŋaʔ³¹mjauʔ³¹morpheme n‘banana (plantain)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0398.32
Burmese (Written)hŋak ‘plantain, banana’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)hŋak-pyawmorpheme-sîmorpheme ‘banana’WB hŋak-pyaw-sî has been interpreted as “bird-happy-fruit”, although this is very likely a folk etymology (cf. WB hŋak).Matisoff 78 MLBM: 84
Langsu (Luxi)ŋɔʔ³¹mjauk³¹morpheme n‘banana (plantain)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0398.31
Leqi (Luxi)ŋɔʔ⁵⁵mju̱k⁵⁵morpheme n‘banana (plantain)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0398.33
Atsi [Zaiwa]ŋoʔ⁵⁵mjuʔ²¹morpheme n‘banana (plantain)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0398.30

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish2

Nusu (Central)ŋa̱⁵³ n‘banana (plantain)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0398.34
Yi (Nanhua)ȵæ̱³³pɯ̱³³morphemelɯ̱³³morphemem̩²¹morpheme n‘banana (plantain)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0398.37

6.1.2.2Central Loloish5

Jinuoŋa⁴²sɯ⁴⁴suffix n‘banana (plantain)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0398.44
Jinuo (Buyuan)ŋɑ³³tsi³³morpheme n‘banana (sp.)’Gai 86
Lisunga3-sï5morpheme ‘banana’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 139
Lisu (Central)nga³-sï⁵suffix ‘plantain’Fraser 22
Yi (Sani)ŋe⁴⁴phe²morpheme n‘banana (plantain)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0398.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish14

Akhanga M (<Tone *3) ‘banana’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 139
Akha (Yunnan)ŋa djɛqmorpheme ‘wild banana’Hansson 89 AHKP: 524
Akha (Thai)ŋa-djɛqmorpheme ‘wild banana’Hansson 89 AHKP: 524
Hani (Lüchun)ŋá djɛqmorpheme ‘wild banana’Hansson 89 AHKP: 524
Hani (Kao Hua-Nien)ŋa-tsu 55-33morpheme ‘banana’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 139
Hani (Mojiang)ŋa³³ɕi³¹suffix n‘banana (plantain)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0398.42
Mpiɲaŋʔ4 sɯ2morpheme ‘banana’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 139
Mpiɲaŋʔ⁴-sɯ²morpheme ‘banana’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 84
Mpiɲaŋʔ⁴sɯ²morpheme ‘bananas’Srinuan 76
Mpiɲaŋʔ⁴tu⁴morpheme ‘banana bud’Srinuan 76
Mpiɲaŋʔ⁴tɕeʔ⁴morpheme ‘banana tree stalk’Srinuan 76
Mpiɲaŋʔ⁴tɕeʔ⁴morphemet²⁶ ‘banana trees’Srinuan 76
Mpiɲaŋʔ⁴tɕhe⁶morpheme ‘banana (sp.)’Srinuan 76
Mpiɲ⁴tɕeʔ⁴morpheme ‘banana tree stalk’Srinuan 76

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1

Phuzaŋa⁵⁵mɔ³³morpheme ‘banana’Pelkey 11 Phula: 206

7Karenic8

Pa-Oŋa ‘plantain’Benedict 72 STC: 477
Pa-Oŋàʔ ‘banana’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Oŋàʔ báŋmorpheme châ, ʔəbáŋ châ ‘shoot of banana plant’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Oŋàʔ bɔ̀ŋmorpheme ‘banana flower’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Oŋàʔ kɛ̀nmorpheme ‘banana stem heart, edible’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Oŋàʔ mɨ̂morpheme ‘banana tree’Solnit 89 PaO
Pwoyaʔ ‘plantain’Benedict 72 STC: 477

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2526, *s-ŋak ‘PLANTAIN / BANANA’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2526
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#477, HPTB p. 318
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2526,
  title  = {{*s-ŋak 'PLANTAIN / BANANA'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2526},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2526}
}