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STEDT #2527

*ŋa-n

GOOSE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handleŋa-ninitialŋrhymea-nsuffixncoverM · VN

Connections

HPTB*ŋa-n ‘goose’pp. 177, 259, 449

Notes

STC (e.g., pp. 99, 158) considers the final -n in this root to originally have been a “collective suffix,” since wild geese tend to fly in large flocks.

Chinese comparandum

鵞~鵝 OC *ngɑ̂, GSR #2p ‘goose (wild)’; Schuessler 2007:222 *ŋâi; B & S 2011: *ŋˁar {ŋˁa[r]}; Mand. é.
雁 OC *ngɑn, GSR #186a-b ‘goose (wild)’; Coblin 86:87 ST *ngran > OC *ngranh; B & S 2011: *C.ŋˁrar-s {*C.[ŋ]ˁrar-s}; Mand. yàn.

Reflexes & cognates64 reflexes · 19 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetanngr+an ‘goose’Coblin 86: 87

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

Maringngaun ‘duck’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Lotha Nagaháŋə̀ ‘goose’Acharya 75

1.4Meithei1

Meitheinga◦numorpheme ‘duck’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Byangsiŋaŋ◦ba:morpheme n.‘duck’Sharma 2003: 645

2.1.2.1Tibetan10

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)ŋaŋ wamorpheme ‘goose’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 139.5
Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)ŋaŋ-wæmorpheme ‘goose’Sun J 85 Amdo: 317
Tibetan (Written)ngang.pasuffix ‘goose’Sun J 85 TbGl: 317
Tibetan (Written)ŋaŋ pamorpheme n‘goose (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0334.01
Tibetan (Written)ŋaŋ pamorpheme ‘wild goose’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 144.1
Tibetan (Written)ŋaŋ(-pamorpheme,-mamorpheme) ‘goose (wild-)’Benedict 72 STC: 99n284
Tibetan (Written)ŋɑŋ ‘goose (wild)’Chou 72: 186a
Tibetan (Written)ŋɑ́ŋ-mɑ ‘goose’morpheme · morphemeJäschke 1881

3.2Qiangic3

Qiang (Longxi)ŋa³⁵ ʁòmorpheme ‘wild goose {b?}’Evans 99 Qiang: 412
Qiang (Mianchi)ŋæ³⁵ uòmorpheme ‘wild goose {b?}’Evans 99 Qiang: 412
Qiang (Taoping)ŋan¹³ʁo³¹morpheme ‘wild goose’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 144.9

4Nungic1

Dulongŋu⁵³ n‘goose (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0334.20

5Tujia4

Tujia (Northern)ŋo²¹ ‘goose’Tian 86
Tujia (Southern)ŋo²¹ ‘goose’Tian 86
Tujiaŋo²¹ ‘goose’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 139.38

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish5

Laloáprefix-ný ‘goose’Björverud 94
Yi (Liangshan)go²¹ ‘wild goose’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)gu²¹ ‘goose, wild’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)gu²¹ʂɿ³³morpheme ‘goose, swan’Ma 08 Yi: index

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish8

Hani (Dazhai)o³¹morphemeŋø⁵⁵ ‘goose’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 139.31
Hani (Lüchun)dze⁵⁵morphemeŋø⁵⁵ n‘goose (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0334.41
Hani (Lüchun)o³¹morphemeŋø⁵⁵ n‘goose’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0301.41
Hani (Caiyuan)a⁵¹morphemeŋa⁵⁵ ‘goose’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 139.30
Hani (Shuikui)ɔ³¹morphemeŋɔ⁵⁵ ‘goose’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 139.32
Hani (Shuikui)ɣu³¹morphemeɔ³¹morphemeŋɔ⁵⁵ ‘wild goose’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 144.32
Hani (Mojiang)u³¹morphemeɔ³¹morphemeŋɔ⁵⁵ n‘goose (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0334.42
Hani (Mojiang)ɔ³¹morphemeŋɔ⁵⁵ n‘goose’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0301.42

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish4

Azhaʑɛ³³morphemeŋɔ²¹ ‘goose’Pelkey 11 Phula: 112
Southern Mujiʑɛ³³morphemeŋa²¹ ‘goose’Pelkey 11 Phula: 112
Pholaŋɔ³³mɔ̠²³morpheme ‘goose’Pelkey 11 Phula: 112
Phu Khaja³¹morpheme ŋa³³ ‘goose’Fried 00 PhuKha

9.0.1Old Chinese6

Chinese (Old/Mid)ngɑ̂/ngɑ̂ ‘goose’Karlgren 57 GSR: 2p
Chinese (Old/Mid)ngɑn/ngɑn- ‘goose (wild)’Karlgren 57 GSR: 186a-b
Chinese (Old/Mid)ŋɑ̂ ‘goose (domestic)’Chou 72: 2p
Chinese (Old/Mid)ŋɑn ‘goose (wild)’Chou 72: 186a
Chinese (Old)ngranh ‘goose’Coblin 86: 87
Chinese (Old)ngrans ‘goose (wild)’Baxter 92: 877

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Chinese (Middle)ngan- ‘wild goose’Coblin 86: 87

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2527, *ŋa-n ‘GOOSE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2527
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC p.99, HPTB pp.177, 259, 449
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2527,
  title  = {{*ŋa-n 'GOOSE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2527},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2527}
}