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STEDT #2529

*ŋaːw

APE / MONKEY

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleŋaːwinitialŋrhymeaːwcoverM · W

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*ŋaaw ‘MONKEY (long tail / grey)’PKC #863

Central Naga (Ao Group)*ŋa ‘MONKEY’PCN #011

Connections

HPTB*ŋaːw ‘ape’p. 227

Chinese comparandum

禺 OC *ngi̯u, GSR #124a-b ‘monkey’; Schuessler 2007:617 *ŋoh; B & S 2011: (*ŋo-s); Mand. yù.

Reflexes & cognates24 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanŋaːw ‘ape’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 606

1NE Indian Areal Group2

*Kuki-Nagaŋa:w ‘ape, monkey’Benedict 72 STC: 192n491

*Kuki-Nagaŋɑːw ‘ape / monkey’Chou 72: 124a-b

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinŋaaw ‘MONKEY (long tail / grey)’VanBik 09 PKC: 863

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Thadoŋáaw ‘long-tail grey monkey’VanBik 09 PKC: 863

Tiddim-ŋaːu n‘ape’Henderson 65 TidC

Tiddimngau² ‘long-tail monkey’VanBik 09 PKC: 863

Tiddimngaːu² ‘long-tailed monkey’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1284

Tiddimŋa:u ‘ape’Benedict 72 STC: 192n491

Tiddimŋɑːu ‘ape’Chou 72: 124a-b

1.2.2Central Chin7

Lai (Hakha)ŋâaw ‘long-tail monkey’VanBik 09 PKC: 863

Lai (Falam)ŋǎaw ‘long-tail monkey’VanBik 09 PKC: 863

Lushai [Mizo]ngao ‘grey monkey’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1284

Lushai [Mizo]ngau ‘monkey (langur)’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]ngáu ‘grey monkey’VanBik 09 PKC: 863

Lushai [Mizo]ŋau ‘monkey (gray)’Benedict 72 STC: 192n491

Lushai [Mizo]ŋɑu ‘gray monkey’Chou 72: 124a-b

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)7

*Central Nagaŋa ‘MONKEY’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.011

*Aoʃa#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’-ŋa ‘MONKEY’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.267

Ao (Chungli)shi#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’◦ngo ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)si¹#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ŋu¹ n.‘monkey’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.267

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)sa#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’◦nga ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)sà#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’◦ŋa◦tʃamorpheme n.‘macaque (Assamese, pig-tailed)’Coupe 07 Ao

Yimchungrüshih#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’◦ngü ‘langur’Kumar 73 Yim: 86

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group5

Angami (Khonoma)teprefix◦ngo ‘monkey (huluk)’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)teprefix◦nuo ‘monkey (huluk)’Marrison 67 Naga

Meluriaprefix◦ngu ‘monkey (langur)’Marrison 67 Naga

Rengmateprefix◦nyu ‘monkey (macaque)’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ngu ‘monkey (langur)’Marrison 67 Naga

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old/Mid)ŋi̯u ‘monkey’Chou 72: 124a-b

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2529, *ŋaːw ‘APE / MONKEY’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2529

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

References: cf. STC p.192, HPTB p.227

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2529,
  title  = {{*ŋaːw 'APE / MONKEY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2529},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2529}
}