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STEDT #2533

*ŋra-k/ŋ

MEET
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*ŋra ‘meet’p. 81

Notes

Coblin 1986:109 offers several Chinese comparanda, listed below. Note that the Chinese forms reflect a final velar, *-ŋ or *-k.

Chinese comparandum

阿 OC *ʔɑ̂, GSR #1m ‘slope; river bank’; B & S 2011: *qˁar; Mand. é.
滸 OC *χo, GSR #60k ‘river bank’; Schuessler 2007:150-1 *hŋâʔ; B & S 2011: *qʰˁaʔ; Mand. hǔ.
厂 OC *χɑ̂n, GSR #145a-b ‘cliff’; Schuessler 2007:150-1 *hŋâʔ; B & S 2011: *ŋ̊ˁarʔ ~ *ŋ̊ˁar-s; Mand. hàn.
岸 OC *ngɑ̂n, GSR #139e‘ ‘river bank’; Schuessler 2007:150-1 *hŋâns; B & S 2011: *ŋˁar-s {[ŋ]ˁa[r]-s} (‹ uvular?); Mand. àn.

顏 OC *ngɑn, GSR #199c ‘face; countenance; color’; Schuessler 2007:551 *ŋrân; B & S 2011: *C.ŋˁrar; Mand. yán.
迎 OC *ngi̯ɑ̆ng, GSR #699d ‘meet’; Coblin 86:109 OC *ngjiang; Schuessler 2007:575 *ŋraŋ; B & S 2011: *ŋraŋ; Mand. yíng.
迎 OC *ngi̯ɑ̆ng, GSR #699d ‘go to meet; receive’; Coblin 86:109 OC *ngjiangh; Schuessler 2007:575 *ŋraŋh; B & S 2011: *ŋraŋ-s; Mand. yìng.

禦 OC *ngi̯o, GSR #60p-q ‘defend; oppose; prevent’; Schuessler 2007:590 *ŋaʔ; B & S 2011: *m-qʰaʔ {m-qʰ(r)aʔ}; Mand. yù.
晤 OC *ngo, GSR #58l ‘meet; face to face’; Schuessler 2007:590 *ŋâh; B & S 2011: *ŋˁak-s; Mand. wù.
蘁 OC *ngɑ̂k/g, GSR #768d ‘resist, oppose’; Schuessler 2007:590 *ŋâk(h); Mand. wù.

訝 OC *ngɑ̊, GSR #37e ‘meet; receive’; Coblin 86:109 ST *ngraɣ > OC *ngragh; Schuessler 2007:551 *ŋrâh; Mand. yà.
迓 OC *ngɑ̊, GSR #37f ‘meet; receive’; Coblin 86:109 ST *ngraɣ > OC *ngragh; Schuessler 2007:551 *ŋrâh; B & S 2011: *ŋˁrak‑s {[ŋ]ˁrak‑s}; Mand. yà.
詻 OC *nglɑ̆k, GSR #766h’ ‘dispute, contest’; Schuessler 2007:551 *ŋrâk; B & S 2011: (*ŋˁrak); Mand. é.
额 OC *nglɑ̆k, GSR #766 ‘forehead’; Schuessler 2007:552 *ŋrâk; B & S 2011: (*ŋˁrak); Mand. é.
逆 OC *ngi̯ɑ̆k, GSR #788c-e ‘go to meet; go against; rebellious; receive; anticipate’; Coblin 86:109 OC *ngjiak; Schuessler 2007:399 *ŋrjak; B & S 2011: *ŋˤrak‑s {[ŋ]ˤrak‑s}; Mand. nì.

訴 OC *sɑ̂g, GSR #792j ‘accuse, inform’; Schuessler 2007:590 *sŋâkh; B & S 2011: *s-ŋˁak-s; Mand. sù.
朔 OC *sɑ̂k, GSR #769a ‘first day of new moon; beginning, north’; Schuessler 2007:399 *sŋrâk ~ *srôk; B & S 2011: *s.ŋrak; Mand. shuò.

Reflexes & cognates19 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetanngraɣ ‘meet / encounter’Coblin 86: 109

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanŋra ‘meet, encounter’Benedict 72 STC: 154

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphonyā ‘meet; frolic; copulate’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 225
Jingphonya ‘meet, encounter’Benedict 72 STC: 154

6.1.1Burmish3

Burmese (Written)ŋrâ ‘meet with, find; copulate’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 225
Burmese (Written)ŋrâ ‘meet with, find’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)ŋrà ‘meet, encounter’Benedict 72 STC: 154

9.0.1Old Chinese4

Chinese (Old)ŋraŋ-ssuffix ‘go to meet’BaxterSagart 2011: 3521
Chinese (Old)ŋˤrak-ssuffix {[ŋ]ˤrak-s} ‘meet’BaxterSagart 2011: 3277

9.0.2Middle Chinese2

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2533, *ŋra-k/ŋ ‘MEET’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2533
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#154
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2533,
  title  = {{*ŋra-k/ŋ 'MEET'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2533},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2533}
}