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STEDT #2536

*d-ŋul

SILVER
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleŋulinitialŋrhymeul=(d-)ŋcoverM · VNL

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*ŋuun ‘SILVER’PKC #867
Northern Naga/Konyakian*ŋuil ‘SILVER’
Loloish*C-ŋwe¹ ‘SILVER’

Connections

Allofams
HPTB*d-ŋul ‘silver’pp. 83, 414, 415, 424

Chinese comparandum

銀 OC *ngi̯ɛn, GSR #416k ‘silver’; Coblin 86: *; Schuessler 2007:573 *ŋrən; B & S 2011: *ŋrən {ŋrə[n]}; Mand. yīn.

Reflexes & cognates125 reflexes · 23 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetandngjɨul ‘silver’Coblin 86: 133

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burmand-ŋul ‘silver’LaPolla 87: 25

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Paitengun ‘diamond’VanBik 09 PKC: 867
Sizangngūn ‘silver’VanBik 09 PKC: 867
Sizangngūn ‘silver’VanBik 09 PKC: 867

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin6

Daaiŋuⁱ ‘silver’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 26

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lushai [Mizo]ngúun n‘name of a bracelet, generally of brass, wound round the arm in a coil, a tendril’VanBik 09 PKC: 867

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]ngò ‘silver, golden’VanBik 09 PKC: 867

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1

Noctengun ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang4

Konyakngin ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga
Phomngin ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga
Phomŋin⁵⁵ ‘silver’Burling 98 Phom
Wanchongung ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Sakŋwe ‘silver’Huziwara 08 Sak: 288-5

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]ŋwo ‘silver (metal)’Li 97 Tangut: 3572

3.2Qiangic33

Ersuŋuaʴ⁵⁵ ‘silver’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 36.18
Guiqiongwũ⁵³ ‘silver’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 36.17
Muyaŋu⁵³ n‘silver’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0052.15
Muyaŋu⁵³ n‘money (lit. 'silver')’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0573.15
Namuyiŋu⁵⁵ ‘silver’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 36.19
Pumi (Qinghua)ŋãu⁵⁵ ‘silver’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 36.11
Pumi (Qinghua)ŋɑ̃u⁵⁵ ‘money’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 485.11
Pumi (Taoba)ȵõ⁵⁵ ‘silver’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 36.10
Qiang (Longxi)ŋú (sə̀nmorpheme dzémorpheme) ‘silver coin’Evans 99 Qiang: 800
Qiang (Mawo)ŋuə zimorpheme ‘silver’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 36.8
Qiang (Mianchi)ŋó-tɕìnmorpheme tsèmorpheme ‘silver coin [silver-money]’Evans 99 Qiang: 800
Qiang (Mianchi)ŋó-ȵàmorpheme-kàmorpheme ‘treasure [silver-and-gold]’Evans 99 Qiang: 657
Qiang (Taoping)χŋu⁵⁵ ‘silver’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 36.9
Xumiɦũ⁵⁵ ‘silver’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 36.20
Xumiɦũ⁵⁵ ‘money’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 485.20

3.3rGyalrongic2

3.3.1rGyalrong6

rGyalrongpamorpheme◦ŋei ‘silver’Benedict 72 STC: 15n54
rGyalrongpomorpheme ŋi ‘silver’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 36.12
Caodengrŋəl ‘silver’Sun J 97 Cao
Caodengrŋəl pʰərmorpheme-tʃumorpheme ‘bowl (silver)’Sun J 97 Cao
rGyalrongpomorpheme nge ‘silver’Nagano 97 GyQ: 8.3

4Nungic5

Trung [Dulong]ŋŭl⁵⁵ ‘silver’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 36.46
Dulongŋun⁵⁵ n‘silver’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0052.20

5Tujia6

Tujiaŋo⁵³ ‘silver’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 36.38
Tujia (Northern)ŋo⁵⁵ ‘silver’Tian 86

6.1.2Loloish1

*LoloishC-ŋwe¹ ‘silver’Bradley 79 PLo: 401B

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish4

Nusu (Southern)ŋui³⁵ ‘silver’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Northern)ŋuĩ³⁵ɑ³⁵morpheme ‘silver’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Bijiang)ŋui³⁵ɑ⁵⁵morpheme ‘silver’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 36.45

6.2Naxi6

Na (Yongning)ʁæ˧morphemeŋv˥ ‘collar; neck (precious; with silver thread)’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Naxiŋv̩²¹ n‘silver’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0052.45

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2536, *d-ŋul ‘SILVER’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2536
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC p.15
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2536,
  title  = {{*d-ŋul 'SILVER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2536},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2536}
}