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STEDT #2546

*pʷa

MAN / FATHER / HUSBAND / PERSON

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlepainitialprhymea=pwacoverP · WT

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*a-pwaʔ ‘FATHER’PCN #037

Connections

Allofams

2a #2546 *pʷa ‘MAN / FATHER / HUSBAND / PERSON’
2b #5484 *wa ‘MAN / FATHER / HUSBAND / PERSON’

HPTB*pʷa ‘man / father / husband / person’pp. 165, 166, 170, 172, 173, 175

HPTB*pu ‘male / father / grandfather’p. 24

Chinese comparandum

夫 OC *pi̯wo; GSR #101a-d ‘man’; B & S 2011: *pa {p(r)a}; Mand. fū.

Reflexes & cognates32 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burman-pa ‘masc. gender suffix’Benedict 72 STC: p.96

*Tibeto-Burmanpa ‘father’Benedict 72 STC: 24

*Tibeto-Burmanpʷa ‘man / father / husband / person’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 608

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)pa-ʔây#4508 PKC *ʔay ‘STEP- (father, mother, child)’ ‘step-father’VanBik 09 PKC: 508

Lushai [Mizo]pa ‘father’Benedict 72 STC: 24

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]páw-èi#4508 PKC *ʔay ‘STEP- (father, mother, child)’ ‘step father’VanBik 09 PKC: 508

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)23

*Central Nagaaprefix-pwaʔ ‘FATHER’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.037

*Aopwaʔ-timorpheme-əɹsuffix ‘PRIEST’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.031

*Aotprefix-pwaʔ ‘FATHER’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.371

Ao (Chungli)pu¹◦timorpheme◦ɹ³²suffix n.‘priest’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.031

Ao (Chungli)pu◦timorpheme◦rsuffix ‘priest’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)tammorpheme◦bu◦rsuffix ‘old man’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)taprefix◦numorpheme◦rsuffix-teprefix◦bu◦rsuffix ‘boy’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦bu ‘father’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦bu◦rsuffix ‘man (male)’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)tə³prefix-puʔ³ n.‘father’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.371

Ao (Chungli)³tɯprefix³puʔ ‘father’Weidert 87 TBTo: 121

Ao (Mongsen: Khensa)pàʔ◦tímorpheme◦ɹsuffix n.‘priest’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.031

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)pa◦timorpheme◦rsuffix ‘priest’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tsünmorpheme◦ba◦rsuffix ‘old man’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-paʔ n.‘father’Coupe 07 Ao

Lotha Nagapu¹-tiʔ³morpheme n.‘priest, village headman’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.037

Lotha Nagapu◦thimorpheme ‘priest’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagapvü◦timorpheme ‘priest’Murry 78: 92

Sangtam¹umorpheme¹va ‘father’Weidert 87 TBTo: 121

Yacham-Tengsaaprefix◦pu ‘father’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrüaprefix◦pu ‘father’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrüaprefix◦puh ‘father’Kumar 73 Yim: 68

Yimchungrü¹aprefix²buʔ ‘father’Weidert 87 TBTo: 121

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group4

Angami Naga⁵uprefix¹pfu ‘father’Weidert 87 TBTo: 324

Ntenyiaprefix◦pa ‘father’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦pu ‘father’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]¹aprefix¹pu ‘father’Weidert 87 TBTo: 121

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garopha ⪤ əpa ‘father’Benedict 72 STC: 24

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)pha ⪤ ʔapha ⪤ ʔapa ‘father’Benedict 72 STC: 24

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)ăprefix◦bhá ‘father’Benedict 72 STC: 24

Burmese (Written)bhá ‘father’Benedict 72 STC: 24

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lisuphu³¹#2582 PTB *pəw ‘GRANDFATHER / OLDER BROTHER’PKC *puu ‘GRANDFATHER’PTk *bu ‘GRANDFATHER / UNCLE’PLB *ʔ-bəw² ‘GRANDFATHER’phɑ³¹ n‘ancestors / forebears’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0215.40

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2546, *pʷa ‘MAN / FATHER / HUSBAND / PERSON’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2546

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

References: cf. STC#024, HPTB pp. 165, 166, 170, 172, 173, 175

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2546,
  title  = {{*pʷa 'MAN / FATHER / HUSBAND / PERSON'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2546},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2546}
}