*s-nəw(k/ŋ)

BREAST / MILK

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlenyuinitialn(y)rhymeu(k/ŋ)coverM · NT

Intermediate reconstructions

Karenic*náun' ‘BREAST’

Connections

Allofams

2 #3585 *s-nəw(-) ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’
2a #253 *s-nəw ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’
2b #3586 *s-nəw(t/n) ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’
2c #259 *s-nəw(k/ŋ) ‘BREAST / MILK’

Reflexes & cognates18 reflexes · 8 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani3

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]aprefix-nyuk ‘breast milk’Matisoff 87 BP

Milangaprefix◦ɲuŋ ‘breast’Tayeng 76 Mil

Milangɲun-pi#276 PTB *(p/b)i ‘ROUNDED PART / NIPPLE / FOREHEAD / SHOULDER’ ‘nipple’Despite the final dental nasal in Milang ɲun-, it is assigned to #259 PTB *s-nəw(k/ŋ) BREAST / MILK because of the doublet with ɲuŋ.Tayeng 76 Mil

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)hnᴜk¹ ‘breasts, nipple’Luce 85: G.53

Lai (Hakha)hnᴜk¹ ‘breasts’Luce 85: P.17

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Huishuʔamorpheme-nə#253 PTB *s-nəw ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’MesorootsPKC *hnooy ‘BREAST’PTk *nu ‘BREAST’PKar *nu' ‘BREAST’PKar *nuᴮ ‘BREASTS’Allofams2 #3585 PTB *s-nəw(-) ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’2a #253 PTB *s-nəw ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’2b #3586 PTB *s-nəw(t/n) ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’2c #259 PTB *s-nəw(k/ŋ) ‘BREAST / MILK’-nuk ‘breast, udder’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.101

2.1.4Tamangish2

Manang (Gyaru)nyog¹ ro¹morpheme nyᴇː⁴#254 PTB *s-nya-n ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’ ‘breast (woman)’This Manang form proves the independence of etyma #259 PTB *s-nəw(k/ŋ) BREAST / MILK (nyog¹) and #254 PTB *s-nya-n BREAST / MILK / SUCK (nyɛː⁴).Nagano 84 Man: 034

Manang (Prakaa)²ɲok◦roːmorpheme ‘breast’Hoshi 84: 0025

3.2Qiangic2

Pumi (Taoba)ȵõ³⁵ ‘breast’Lu 83 Pumi

Pumi (Taoba)ȵõ³⁵ ‘breast’This form is rather arbitrarily assigned to this set, rather than to #3586 PTB *s-nəw(t/n) BREAST / MILK / SUCK.Sun H 91 ZMYY: 259.10

*Karennáun' ‘breast’These Karenic forms are assigned to this set because of the final glottal stop in Weidert’s Pwo (Bassein) form.Jones 61: 23

Pwo (Bassein)núʔ ‘breast’Weidert 87 TBTo: 926

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #259, *s-nəw(k/ŋ) ‘BREAST / MILK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/259

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-259,
  title  = {{*s-nəw(k/ŋ) 'BREAST / MILK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #259},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/259}
}