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STEDT #2618

*m/s-rwaŋ

CAT / WILDCAT / TIGER

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*mjo ‘TIGER’

Tamangish*ᴮmaŋ ‘TIGER’

Lolo-Burmese*k-roŋ¹ ‘CAT / WILDCAT’HPTB p.138

Loloish*k-roŋ¹ ‘CAT, LEOPARD’DB-PLolo: 16

Connections

HPTB (PLB)*k-roŋ¹ ‘cat / wildcat’p. 138

Notes

This *s- prefix with this root is undoubtedly a reduction of #34 PTB *sya-n FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL.

This root was formerly reconstructed as *s/k-roŋ, although the *k- prefix is restricted to Lolo-Burmese. For a discussion of the “Lolo-Burmese velar animal prefix”, see HPTB:138-139.

Reflexes & cognates91 reflexes · 19 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmans/k-roŋ ‘cat / wildcat’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 611

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanimjo ‘tiger’Sun J 93 HCST: 433

1.1.1.1Western Tani25

Bokarño-reːmorpheme ‘leopard’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokaršo#6074 PTani *so ‘WILDCAT’-mjo ‘tiger’Sun J 93 HCST

Bokarso#6074 PTani *so ‘WILDCAT’-mjo ‘tiger’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarȵo reːmorpheme n‘leopard / panther’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0310.24

Bokarɕo#6074 PTani *so ‘WILDCAT’ mjo n‘tiger’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0304.24

Bokar Lhobaȵo◦rɛːmorpheme ‘leopard’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 126.51

Bokar Lhobaɕo#6074 PTani *so ‘WILDCAT’◦m jo ‘tiger’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 124.51

Galo`homorpheme◦ɲo n.‘Panthera tigris’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`homorpheme◦ɲo n.‘tiger’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`hɨɨ#2658 PTB *si(ŋ/k) ‘TREE / WOOD / FIREWOOD’PTani *sɯŋ ‘WOOD / TREE’PKC *thiŋ ‘TREE / WOOD’PCN *siŋ ‘WOOD’PTk *tʰiŋ ‘WOOD’TGTM *ᴮsiŋ ‘TREE’PKir *siŋ ‘TREE’PLB *sikᴴ ⪤ *siŋ ‘TREE’◦bomorpheme-`ɲo◦reemorpheme n.‘clouded leopard’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`taprefix◦ɲo n.‘tiger’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`ɲo◦kəmorpheme n.‘panther (black)’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`ɲo◦pin#591 PTB *pʷ(i/u)(l/n) ‘SKIN’PTani *pɯn ‘SKIN’PKC *wun ‘SKIN (n.) / LEATHER’PTk *hol ‘SKIN / BARK’PNN *s-wun ⪤ *wur ‘SKIN / FLESH’ n.‘skin (tiger)’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`ɲo◦pin#591 PTB *pʷ(i/u)(l/n) ‘SKIN’PTani *pɯn ‘SKIN’PKC *wun ‘SKIN (n.) / LEATHER’PTk *hol ‘SKIN / BARK’PNN *s-wun ⪤ *wur ‘SKIN / FLESH’ n.‘tiger skin’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`ɲo◦reemorpheme n.‘striped big cat’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`ɲo◦tə#2697 PTB *ta-y ‘BIG’PTani *tə ~ *ta ‘BIG’PTk *dej ‘LARGE / BIG’ n.‘lion’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`ɲo◦tə#2697 PTB *ta-y ‘BIG’PTani *tə ~ *ta ‘BIG’PTk *dej ‘LARGE / BIG’ n.‘tiger’GLDC 09 Galo

Galohomorpheme◦menmorpheme-`ɲo◦kəmorpheme n.‘black panther’GLDC 09 Galo

Galohomorpheme◦menmorpheme-`ɲo◦kəmorpheme n.‘panther (black)’GLDC 09 Galo

Galohomorpheme◦menmorpheme-`ɲo◦tə#2697 PTB *ta-y ‘BIG’PTani *tə ~ *ta ‘BIG’PTk *dej ‘LARGE / BIG’ n.‘Panthera tigris’GLDC 09 Galo

Galohomorpheme◦menmorpheme-`ɲo◦tə#2697 PTB *ta-y ‘BIG’PTani *tə ~ *ta ‘BIG’PTk *dej ‘LARGE / BIG’ n.‘tiger’GLDC 09 Galo

Galoɲo-tɤ#2697 PTB *ta-y ‘BIG’PTani *tə ~ *ta ‘BIG’PTk *dej ‘LARGE / BIG’ ‘tiger’Das Gupta 63 Gal

Taginnyo◦duŋmorpheme ‘tiger teeth on the cross belt’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani3

Padam [Abor]simorpheme-mño~ ño-nə#1621 PTB *n(y)u ‘FEMALE / MOTHER’PTani *nə ‘MOTHER’PKC *nuu ‘FEMALE’PKC *nuu ‘MOTHER’PKC *nu-ŋaak ⪤ *ŋaak-nuu ‘MAIDEN / BELLE / WOMAN (unmarried)’PNN *ɲəːw ‘BIG / MOTHER’ ‘tiger’Sun J 93 HCST

Damuɕi#6074 PTani *so ‘WILDCAT’-myo ‘tiger’Sun J 93 Tani

Mishing [Miri]ši#6074 PTani *so ‘WILDCAT’-mjo ‘tiger’Sun J 93 HCST

1.1.2Deng8

Darang [Taraon]ta:prefix◦mya ‘tiger’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]ta:prefix◦myo ha:gommorpheme ‘leopard’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]tɑ³¹prefixmiɑŋ⁵⁵ n‘leopard / panther’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0310.22

Darang [Taraon]tɑ³¹prefixmiɑŋ⁵⁵ ‘leopard’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 126.49

Iduamorpheme◦mra ‘tiger’Anonymous 62 Idu

Iduamorpheme◦mra◦lãmorpheme ‘belt of tiger's teeth’Anonymous 62 Idu

Idujɑ⁵⁵morphememɹɑ⁵⁵ ‘tiger’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 124.50

Yidujɑ⁵⁵morphememɹɑ⁵⁵ n‘tiger’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0304.25

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Thadomɛ́ŋ◦càmorpheme ‘cat’Thirumalai 72: 39

1.5Mikir [Karbi]2

Mikir [Karbi]meng ‘cat’Marrison 67 Naga

Mikir [Karbi]meng◦kalumorpheme ‘cat’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Kokborokaprefix-məin ‘cat’Tripuri 88

1.7.3.1Jingpho13

Jingphoroŋ / śəprefix◦roŋ / śəprefix◦ro ‘tiger, leopard’Benedict 72 STC: 107n301

Jingphoshamorpheme◦raw ‘tiger’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphoshamorpheme◦raw◦ningtenmorpheme ‘leopard’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphošəmorpheme◦rō ‘tiger’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 145

Jingphoʃă³¹morphemeʒo³³ (ʃă³¹morphemeniŋ³³#2501 PTB *s-ni(ː)ŋ ⪤ *s-nik ‘YEAR’PTani *ñiŋ ‘YEAR’PCN *niŋ ‘SKY / YEAR’PL *s-nikᴴ ‘YEAR’PKar *hneŋ ‘YEAR’PKar *hneŋᴮ ‘YEAR’) n‘year of the tiger’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0757.19

Jingphoʃă³¹morphemeʒo³³; ʒoŋ³¹kok³¹morpheme ‘leopard’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 126.47

Jingphoʃă³¹morphemeʒo³³; ʒoŋ³¹pa³¹morpheme ‘tiger’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 124.47

Jingphoʃă¹morphemeʒo³³ ‘tiger’Liu 84

Jingphoʃă¹morphemeʒo³³ ‘leopard’Liu 84

Jingphoʒoŋ³¹kok³¹morpheme n‘leopard / panther’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0310.19

Jingphoʒoŋ³¹pa³¹morpheme ‘tiger’Liu 84

Jingphoʒoŋ³¹pa³¹morpheme n‘tiger’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0304.19

Jingpho (Hkauri)šəmorpheme◦rōŋ ‘tiger’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 145

2.1.4Tamangish4

*TGTMᴮmaŋ ‘tiger’Mazaudon 94 These: 754

Thakali (Marpha)⁵⁴maŋ ‘tiger’Mazaudon 94 These: 754

Thakali (Syang)¹¹maŋ ‘tiger’Mazaudon 94 These: 754

Thakali (Syang)⁵¹maŋ ‘tiger’Mazaudon 94 These: 754

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti3

Athpare (Rai)meoŋ◦mamorpheme ‘cat’Ebert 97 Athpare

Limbumijɔŋ ‘cat’Michailovsky 89 Lm

Limbumujɔŋ ‘cat’Michailovsky 89 Lm

3.2Qiangic3

Pumi (Lanping)ɣo¹³ n‘tiger’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0304.09

Pumi (Qinghua)ɣo¹³ ‘tiger’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 124.11

Pumi (Taoba)ɣo³⁵ ‘tiger’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 124.10

6.1.1Burmish19

Arakanesekraun ‘cat’Okell 71

Burmese (Rangoon)tɕɑ̃u²² n‘cat’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0291.27

Burmese (Standard Spoken)caun ‘cat’Okell 71

Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)tɕɑũ²² ‘cat’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 120.40

Burmese (Written)krauŋ ‘cat’Benedict 72 STC: 107n301

Burmese (Written)kroṅ ‘cat’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)kron̊ ‘cat’Okell 71

Burmese (Inscriptional)kron ‘cat’Okell 71

Burmese (Written)kroŋ ‘cat’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 145

Burmese (Written)kroŋ ‘cat’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)krɔŋ² n‘cat’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0291.26

Burmese (Written)krɔŋ² ‘cat’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 120.39

Hpun (Northern)aìŋkɔ̀ŋmorpheme chɔ́ŋ ‘wildcat ('jungle cat')’Henderson 86 Hpun

Hpun (Northern)chɔ̀ŋ, chaúŋ ‘cat’Henderson 86 Hpun

Inthacon ‘cat’Okell 71

Marmakrɔŋ ‘cat’Huziwara 08 Sak: 304-1

Maru [Langsu]rauŋ ‘cat (wild-)’Benedict 72 STC: 107n301

Maru [Langsu]yaùng ‘cat’Okell 71

Tavoyancon ‘cat’Okell 71

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishk-roŋ¹ ‘leopard cat’Bradley 79 PLo: 16

6.1.2.2Central Loloish6

Jinuojo³¹mɛ⁴⁴morpheme n‘cat’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0291.44

Jinuo (Youle)jo⁴²mɛ³³morpheme ‘cat’Gai 86

Jinuojɔ³¹mɛ⁴⁴morpheme ‘cat’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 120.34

Lahuɣɔ̀ ‘cat’Benedict 72 STC: 107n301

Lahu (Black)g̈ɔ̀ ‘wildcat’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 145

Lisu (Northern)ɣɔ⁴⁴tʃhɿ³³#2805 PTB *g-zik ‘LEOPARD’ ‘wildcat’Bradley 94 Lisu

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2618, *m/s-rwaŋ ‘CAT / WILDCAT / TIGER’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2618

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

References: cf. STC p.107, HPTB p.294

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2618,
  title  = {{*m/s-rwaŋ 'CAT / WILDCAT / TIGER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2618},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2618}
}