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*m/s-r(a/o)w

PINE / FIR

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*ru ‘FIR / PITCH PINE’JS-HCST: 118

Connections

HPTB*row ⪤ *raw ‘pine / fir’pp. 224, 226, 515

Notes

The m- prefix is attested in Jingpho, while the s- prefix is attested in Nungic.

Reflexes & cognates45 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burman(s-)row ‘pine, fir’Benedict 72 STC: 320

*Tibeto-Burmanrow ‘pine, fir’LaPolla 87: 158

*Tibeto-Burmanrow ⪤ raw ‘pine / fir’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 611

1.1.1Tani1

*Taniru ‘fir / pitch-pine’Sun J 93 HCST: 146

1.1.1.1Western Tani12

Bengniruk-laː#191 PTB *laŋ ‘WATER / FLUID / RIVER / VALLEY’PTani *laŋ ‘SOUP’PLB *laŋ¹ ‘RIVER / VALLEY’ ‘resin’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnitaprefix-ru ‘fir / pitch-pine’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengnitaprefix-ruk ‘fir’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokartaprefix ru nveg‘pine’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0385.24

Bokartaprefix ru n‘torches (pine)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0388.24

Bokartaprefix ru ru◦jeːmorpheme nveg‘resin / colophony’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0387.24

Bokartaprefix-ru ‘fir / pitch-pine’Sun J 93 HCST

Bokartaprefix-ru ‘wood for lighting a fire’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokartaprefix-ru sɯŋ#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’-nəmorpheme ‘pine tree’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokartaprefix-ruː ru-jeːmorpheme ‘resin’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokar Lhobataprefix ru ‘pine’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 179.51

Bokar Lhobataprefix◦ru ‘pine, fir’LaPolla 87: 158

1.7.3.1Jingpho7

Jingphomă³¹prefixʒau³³phun⁵⁵morpheme nveg‘pine’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0385.19

Jingphomă³¹prefixʒau³³phun⁵⁵morpheme ‘pine’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 179.47

Jingphomă³¹prefixʒau³³sau⁵⁵morpheme nveg‘resin / colophony’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0387.19

Jingphomă¹prefixʒau³³phun⁵⁵morpheme ‘pine’Liu 84

Jingphoməprefix◦rāu ‘pine / fir’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 243

Jingphoməprefix◦rau ‘pine, fir’LaPolla 87: 158

Jingphoməprefix◦rau ‘pine, fir’Benedict 72 STC: 320

4Nungic12

Anongśəru thiŋ#2690 PTB *taŋ ‘PINE / FIR’PTk *taŋ ‘PINE (TREE)’PLB *taŋ² ‘FIREWOOD / PINE’ ‘pine, fir’LaPolla 87: 158

Anongśəru thiŋ#2690 PTB *taŋ ‘PINE / FIR’PTk *taŋ ‘PINE (TREE)’PLB *taŋ² ‘FIREWOOD / PINE’ ‘pine, fir’Benedict 72 STC: 320

Rawangɕəru³³ ɕɯŋ⁵³#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’ ‘pine’LaPolla 03: 435

Rawangɕəru³³ ʃu⁵³morpheme ‘resin, colophony’LaPolla 03: 436

Rawangʃəru³³ ɕi⁵³#1019 PTB *sey ‘FRUIT / ROSE / ROUND OBJECT’PTani *ze ‘FRUIT’PKC *thay ‘FRUIT’PKC *ʔaar-θii ⪤ *-sii ‘STAR’PCN *a-sej ‘FRUIT / SEED’PTk *tʰej ‘FRUIT’PKar *saᴮ ‘FRUIT’ ‘pine cones’LaPolla 03: 437

Trung [Dulong]sɯ³¹ɹu⁵⁵ɕiŋ⁵⁵#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’ ‘pine’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 179.46

Dulongɕɯ⁵⁵ɹu⁵⁵ n‘torches (pine)’morphemeHuang and Dai 92 TBL: 0388.20

Dulongɕɯ⁵⁵ɹu⁵⁵tɑŋ⁵⁵#2690 PTB *taŋ ‘PINE / FIR’PTk *taŋ ‘PINE (TREE)’PLB *taŋ² ‘FIREWOOD / PINE’dʑuʔ⁵⁵morpheme nveg‘resin / colophony’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0387.20

Dulongɕɯ⁵⁵ɹu⁵⁵ɕiŋ⁵⁵#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’ nveg‘pine’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0385.20

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)sɯ³¹ ru⁵⁵ śiŋ⁵⁵#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’ ‘pine, fir’LaPolla 87: 158

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)sɯ³¹ ru⁵⁵ śɯŋ⁵⁵#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’ ‘pine, fir’LaPolla 87: 158

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)sɯ³¹ɹu⁵⁵ɕɯŋ⁵⁵#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’ ‘pine’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1.1Burmish14

Burmese (Rangoon)thĩ⁵⁵#2690 PTB *taŋ ‘PINE / FIR’PTk *taŋ ‘PINE (TREE)’PLB *taŋ² ‘FIREWOOD / PINE’ju⁵⁵ nveg‘pine’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0385.27

Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)htɪ̃⁵⁵#2690 PTB *taŋ ‘PINE / FIR’PTk *taŋ ‘PINE (TREE)’PLB *taŋ² ‘FIREWOOD / PINE’ju⁵⁵ ‘pine’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 179.40

Burmese (Written)htɑŋ³#2690 PTB *taŋ ‘PINE / FIR’PTk *taŋ ‘PINE (TREE)’PLB *taŋ² ‘FIREWOOD / PINE’ru³ ‘pine’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 179.39

Burmese (Written)thâŋ#2690 PTB *taŋ ‘PINE / FIR’PTk *taŋ ‘PINE (TREE)’PLB *taŋ² ‘FIREWOOD / PINE’-rû ‘pine / fir’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 243

Burmese (Written)thâŋ#2690 PTB *taŋ ‘PINE / FIR’PTk *taŋ ‘PINE (TREE)’PLB *taŋ² ‘FIREWOOD / PINE’-rû n‘pine or fir’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)thàŋ#2690 PTB *taŋ ‘PINE / FIR’PTk *taŋ ‘PINE (TREE)’PLB *taŋ² ‘FIREWOOD / PINE’-rù ‘pine, fir’LaPolla 87: 158

Burmese (Written)tháŋ#2690 PTB *taŋ ‘PINE / FIR’PTk *taŋ ‘PINE (TREE)’PLB *taŋ² ‘FIREWOOD / PINE’-ru ‘fir, pine’LaPolla 87: 39

Burmese (Written)thàŋ#2690 PTB *taŋ ‘PINE / FIR’PTk *taŋ ‘PINE (TREE)’PLB *taŋ² ‘FIREWOOD / PINE’-rù ‘pine, fir’Benedict 72 STC: 320

Burmese (Written)thàŋ#2690 PTB *taŋ ‘PINE / FIR’PTk *taŋ ‘PINE (TREE)’PLB *taŋ² ‘FIREWOOD / PINE’-rù ‘pine, fir’Benedict 72 STC: 69n215

Burmese (Written)thaŋː#2690 PTB *taŋ ‘PINE / FIR’PTk *taŋ ‘PINE (TREE)’PLB *taŋ² ‘FIREWOOD / PINE’-ruː ‘pine, fir’Matisoff 83 TIL: 50

Burmese (Written)thɑŋ³#2690 PTB *taŋ ‘PINE / FIR’PTk *taŋ ‘PINE (TREE)’PLB *taŋ² ‘FIREWOOD / PINE’ru³ nveg‘pine’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0385.26

Burmese (Written)thɑŋ³#2690 PTB *taŋ ‘PINE / FIR’PTk *taŋ ‘PINE (TREE)’PLB *taŋ² ‘FIREWOOD / PINE’ru³mi³morphemetut⁴morpheme n‘torches (pine)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0388.26

Burmese (Written)thɑŋ³#2690 PTB *taŋ ‘PINE / FIR’PTk *taŋ ‘PINE (TREE)’PLB *taŋ² ‘FIREWOOD / PINE’ru³tsi²morpheme nveg‘resin / colophony’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0387.26

Burmese (Written)tɑ¹morphemerutphɑ³morphemehtɑŋ³#2690 PTB *taŋ ‘PINE / FIR’PTk *taŋ ‘PINE (TREE)’PLB *taŋ² ‘FIREWOOD / PINE’ru³ ‘fir’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 181.39

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2620, *m/s-r(a/o)w ‘PINE / FIR’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2620

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

References: cf. STC#320, HPTB pp. 224, 226, 515

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2620,
  title  = {{*m/s-r(a/o)w 'PINE / FIR'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2620},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2620}
}