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*r-saŋ

LIZARD
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlesaŋprefixrinitialsrhymeaŋcoverS · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*ʃaŋ- ‘LIZARD’PCN #200
Northern Naga/Konyakian*C̬-saːŋ ‘LIZARD’WTF-PNN p.515

Connections

HPTB*r-saŋ ‘lizard’p. 127

Reflexes & cognates42 reflexes · 14 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

1.1.1.1Western Tani6

Apataniso-miŋmorpheme ‘lizard (species)’Sun J 93 Tani
Apataniso-pĩmorpheme ‘lizard’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanisó-piŋmorpheme ‘lizard’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengnisoː-jɯŋmorpheme soː-pinmorpheme ‘lizard’Sun J 93 Tani

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2

Damuɕoŋ-ke#6105 PTB *kwa(k/ŋ) ‘LIZARD’ ɕomorpheme-tɕərmorpheme ‘lizard’Sun J 93 Tani
Milangɟong-kebmorpheme ‘lizard’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.2.1.1Northern Chin4

Thadotàŋ ‘lizard’Weidert 87 TBTo: 200
Thadotàŋ ‘lizard’Thirumalai 72: 64
Thadotʌ̀ŋ ‘lizard’Thirumalai 72: 67

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lushai [Mizo]tang◦kâwng ‘lizard’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)11

Ao (Chungli)sang◦kenmorpheme ‘lizard’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)saŋ²kən²morpheme n.‘lizard’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.097
Ao (Chungli)²saŋ ²kɯnmorpheme ‘lizard’Weidert 87 TBTo: 200
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)shang◦kungmorpheme ‘lizard’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)shan◦pitamorpheme ‘lizard’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)sàŋ◦philamorpheme n.‘lizard’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagasəŋ¹rəm¹morpheme n.‘lizard with long tail, colorful head (green/blue)’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.200
Lotha Nagasüng◦rhümmorpheme ‘lizard’Murry 78: 68
Lotha Naga¹sɯŋ ¹rɯmmorpheme ‘lizard’Weidert 87 TBTo: 200

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group2

Angami (Khonoma)so◦krumorpheme ‘lizard’Marrison 67 Naga
Angami (Kohima)so◦krumorpheme ‘lizard’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern NagaC̬-saːŋ ‘lizard’French 83: 515

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte2

Tangsa²tsʌŋ-ratmorpheme ‘lizard sp.’Weidert 87 TBTo: 200
Tangsa³tsʌŋ ³khʌumorpheme ‘lizard’Weidert 87 TBTo: 200

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang2

Changsa◦limorpheme◦mangmorpheme ‘lizard’Marrison 67 Naga
Changsu ‘lizard’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho4

Jingphokă³³morphemesaŋ³³son³¹morpheme n‘lizard’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0348.19
Jingphokəmorpheme◦sāŋ sònmorpheme ‘jungle lizard’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 207
Jingphon̄-sāŋ sònmorpheme ‘lizard’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 207
Jingphonsaŋ sonmorpheme ‘jungle lizard’Benedict 72 STC: 70

2.1.2.1Tibetan3

Tibetan (Written)rtsaŋs-pasuffix ‘lizard’Weidert 87 TBTo: 200
Tibetan (Written)rtsaŋs-pasuffix ‘lizard’Benedict 72 STC: 70
Tibetan (Written)rtɑ́ŋs-pɑsuffix ‘lizard’Jäschke 1881

3.2Qiangic2

Lyuzutaŋ³³tshɿ⁵³morpheme n‘lizard’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0348.18
Pumi (Jiulong)tã⁵⁵tsɿ⁵⁵morphemepu⁵⁵morphemeli¹¹morpheme n‘lizard’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0348.10

6.1.1Burmish5

Burmese (Written)saŋ-kyaumorpheme ‘skink’Benedict 72 STC: 70
Burmese (Written)sâŋ-kyômorpheme ‘large brown earth lizard; skink’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 207
Burmese (Written)saŋ-lipmorpheme ‘species of skink’Benedict 72 STC: 70
Langsu (Luxi)tʃɔ̃³¹kjauŋ³¹morpheme n‘lizard’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0348.31
Leqi (Luxi)tsaŋ³¹kjuŋ³¹morpheme n‘lizard’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0348.33

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2653, *r-saŋ ‘LIZARD’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2653
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#070
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2653,
  title  = {{*r-saŋ 'LIZARD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2653},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2653}
}