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STEDT #2702

*m-twa-n

HIGH
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*m-to ‘high’p. 204

Notes

In the absence of a Burmese cognate, it is difficult to distinguish between the rhymes -wa and -aw, both of which yield WT and Jingpho -o. This root was formerly reconstructed as *m-to.

Reflexes & cognates26 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphoməthò ‘high; pinnacle’Benedict 72 STC: 247

2.1.2Bodic7

Tsangla (Motuo)thon◦posuffix ‘high / tall’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 802.7
Tsangla (Motuo)tʻon⁵⁵po⁵⁵suffix ‘high’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tsangla (Tilang)tho-lumorpheme ‘high’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tshona (Wenlang)thyn⁵⁵pu⁵⁵suffix ‘high’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)thɔ⁵⁵po⁵³suffix ‘high / tall’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 802.6
Motuo Menbathon posuffix adj‘high / tall’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0968.07
Cuona Menbathɔ⁵⁵po⁵³suffix adj‘high / tall’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0968.06

2.1.2.1Tibetan16

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)thon posuffix ‘high / tall’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 802.4
Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)mthon mbosuffix ‘high / tall’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 802.5
Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)ntʰon-nbosuffix ‘high’Sun J 85 Amdo: 360
Tibetan (Batang)thᴜ⁵³ adj‘high / tall’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0968.03
Tibetan (Batang)thᴜ⁵⁵mbᴜ⁵³suffix adj‘high / tall’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0968.03
Tibetan (Jirel)thom◦boqsuffix adj‘high’Hale 73 CSD: 12c.08
Tibetan (Khams:Dege)then⁵⁵bo⁵³suffix ‘high / tall’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 802.3
Tibetan (Lhasa)tho⁵³po⁵³suffix ‘high / tall’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 802.2
Tibetan (Lhasa)tho⁵⁵po⁵⁵suffix adj‘high / tall’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0968.02
Tibetan (Written)mtho posuffix ‘high / tall’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 802.1
Tibetan (Written)mtho-basuffix ⪤ mthon-posuffix vs.‘high’Benedict 72 STC: 247
Tibetan (Written)mthon posuffix adj‘high / tall’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0968.01
Tibetan (Written)mthon.posuffix ‘high’Sun J 85 TbGl: 360
Tibetan (Written)mtho◦basuffix ‘high’Marrison 67 Naga
Tibetan (Xiahe)tho mbosuffix adj‘high / tall’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0968.04

3.2Qiangic1

Queyu (Xinlong)mthy³³mthy⁵⁵ adj‘high / tall’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0968.13

3.3rGyalrongic1

Daofugɛmorpheme mthu adj‘high / tall (of trees)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0968.12

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2702, *m-twa-n ‘HIGH’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2702
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#247, HPTB p.204
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2702,
  title  = {{*m-twa-n 'HIGH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2702},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2702}
}