*(d/t)wan

WRINKLE / SHRINK

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletwaninitialtwrhymeancoverT · N

Connections

HPTB*dwan ⪤ *twan ‘wrinkle / shrink’p. 258

Notes

Although this root is so far sparsely attested, it looks solid, with a good correspondence between Jingpho and Written Burmese.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 3 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmandwan ⪤ twan ‘wrinkle / shrink’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 587

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphothūn ‘shrink’Dai 83 Jing: 323

6.1.1Burmish3

Burmese (Rangoon)ɑ⁵³prefixje²²morphemetũ⁵³ n‘wrinkle’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0121.27

Burmese (Written)twanʼ be v.‘wrinkled, puckered; flinch’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)ɑ¹prefixre²morphemeton¹ n‘wrinkle’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0121.26

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2717, *(d/t)wan ‘WRINKLE / SHRINK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2717

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

References: cf. HPTB p. 258, STC p.49

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2717,
  title  = {{*(d/t)wan 'WRINKLE / SHRINK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2717},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2717}
}