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STEDT #2731

*tsaŋ

ELEPHANT

Proto-Lolo-Burmese

Reconstruction analysis

handletsaŋinitialtsrhymeaŋ=tshaŋcoverTS · NTS

Intermediate reconstructions

Karenic*k-chaŋᴬ ‘ELEPHANT’TL#102

Notes

This root appears in several TB subgroups, including Lolo-Burmese and Karenic, but is certainly an areal word; cf. Thai cháaŋ and Mandarin 象 xiàng.

Reflexes & cognates51 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group5

Angami (Khonoma)tso ‘elephant’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Khonoma)tsu ‘elephant’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)cho ‘elephant’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)tso⁵⁵ kie¹¹#637 PTB *k(w/y)aŋ ‘TUSK / MOLAR’ ‘tusk (of elephant, boar)’Nienu 90 AngQ: 3.10.6

Rengmachung ‘elephant’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchatyang-mosuffix long#1638 PTB *b/m-laŋ ‘PENIS / MALE / HUSBAND’ ‘male elephant’Benedict 2008: 137

6.1.1Burmish22

Achang (Longchuan)tɕhaŋ⁵⁵ n‘elephant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0309.28

Achang (Longchuan)tɕhaŋ⁵⁵ ‘elephant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 123.41

Achang (Luxi)tshan³⁵ ‘elephant’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Xiandao)chaŋ⁵⁵ n‘elephant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0309.29

Achang (Xiandao)cʰaŋ⁵⁵ cui⁵⁵#635 PTB *m-dzyway ‘TOOTH / TUSK’PLB *jway¹ ‘TOOTH / TUSK’PL *ʔ-cway¹ ‘TUSK’ ‘tusk (of elephant)’Dai 89 Xian: 359

Bola (Luxi)tshɔ̃⁵⁵ n‘elephant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0309.32

Bolatsʰɔ̃⁵⁵ tui⁵⁵#635 PTB *m-dzyway ‘TOOTH / TUSK’PLB *jway¹ ‘TOOTH / TUSK’PL *ʔ-cway¹ ‘TUSK’ ‘tusk (of elephant)’Dai 89 Bola: 359

Burmese (Rangoon)shĩ²² n‘elephant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0309.27

Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)shĩ²² ‘elephant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 123.40

Burmese (Written)chaṅ ‘elephant’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)chaŋ ‘elephant’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)hsɑŋ² ‘elephant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 123.39

Burmese (Written)shɑŋ² n‘elephant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0309.26

Hpun (Northern)k(h)ăʃó ăshwímorpheme ‘tusk (of elephant)’Henderson 86 Hpun

Hpun (Northern)kăʃó ‘elephant’Henderson 86 Hpun

Hpun (Northern)kăʃó sàŋsᴜ̀ŋmorpheme ‘rhinoceros (cp. Elephant)’Henderson 86 Hpun

Langsu (Luxi)tshɛ̃³¹ n‘elephant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0309.31

Lashitshaŋ³³ tsɿ³¹#635 PTB *m-dzyway ‘TOOTH / TUSK’PLB *jway¹ ‘TOOTH / TUSK’PL *ʔ-cway¹ ‘TUSK’ ‘tusk (of elephant, boar)’Dai 89 Lash: 3.10.6

Leqi (Luxi)tshaŋ³³ n‘elephant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0309.33

Marmachaŋ ‘elephant’Huziwara 08 Sak: 304-17

Maru [Langsu]tshɛ̃³¹ ‘elephant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 123.43

Maru [Langsu]tshɛ̃³¹ tsɔi³¹#635 PTB *m-dzyway ‘TOOTH / TUSK’PLB *jway¹ ‘TOOTH / TUSK’PL *ʔ-cway¹ ‘TUSK’ ‘tusk (of elephant, boar)’Dai 89 Lang: 3.10.6

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Nusu (Central/Zhizhiluo)ʑoŋ⁵⁵ sua⁵⁵#632 PTB *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’PTani *fiː ‘TOOTH’PKC *haa ‘TOOTH’PCN *p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PTk *ha ‘TOOTH’PNN *swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’PLB *swa² ‘TOOTH’PL *swa² ‘TOOTH’ ‘tusk (of elephant)’Dai 89 NusA: 359.

6.2Naxi2

Naxitsho²¹ n‘elephant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0309.45

Naxi (Lijiang)tsho³¹ ‘elephant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 123.28

7Karenic23

*Karenchàŋh ‘elephant’Jones 61: 166

*Karen [Burling]chaŋ⁴ ‘elephant’Luangthongkum 13: 102

*Karenk-chaŋᴬ ‘elephant’Luangthongkum 13: 102

Bwe(gə) ʃa⁵⁵ ‘elephant’Luangthongkum 13: 102

Bwegəʃá əprefix-phemorpheme-kúmorpheme ‘elephant's hide’Henderson 97 Kar

Bwegəʃá əprefix-θrᴜmorpheme təmorpheme-ɓɔ́morpheme ‘elephant's trunk’Henderson 97 Kar

Karengă³¹tshɔ⁵⁵ n‘elephant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0309.50

Kayahchɛ³³ ‘elephant’Luangthongkum 13: 102

Kayanchaŋ⁵³ ‘elephant’Luangthongkum 13: 102

Kayan (Pekon)sʰán N‘elephant’Manson 10 Kayan

Kayan (Pekon)sʰə́ɨmorpheme◦sʰán N‘turkey [lit. chicken-elephant]’Manson 10 Kayan

Kayawrɔ¹¹chɔ⁵⁵ ‘elephant’Luangthongkum 13: 102

Pa-Ochàŋ ‘elephant’Solnit 89 PaO

Pa-Ochàŋ cwɛ́morpheme ‘tusk of elephant’Solnit 89 PaO

Pa-O (Northern)chaŋ³¹¨ ‘elephant’Luangthongkum 13: 102

Pa-O (Southern)chaŋ³¹¨ ‘elephant’Luangthongkum 13: 102

Pa-Otshaŋ ‘elephant’Benedict 72 STC: 133n362

Pa-Otśhaŋ ‘elephant’Benedict 72 STC: 142n384

Palaychishɔ ‘elephant’Benedict 72 STC: 133n362

Pwo (Northern)ka¹¹chɛ̃³⁵ ‘elephant’Luangthongkum 13: 102

Pwo (Southern)kə¹¹chɔ̃⁵³ ‘elephant’Luangthongkum 13: 102

Sgaw (Northern)kə¹¹chɔ³³ ‘elephant’Luangthongkum 13: 102

Sgaw (Southern)kə¹¹chɔ⁵⁵ ‘elephant’Luangthongkum 13: 102

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2731, *tsaŋ ‘ELEPHANT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2731

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

References: STC p.133

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2731,
  title  = {{*tsaŋ 'ELEPHANT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2731},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2731}
}