Animals and Animal Verbs › Animals of the Chinese Zodiac › Simian

STEDT #2782

*b/g-woy-n

MONKEY

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlewoyprefixb/d/ginitialwrhymeoy-ncoverL · W

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*beː ‘MONKEY’JS-HCST: 45

Northern Naga/Konyakian*woːy ‘MONKEY’WTF-PNN: 522; JAM-GSTC: 091

Connections

HPTB*b-woy ‘monkey’p. 229

Notes

Suffixal *-n is set up on the basis of the Chinese comparandum 猿 OC gi̯wɑ̆n GSR #256c, Mand. yuán ‘ape’.

Chinese comparandum

猿 OC *gi̯wɑ̆n, GSR #256c ‘ape’; Schuessler 2007:593-4 *wan; Mand. yuán.
猨 OC *gi̯wɑ̆n, GSR #255d ‘ape’; B & S 2011: *ɢʷan {[ɢ]ʷa[n]}; Mand. yuán.

Reflexes & cognates88 reflexes · 13 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)7

*Tibeto-Burman(b)woy ‘monkey’Chou 72: 256c

*Tibeto-Burmanb-woy ‘monkey’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 091

*Tibeto-Burmanb-woy ‘monkey’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 619

*Tibeto-Burmand/g-woy-n ‘monkey’The *d- prefix was set up for PTB in HPTB on the basis of forms like Angami te◦kwi, but this is undoubtedly of more recent origin.Matisoff 03 HPTB: 619

*Tibeto-Burmank-woy ‘monkey’LaPolla 87: 210

*Tibeto-Burmanwoy ‘monkey’Benedict 72 STC: 314

*Tibeto-Burmanwoy=(b)woy ‘monkey’LaPolla 87: 210

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanibeː ‘monkey’Sun J 93 HCST: 256

1.1.1.1Western Tani37

Apatanibi-bomorpheme ‘monkey (leader)’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanibi-dɯmorpheme ‘lemur’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanibi-dɯʔmorpheme ‘monkey (tailless)’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanibi-gamorpheme ‘monkey (leader)’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanibì-samorpheme-rɯmorpheme ‘monkey’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanibi-sɯrmorpheme ‘monkey (grey)’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanisimorpheme-bi ‘monkey’Sun J 93 HCST

Apatanisimorpheme-bi ‘monkey’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanisimorpheme-bi-bi-nə#1621 PTB *n(y)u ‘FEMALE / MOTHER’PTani *nə ‘MOTHER’PKC *nuu ‘FEMALE’PKC *nuu ‘MOTHER’PKC *nu-ŋaak ⪤ *ŋaak-nuu ‘MAIDEN / BELLE / WOMAN (unmarried)’PNN *ɲəːw ‘BIG / MOTHER’ ‘monkey (female)’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanisɯmorpheme-bi ‘monkey’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnibiː-nɯː#1621 PTB *n(y)u ‘FEMALE / MOTHER’PTani *nə ‘MOTHER’PKC *nuu ‘FEMALE’PKC *nuu ‘MOTHER’PKC *nu-ŋaak ⪤ *ŋaak-nuu ‘MAIDEN / BELLE / WOMAN (unmarried)’PNN *ɲəːw ‘BIG / MOTHER’ ‘monkey (female)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnibiː-puː#1635 PTB *pu ‘MALE / MASCULINE SUFFIX’ ‘monkey (male)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnibiː-wuːmorpheme ‘monkey (young)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnišimorpheme-biː ‘monkey’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengnisimorpheme-biː ‘monkey’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokaršəmorpheme-be ‘monkey’Sun J 93 HCST

Bokarsəmorpheme-be ‘monkey’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarɕəmorpheme be n‘monkey’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0308.24

Bokar Lhobaɕəmorpheme be ‘monkey’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 128.51

Galo`bee◦hormorpheme n.‘golden langur’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`bee◦hormorpheme n.‘langur’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`be◦omorpheme nce.‘monkey (baby)’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`be◦omorpheme-`koomorpheme◦lɨɨ#6137 PTani *lɯŋ ‘RED’ n.‘monkey (variety)’GLDC 09 Galo

Galobee◦dəəmorpheme n.‘macaque’GLDC 09 Galo

Galobee◦luumorpheme n.‘crowd (of monkeys)’GLDC 09 Galo

Galobee◦luumorpheme n.‘monkey (crowd)’GLDC 09 Galo

Galobee◦tummorpheme n.‘monkey (bachelor)’GLDC 09 Galo

Galobee◦tɨɨ#6686 PTani *tɯŋ ‘CLASSIFIER FOR GROUP (of animals)’ n.‘crowd (of monkeys)’GLDC 09 Galo

Galobee◦tɨɨ#6686 PTani *tɯŋ ‘CLASSIFIER FOR GROUP (of animals)’ n.‘monkey (crowd)’GLDC 09 Galo

Galohomorpheme◦bee n.‘monkey’GLDC 09 Galo

Galohomorpheme◦bee-`koomorpheme◦tar n.‘buttocks (monkey)’GLDC 09 Galo

Galohomorpheme◦bee-riimorpheme n.‘loris’GLDC 09 Galo

Galohomorpheme◦bee-riimorpheme n.‘Nycticebus’GLDC 09 Galo

Galosomorpheme◦be ‘monkey’Das Gupta 63 Gal

Nishingsimorpheme◦bi ‘monkey’Das Gupta 69 Daf

Nishingsimorpheme◦bi bi-tangmorpheme ‘monkeys’Das Gupta 69 Daf

Taginsɯmorpheme◦bi ‘monkey’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani6

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]simorpheme-be ‘monkey’Sun J 93 HCST

Damuɕymorpheme-bøː ‘monkey’Sun J 93 Tani

Milangaprefix◦be ‘monkey’Tayeng 76 Mil

Milangbe◦gamorpheme ‘monkey’Tayeng 76 Mil

Milangbe◦yumorpheme ‘monkey’Tayeng 76 Mil

Mishing [Miri]simorpheme-be ‘monkey’Benedict 72 STC: 68n213

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group5

Angami (Khonoma)teprefix◦kwi ‘monkey (macaque)’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)teprefix◦pfi ‘monkey (macaque)’Marrison 67 Naga

Chokritüprefix◦kwi ‘monkey (macaque)’Marrison 67 Naga

Meluriaprefix◦kwi◦tewamorpheme ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Meluriaprefix◦kwi◦tewamorpheme ‘monkey (macaque)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian2

*Northern Nagawoːy ‘monkey’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 091

*Northern Nagawoːy ‘monkey’French 83: 522

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte6

Nocteve ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Shanggeyok#2462 PTB *m(y/r)uk ‘MONKEY’PLB *myukᴸ ‘MONKEY’PKar *joɁᴰ ‘MONKEY’-vi ‘monkey’LaPolla 87: 210

Shanggeyok#2462 PTB *m(y/r)uk ‘MONKEY’PLB *myukᴸ ‘MONKEY’PKar *joɁᴰ ‘MONKEY’-vi ‘monkey’Benedict 72 STC: 314

Tangsa (Moshang)vi-silmorpheme ‘monkey’LaPolla 87: 210

Tangsa (Moshang)vi-silmorpheme ‘monkey’Benedict 72 STC: 314

Tangsa (Moshang)vi◦silmorpheme ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho10

Jilitəmorpheme◦we ‘monkey’LaPolla 87: 210

Jilitəmorpheme◦we ‘monkey’Benedict 72 STC: 314

Jingphowe ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphowoi ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphowoi ⪤ we ‘monkey’Benedict 72 STC: 314

Jingphowoi~ we ‘monkey’LaPolla 87: 210

Jingphowoi³³ ‘monkey’Liu 84

Jingphowoi³³ n‘monkey’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0308.19

Jingphowoi³³ ‘monkey’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 128.47

Jingphowoi³³ (ʃă³¹morphemeniŋ³³#2501 PTB *s-ni(ː)ŋ ⪤ *s-nik ‘YEAR’PTani *ñiŋ ‘YEAR’PCN *niŋ ‘SKY / YEAR’PL *s-nikᴴ ‘YEAR’PKar *hneŋ ‘YEAR’PKar *hneŋᴮ ‘YEAR’) n‘year of the monkey’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0763.19

1.7.3.2Asakian3

Kadukwe ‘monkey’LaPolla 87: 210

Kadukwe ‘monkey’Benedict 72 STC: 314

Sakkəvɯ́ ‘monkey’Huziwara 08 Sak: 304-14

2.1.2.1Tibetan3

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)hwi ‘monkey’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 128.4

Tibetan (Xiahe)χwi n‘monkey’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0308.04

Tibetan (Xiahe)χwi n‘year of the monkey’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0763.04

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]·wjị (wjị) ‘monkey, beast, animal’Li 97 Tangut: 5303

4Nungic8

Anongəprefix◦wc ‘monkey’Benedict 72 STC: 314

Anongəprefix◦wɛ ‘monkey’LaPolla 87: 210

Trung [Dulong]aprefix-koi ‘monkey’LaPolla 87: 210

Trung [Dulong]aprefix-koi ‘monkey’Benedict 72 STC: 68n213

Dulongɑ³¹prefixgɔi⁵³ n‘monkey’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0308.20

Dulongɑ³¹prefixgɔi⁵³ n‘year of the monkey’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0763.20

Trung [Dulong]ɑ³¹prefixgɔi⁵³ ‘monkey’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 128.46

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)a³¹prefix gɔi⁵³ ‘monkey’LaPolla 87: 210

5Tujia9

Tujia (Northern)hhe4 n.‘monkey’Brassett 04 Tujia

Tujia (Northern)hhe4jing1morpheme n.‘monkey demon’Brassett 04 Tujia

Tujia (Northern)hhe⁴ ‘monkey’Brassett 06 Tujia: 1.3

Tujia (Northern)hhe⁴jing¹morpheme ‘monkey demon’Brassett 06 Tujia: 5.4

Tujia (Southern)ɣɨe¹³ ‘monkey’Tian 86

Tujia (Northern)ɣɨe⁵⁵ ‘monkey’Tian 86

Tujiaɣɯe⁵³ n‘monkey’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0308.49

Tujiaɣɯe⁵³ n‘year of the monkey’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0763.49

Tujiaɣɯe⁵³ ‘monkey’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 128.38

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2782, *b/g-woy-n ‘MONKEY’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2782

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

References: cf. STC#314, HPTB

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2782,
  title  = {{*b/g-woy-n 'MONKEY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2782},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2782}
}