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STEDT #2788

*s-b-(r/y)aŋ

FLY (n.) / BEE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleyaŋprefixsinitialyrhymeaŋ=(s-)bcoverL · VNS

Connections

HPTB*s-braŋ ‘fly (n.) / bee’p. 302

Chinese comparandum

蠅 OC *di̯əng, GSR #892a ‘fly (n.)’; Coblin 86:82 *rəng; B & S 2011: *m.rəŋ; Mand. yíng.
䖟 OC *mɑ̆ng, GSR #742s ‘horsefly’; B & S 2011: *mˁraŋ; Mand. méng.

Reflexes & cognates53 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)5

*Tibeto-Burman(s-)brəŋ ‘fly / bee’Chou 72: 892a
*Tibeto-Burmans-braŋ n‘fly / bee’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 585
*Tibeto-Burmanyang (*A) n.‘fly’Coblin 86: 82

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

Apatanitaprefix-jaŋ ‘wasp’Sun J 93 Tani

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1

2.1.1Western Himalayish6

Kanauriyăṅ n‘fly / bee’Bailey 11
Kanauriyǎng ‘bee, fly’Coblin 86: 82
Kanauriyaṅṭh n‘fly / bee’Bailey 11
Kanauriyaṅṭh ‘fly / bee’Bailey 11
Pattani [Manchati]yəmamorpheme◦yaŋ◦zamorpheme ‘bee’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH

2.1.2.1Tibetan22

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)hbaŋ̩ masuffix ‘honeybee’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 153.4
Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)hwaŋ htsəmorpheme ‘honey’Sun J 85 Amdo: 368
Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)hwaŋ-mæsuffix ‘bee’Sun J 85 Amdo: 59
Tibetan (Jirel)'syi:rangq + 'khwāqmorpheme n‘honey’Hale 73 CSD: 03a.100
Tibetan (Jirel)'syi:rāngq+amumorpheme n‘bee’Hale 73 CSD: 03a.098
Tibetan (Khams:Dege)roŋ̩⁵⁵bu⁵³morpheme ‘honeybee’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 153.3
Tibetan (Written)sbrang.mamorpheme ‘bee’Sun J 85 TbGl: 59
Tibetan (Written)sbrang.rtsimorpheme ‘honey’Sun J 85 TbGl: 368
Tibetan (Written)sbraṅ◦mamorpheme ‘bee’Marrison 67 Naga
Tibetan (Written)sbraṅ◦mamorpheme ‘fly’Marrison 67 Naga
Tibetan (Written)sbran◦rtsimorpheme ‘honey’Marrison 67 Naga
Tibetan (Written)sbraŋ bumorpheme n‘fly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 164.1
Tibetan (Written)sbraŋ nagmorpheme Nanim‘fly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0358.01
Tibetan (Written)sbraŋ normorpheme bumorpheme ‘honeybee’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 153.1
Tibetan (Written)sbraŋ ɦbumorpheme Nanim‘bee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0367.01
Tibetan (Written)sbrɑ́ŋ-bumorpheme ‘fly / similar insects w / o sting’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)sbrɑ́ŋ-mɑmorpheme ‘fly / bee’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Xiahe)woŋ mamorpheme Nanim‘bee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0367.04

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchasummorpheme-bryoŋ ‘fly’Benedict 72 STC: 176n469

6.1.1Burmish18

Achang (Lianghe)tɕi³¹morphemeʑɑŋ³¹ ‘honeybee’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Xiandao)tʂɔ³¹morphemejaŋ³¹ Nanim‘bee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0367.29
Burmese (Written)yang ‘fly, insect’Coblin 86: 82
Burmese (Written)yaŋ ‘fly, insect’Benedict 76 WBur
Langsu (Luxi)jɔ̃³¹khauŋ³⁵morpheme Nanim‘fly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0358.31
Leqi (Luxi)jaŋ³¹khuŋ⁵⁵morpheme Nanim‘fly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0358.33
Marmayaŋ ‘fly (insect)’Huziwara 08 Sak: 308
Maru [Langsu]jɔ̃³¹khauŋ³⁵morpheme n‘fly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 164.43
Atsi [Zaiwa]jaŋ⁵¹khuŋ²¹morpheme Nanim‘fly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0358.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]jaŋ⁵¹khuŋ²¹morpheme n‘fly’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 164.42

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish4

Nusu (Southern)pɹɔ̱⁵³ n‘fly’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Northern)pɹɔ̱⁵⁵ n‘fly’Sun J 86 Nusu

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2788, *s-b-(r/y)aŋ ‘FLY (n.) / BEE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2788
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#492, HPTB p.302
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2788,
  title  = {{*s-b-(r/y)aŋ 'FLY (n.) / BEE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2788},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2788}
}