*swan

DIE / SPIRIT OF DEAD / NON-VIABLE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleswaninitialswrhymeancoverS · N

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphosón ‘die’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 273

Jingphoʔəprefix◦són ‘spirit of woman dead in child-’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 273

6.1.1Burmish3

Burmese (Written)swan ‘non-viable (eggs, roots)’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 273

Burmese (Written)swan ‘inefficient, destitute of vitality’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)əprefix-swan ‘inefficient, destitute of vitality’Benedict 76 WBur

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #29, *swan ‘DIE / SPIRIT OF DEAD / NON-VIABLE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/29

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

References: TJLB #273

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-29,
  title  = {{*swan 'DIE / SPIRIT OF DEAD / NON-VIABLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #29},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/29}
}