Reconstruction analysis
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Notes
This reconstruction has been revised from s/r-go-ŋ in TBRS #7.
WT has a doublet with and without the final nasal. It looks as if the nasal-finalled variant is due to assimilation to a following syllable -ŋa #1610 PTB *s-ŋa EGG / HATCH in WT, but other languages have a nasal final even before other consonants (Tsangla [Monpa] khong-lung, Hayu kuŋ-luŋ). This etymon also appears in Qiangic, but some of these forms may be loans from Tibetan. The rGyalrong forms in -m are of uncertain affiliation. The -m makes them look somewhat like the second syllables of some Monpa Tsangla forms with dental initials, though we are referring these to #646 PTB *t-lam EGG / TESTICLE. This root also occurs in Bai (where it means ‘testicle’), in scattered languages of the NE Indian Areal Group, and in Lolo-Burmese.
Reflexes & cognates128 reflexes · 14 subgroups
1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group2
1.7.1.1Bodo1
Lalung [Tiwa]tu#3420 PTB *k-tu-k ‘PENIS’Allofams116a #3420 PTB *k-tu-k ‘PENIS’116b #3423 PTB *tsu ‘PENIS’◦kimorpheme ku◦thi#1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’MesorootsPKC *til ‘TESTICLE / SCROTUM’Allofams2a #300 PTB *d(w)əy ‘EGG / TESTICLE’2b #1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’ ‘testicle’Balawan 65: 78
2.1.2Bodic8
Tsangla (Central)khong◦lung#1269 PTB *r-lu(ŋ/k) ‘STONE’PTani *lɯŋ ‘STONE’PKC *luŋ ‘STONE / ROCK’PCN *luŋ ‘STONE, ROCK’PTk *luŋ ‘STONE’PBG *loʔŋ-tai ‘STONE’PNN *C̥-luŋ ‘STONE’TGTM *ᴮʰjuŋ ‘STONE’PKir *ʔluŋ ‘STONE’PLB *k-lok ⪤ *k-loŋ ‘STONE’PL *k-lokᴸ ‘STONE’PKar *loŋᴮ ‘STONE, ROCK’ m‘testicle’Egli-Roduner: 34 4
2.1.2.1Tibetan19
Tibetan (Written)sgo ŋa#1610 PTB *s-ŋa ‘EGG / HATCH’ n‘egg’The first syllable of WT sgo-pur ‘foreskin (vulg.)’ does not appear to descend from this etymon, but seems rather to mean ‘door; aperture, outlet’. However, Jäschke does not include this under compounds with sgo ‘door’ (114-6), but rather lists it as a separate head-entry (p. 116). The meaning of the second syllable -pur is unclear, though there might be a connection with ḥp'ur-ba ‘wrap up, envelop’.Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0450.01
2.2Newar2
Newarmikh#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’◦āprefix-gwa(l) ‘eyeball’Matisoff 87 BP
2.3.4Western Kiranti4
3.2Qiangic11
Pumi (Jiulong)ʐɑ¹¹#1606 PTB *k-rak ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PTani *rok ‘CHICKEN’qu⁵⁵ n‘egg’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0450.10
Pumi (Lanping)ʐa¹³#1606 PTB *k-rak ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PTani *rok ‘CHICKEN’qu⁵⁵ n‘egg’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0450.09
Pumi (Taoba)rɐ³⁵#1606 PTB *k-rak ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PTani *rok ‘CHICKEN’ku⁵⁵ ‘egg’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 170.10
Qiang (Longxi)tsì#2609 PTB *s-r(y)ik ‘LOUSE’PTani *fɯk ‘LOUSE (head)’PKC *hrik ‘LOUSE (head) / BACTERIA’PCN *a-hr(j)ak ‘LOUSE, LICE’PTk *hrik ‘LOUSE’ gú ‘nit’Evans 99 Qiang: 441
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]gõ³⁵ŋa⁵³#1610 PTB *s-ŋa ‘EGG / HATCH’ ‘egg (of animal)’Sun H 91 ZhaQ: 10.4.16
3.3rGyalrongic4
3.3.1rGyalrong63
rGyalrong (Maerkang Bola (A))tǝ22prefix ŋgǝm33 kǝ44morpheme lǝt44morpheme v‘lay an egg’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1562
rGyalrong (Eastern)təprefix◦rgo pok#3492 PTB *pwak ‘SCROTUM’◦cçomorpheme ‘scrotum’Sun H 91 rEQ: 10.3.4
rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦rgu tɕʰimmorpheme ‘scrotum’Literally “testicle” + “house”.Sun H 91 rNW: 10.3.4
rGyalrong (Ganzi Seda Geletuo Naoluocun)zgoŋ'◦ŋa#1610 PTB *s-ŋa ‘EGG / HATCH’ ‘egg’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0326
rGyalrong (Ganzi Daofu Jiasikong kharjiacun)zgə'◦ŋa#1610 PTB *s-ŋa ‘EGG / HATCH’ ‘egg’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0326
rGyalrong (Ganzi Daofu Kongse Xiaoguoqiaocun)zgə'◦ŋa#1610 PTB *s-ŋa ‘EGG / HATCH’ ‘egg’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0326
6.1.1Burmish2
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1
Ugongnɪ́#545 PTB *m-ney ‘PENIS’Allofams114 #1285 PTB *m-(l/n)ey ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114a #1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114b #545 PTB *m-ney ‘PENIS’ khû ‘testicle’Bradley 93 Ugo: 10.3.5
6.2Naxi8
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #305,
*s/r-gwa-ŋ ‘EGG / TESTICLE’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/305Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-305,
title = {{*s/r-gwa-ŋ 'EGG / TESTICLE'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #305},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/305}
}