STEDT #3377

*ŋaN

CHEST

Reconstruction analysis

handleŋaNinitialŋrhymeaŋ/n/mcoverM · N

Notes

The position of articulation of the final nasal in this etymon is difficult to reconstruct based on the Rongmei, Tangkhul, and Khoirao reflexes; but perhaps the Sangkong form can settle the matter in favor of *-ŋ. For now, we symbolize the uncertainty by using an N.

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.3.3Zeme Group3

Khoiraoaprefix◦ngan ‘chest’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeiməi#1002 PPC *r-mi(y)-n ‘PERSON / MAN’PTani *miː ‘MAN (homo)’PKC *mii ‘PERSON / MAN / PEOPLE’PCN *a-[h]məjʔ ‘PERSON, HUMAN’PTk *mi ‘MAN / HUMAN’PNN *C̥-məy ‘MAN (generic)’TGTM *ᴬmi ‘MAN’ ŋææŋ ‘chest’Matisoff 94 Rong

Rongmei / Nruanghmeingang ‘chest’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Tangkhulāprefix◦ŋām ‘chest’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish7

Nasuta̱²¹#289 PTB *m-twa(k/ŋ) ‘CHEST / BREAST / RIB’PTk *tʰik ‘LUNG / CHEST’ ŋgʰo̱²¹ ‘chest’Chen 86 Yi: 5.1

Yi (Liangshan)ŋɔ³³ ‘chest (body part)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)ŋɔ³³mo²¹suffix ‘chest (body part)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Xide)ŋɔ³³-mo²¹suffix ‘chest’Chen 79 YiCh

Yi (Xide)ŋɔ³³-mo²¹suffix ko³³#560 PTB *k(r)u ‘CHEST / RIB’PCN *t-kuʔ ‘CHEST’TGTM *ᴬku ‘CHEST’ ‘chest’Chen 79 YiCh

Yi (Xide)ŋɔ³³mo²¹suffix n‘chest’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0093.35

Yi (Xide)ŋɔ³³mo²¹suffix ‘chest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 257.21

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Sangkongŋgaŋ⁵⁵ tan³³#3373 PTB *tan ‘CHEST’ ‘chest’Li Yongsui 91 Sang

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3377, *ŋaN ‘CHEST’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3377

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

References: ("KMR") Khoirao, Rongmei, Tangkhul; can't reconstruct pos.

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3377,
  title  = {{*ŋaN 'CHEST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3377},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3377}
}