STEDT #3434

*ʔa

HATCH / LAY EGG

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This beautifully minimalist root (minimal both from the point of view of its phonological shape and the paucity of languages in which it is attested) seems unimpeachable, occurring both in the NE Indian Areal Group and Loloish with exactly the same meaning.

This root was first reconstructed in Matisoff 1997, “Primary and secondary laryngeal initials in Tibeto-Burman”.

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.1.2Deng3

Darang [Taraon]ɑ⁵³ ‘lay (egg)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 785.49

Iduɑŋ⁵⁵morphemeɑ⁵⁵ ‘hatch’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 786.50

Iduɑ⁵⁵ ‘lay (egg)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 785.50

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish2

Nusu (Central)ʔu⁵⁵#301 PTB *ʔu ‘EGG / BIRD’Allofams1 #1168 PTB *pʷu ‘EGG / BIRD / ROUND OBJECT’1a #301 PTB *ʔu ‘EGG / BIRD’1b #1654 PTB *pu ‘EGG’1c #1275 PTB *pu ‘BALL / EGG / ROUND OBJECT’ ɑ⁵⁵ ‘lay (egg)’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Bijiang)ʔu⁵⁵#301 PTB *ʔu ‘EGG / BIRD’Allofams1 #1168 PTB *pʷu ‘EGG / BIRD / ROUND OBJECT’1a #301 PTB *ʔu ‘EGG / BIRD’1b #1654 PTB *pu ‘EGG’1c #1275 PTB *pu ‘BALL / EGG / ROUND OBJECT’ɑ⁵⁵ ‘lay (egg)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 785.45

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3434, *ʔa ‘HATCH / LAY EGG’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3434

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

References: in AMD, Nusu; JAM-LITB 7.1

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3434,
  title  = {{*ʔa 'HATCH / LAY EGG'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3434},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3434}
}