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STEDT #3442

*s-ŋak

BIRD

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handleŋakprefixsinitialŋrhymeakcoverM · T

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*s-ŋ(y)akᴴ ‘BIRD’

Notes

HPTB p. 317 cites a WT form sŋag glossed as ‘voice/sing’, but this form does not appear as such in Jäschke 1881, where a verb sŋak-pa glossed ‘to sing praises’ is cited (p. 136).

Chinese comparandum

諤 OC *ngɑ̂k, GSR #788k ‘speak frankly’; B & S 2011: *ŋˁak; Mand. è.
語 OC *ngi̯o, GSR #58t-u ‘speak’; Schuessler 2007: 588 *ŋaʔ; B & S 2011: *ŋaʔ {ŋ(r)aʔ}; Mand. yǔ.
言 OC *ngi̯ɑ̆n, GSR #251a-d ‘speak, speech, talk’; Schuessler 2007:588 *ŋan; B & S 2011: *ŋan {ŋa[n]}; Mand. yán.

Reflexes & cognates158 reflexes · 13 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmans-ŋak ‘bird’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 606

1.3.3Zeme Group2

Liangmein-gek ‘crow (bird)’Marrison 67 Naga

Zemenggak◦puimorpheme ‘crow (bird)’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.2.1Tibetan3

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)hŋak ‘voice’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 512.4

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)nag temorpheme ‘pheasant’Sun J 85 Amdo: 747

Tibetan (Written)nags.demorpheme ‘pheasant’Sun J 85 TbGl: 747

2.1.4Tamangish3

Manang (Gyaru)na¹ ga¹morpheme ‘cock’Nagano 84 Man: 304-07

Manang (Prakaa)¹nə◦kəmorpheme ‘fowl / hen / cock’Hoshi 84: 0062

Thakali (Tukche)ŋo ‘bird trap’Hari 71a ThVo: 8.A.30 30

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Thulungŋark◦uwamorpheme ‘migrant bird (crane -- bm)’Allen 75

3.2Qiangic10

Guiqiongna³¹ n‘chicken’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0293.16

Guiqiongna³¹phu⁵⁵#1635 PTB *pu ‘MALE / MASCULINE SUFFIX’ n‘cock’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0294.16

Guiqiongna³¹tsi⁵⁵morpheme n‘chick’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0296.16

Guiqiongna³¹ŋi⁵⁵morpheme n‘hen’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0295.16

Guiqiongna³¹ʃə⁵⁵morpheme n‘egg’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0450.16

Guiqiongnɑ³³ ʃɿ⁵³morpheme ‘egg’Sun H 91 GuiQ

Guiqiongnɑ³³ ʃɿ⁵³morpheme ‘egg’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 170.17

Guiqiongnɑ⁵³ ‘chicken’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 135.17

Guiqiongnɑ⁵³nphu⁵³#1635 PTB *pu ‘MALE / MASCULINE SUFFIX’ ‘rooster’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 136.17

Guiqiongnɑ⁵³ŋi⁵³morpheme ‘hen’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 137.17

5Tujia11

Tujia (Northern)ne³⁵pi³⁵morpheme ‘bird’Tian 86

Tujia (Northern)ni2bi1morpheme n.‘bird’Brassett 04 Tujia

Tujia (Northern)nie2bi1morpheme n.‘bird’Brassett 04 Tujia

Tujia (Northern)nie2bi1morphemetong4#3445 PTB *twaŋ ‘NEST / WOMB’ n.‘bird's nest’Brassett 04 Tujia

Tujia (Northern)nie²bi¹morpheme ‘bird’Brassett 06 Tujia: 1.3

Tujia (Northern)nie²bi¹morphemetong⁴#3445 PTB *twaŋ ‘NEST / WOMB’ ‘bird's nest’Brassett 06 Tujia: 1.3

Tujia (Northern)ni²bi¹morpheme ‘bird’Brassett 06 Tujia: 1.3

Tujiaȵie³⁵pi⁵⁵morpheme n‘bird’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0326.49

Tujiaȵie³⁵pi⁵⁵morpheme ‘bird’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 142.38

Tujiaȵie³⁵pi⁵⁵morphemethoŋ⁵⁵#3445 PTB *twaŋ ‘NEST / WOMB’ n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.49

Tujiaȵie³⁵pi⁵⁵morphemethoŋ⁵⁵#3445 PTB *twaŋ ‘NEST / WOMB’ ‘nest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 368.38

6.1Lolo-Burmese2

*Lolo-Burmeses-ŋ(y)akᴴ ‘bird’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 77

*Lolo-Burmeses-ŋak ‘bird’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 141

6.1.1Burmish39

Achang (Lianghe)ŋ̥ɑʔ⁵⁵ ‘bird’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Longchuan)m̥ɔʔ⁵⁵ n‘bird’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0326.28

Achang (Longchuan)m̥ɔʔ⁵⁵ ‘bird’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 142.41

Achang (Longchuan)m̥ɔʔ⁵⁵sut⁵⁵#1613 PTB *(t)s(i/u)p ‘NEST / WOMB / SCROTUM’PTani *sup ‘NEST / LAIR’PCN *a-sap ‘NEST / WEB’PL *(d)zyi ‘PLACENTA / NEST’ n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.28

Achang (Luxi)ŋaʔ⁵⁵ ‘bird’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Xiandao)noʔ³¹joŋ⁵⁵#2200 PTB *m-dwaŋ ‘PEACOCK’ n‘peacock’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0345.29

Achang (Xiandao)ŋ̊ɔʔ⁵⁵ n‘bird’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0326.29

Achang (Xiandao)ŋ̊ɔʔ⁵⁵ sut⁵⁵#1613 PTB *(t)s(i/u)p ‘NEST / WOMB / SCROTUM’PTani *sup ‘NEST / LAIR’PCN *a-sap ‘NEST / WEB’PL *(d)zyi ‘PLACENTA / NEST’ ‘bird's nest’Dai 89 Xian: 380

Achang (Xiandao)ŋ̊ɔʔ⁵⁵sut⁵⁵#1613 PTB *(t)s(i/u)p ‘NEST / WOMB / SCROTUM’PTani *sup ‘NEST / LAIR’PCN *a-sap ‘NEST / WEB’PL *(d)zyi ‘PLACENTA / NEST’ n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.29

Bola (Luxi)ŋa̱ʔ⁵⁵ n‘bird’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0326.32

Bolaŋa̱ʔ⁵⁵ sɔt⁵⁵#679 PTB *tsat ‘WOMB / PLACENTA / NEST’ ‘bird's nest’Dai 89 Bola: 380

Bola (Luxi)ŋa̱ʔ⁵⁵sɔt⁵⁵#679 PTB *tsat ‘WOMB / PLACENTA / NEST’ n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.32

Burmese (Rangoon)ŋ̊ɛʔ⁴ n‘bird’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0326.27

Burmese (Rangoon)ŋ̊ɛʔ⁴tθɑiʔ⁴#679 PTB *tsat ‘WOMB / PLACENTA / NEST’ n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.27

Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)ŋ̊ɛʔ⁴⁴ ‘bird’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 142.40

Burmese (Written)cā#5413 PTB *m-tsa ‘SPARROW’PLB *Ndža¹ ‘SPARROW’◦ṅhak ‘sparrow’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)cèi#7416 PTB *gyəy ‘PARROT / PARAKEET’PTk *ci ‘PARROT’PLB *gyəy² ‘PARROT’PKar *(thoᴮ)kiᴮ ‘PARROT / PARAKEET’-hŋeʔ ‘parrot’Weidert 87 TBTo: 141

Burmese (Written)hŋak ‘bird’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 77

Burmese (Written)hŋak n.‘bird’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)hŋɑk ‘bird’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 142.39

Burmese (Written)hŋɑk⁴ n‘bird’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0326.26

Burmese (Written)kŋɑk⁴tθok⁴#679 PTB *tsat ‘WOMB / PLACENTA / NEST’ n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.26

Burmese (Written)ṅhak ‘bird’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)ŋôŋ ‘kind of bird’Benedict 76 WBur

Hpun (Northern)ŋᴜ̀ʔ◦sàmorpheme ăprefix◦ʃá#679 PTB *tsat ‘WOMB / PLACENTA / NEST’ ‘nest (cp. Bird, Hive)’Henderson 86 Hpun

Hpun (Northern)ŋᴜ̀ʔ◦sàmorpheme; ŋà ‘bird’Henderson 86 Hpun

Langsu (Luxi)ŋɔ̱ʔ⁵⁵ n‘bird’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0326.31

Langsu (Luxi)ŋɔ̱ʔ⁵⁵sat⁵⁵#679 PTB *tsat ‘WOMB / PLACENTA / NEST’ n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.31

Leqi (Luxi)ŋɔ̱ʔ⁵⁵ n‘bird’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0326.33

Leqi (Luxi)ŋɔ̱ʔ⁵⁵sɔt⁵⁵#679 PTB *tsat ‘WOMB / PLACENTA / NEST’ n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.33

Marmahŋaʔ ‘bird’Huziwara 08 Sak: 301

Marmahŋaʔ◦táŋ#3445 PTB *twaŋ ‘NEST / WOMB’ ‘nest (lit. bird-nest)’Huziwara 08 Sak: 318

Maru [Langsu]ŋo̱ʔ⁵⁵ ‘bird’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 142.43

Atsi [Zaiwa]ŋo̱ʔ⁵⁵ n‘bird’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0326.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]ŋo̱ʔ⁵⁵ ‘bird’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 142.42

Atsi [Zaiwa]ŋŏ̱ʔ⁵⁵khjik⁵⁵#2610 PTB *s-rik ⪤ *s-ryak ‘PHEASANT / PARTRIDGE’PKC *rik ⪤ *hrik ‘PHEASANT’PLB *rwakᴸ ‘PHEASANT’PL *k-rökᴴ ‘PHEASANT’PKar *(thoᴮ)reɁᴰ ‘PHEASANT’ n‘pheasant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0340.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]ŋo̱ʔ⁵⁵sut⁵⁵#1613 PTB *(t)s(i/u)p ‘NEST / WOMB / SCROTUM’PTani *sup ‘NEST / LAIR’PCN *a-sap ‘NEST / WEB’PL *(d)zyi ‘PLACENTA / NEST’ n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]ŋŏ̱ʔ⁵⁵sut⁵⁵#1613 PTB *(t)s(i/u)p ‘NEST / WOMB / SCROTUM’PTani *sup ‘NEST / LAIR’PCN *a-sap ‘NEST / WEB’PL *(d)zyi ‘PLACENTA / NEST’ ‘nest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 368.42

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishsprefix-ŋyakᴴ ‘bird’Bradley 79 PLo: 48

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish21

Gazhuoŋa³⁵mɛ³³morpheme n‘bird’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0326.47

Gazhuoŋa³⁵tshɿ³³morphemetshɿ³³morpheme n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.47

Laloáprefix-niq ‘bird’Björverud 94

Luquanŋa 22s ~ ny 22s ~ na 11 ‘bird’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 141

Nasuŋa 32s ‘bird’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 141

Nusu (Central)ŋ̊a̱⁵³ n‘bird’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0326.34

Nusu (Central)ŋ̊a̱⁵³sɯ̱⁵³morpheme n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.34

Nusu (Northern)ŋ̊ɑ⁵⁵ ‘bird’Sun J 86 Nusu

Yi (Dafang)a³³ŋa³³ ‘sparrow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 148.22

Yi (Dafang)ŋa³³ ‘bird’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 142.22

Yi (Dafang)ŋa³³tɕhy³³#1611 PTB *kʷəy ‘NEST / WOMB / PLACENTA’ ‘nest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 368.22

Yi (Dafang)ŋa³³tɕi³³morpheme ‘pheasant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 141.22

Yi (Liangshan)ʨhɿ³³morphememi²¹morphemeŋo⁵⁵ ‘thrush (bird)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Nanhua)ŋᴀ̱³³; ȵɛ³³morpheme ‘bird’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 142.24

Yi (Nanhua)ŋᴀ̱³³tɕhi³³#1611 PTB *kʷəy ‘NEST / WOMB / PLACENTA’ ‘nest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 368.24

Yi (Nanhua)ŋᴀ̱³³ʂu⁵⁵morpheme ‘pheasant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 141.24

Yi (Nanhua)ȵæ̱³³ n‘bird’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0326.37

Yi (Nanhua)ȵæ̱³³tɕhi³³#1611 PTB *kʷəy ‘NEST / WOMB / PLACENTA’ n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.37

Yi (Wuding)ŋɑ̱² n‘bird’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0326.38

Yi (Wuding)ŋɑ̱²tɕhi³³morphemethv̩¹¹morpheme n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.38

Yi (Wuding)ŋɑ̱³³dʐu³³#5413 PTB *m-tsa ‘SPARROW’PLB *Ndža¹ ‘SPARROW’ n‘sparrow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0336.38

6.1.2.2Central Loloish60

Jinuoŋa⁴²zɔ⁴⁴morpheme n‘bird’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0326.44

Jinuoŋa⁴⁴zɔ⁴⁴morphemea³³prefixkhɯ⁴⁴#1611 PTB *kʷəy ‘NEST / WOMB / PLACENTA’ n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.44

Jinuo (Buyuan)ŋɑ³³jɔ³³morpheme n‘bird’Gai 86

Jinuo (Buyuan)ŋɑ³³jɔ⁴⁴morpheme n‘bird’Gai 86

Jinuoŋɑ³³zɔ³³morpheme ‘bird’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 142.34

Jinuoŋɑ³¹zɔ³³ ‘sparrow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 148.34

Jinuo (Youle)ŋ̊ɑ⁴²zɔ⁴⁴morpheme ‘bird’Gai 86

Jinuo (Youle)ŋ̊ɑ⁴²zɔ⁴⁴morphemekhɤ⁴⁴#1611 PTB *kʷəy ‘NEST / WOMB / PLACENTA’ ‘nest’Gai 86

Kucongŋa33 ‘bird’Dai 09 Kucong

Kucongŋa33 ‘sparrow’Dai 09 Kucong

Lahu (Lancang)ŋɑ⁵⁴ n‘bird’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0326.43

Lahu (Lancang)ŋɑ⁵⁴phɯ³³#1611 PTB *kʷəy ‘NEST / WOMB / PLACENTA’ n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.43

Lahu (Black)nâ ‘perch, as a bird’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 311

Lahu (Black)ŋâʔ ‘bird’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 77

Lahu (Black)ŋâʔ ‘bird’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 141

Lahu (Black)ŋɛ̂ʔ ‘bird’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 77

Lahu (Black)ŋᴀ⁵³ ‘bird’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 142.33

Lahu (Yellow)ŋa⁶ ‘bird’Chang 86

Lisu (Northern)bø³³morphemeɲa³⁵ dʑæʔ²¹morphemelæʔ²¹morpheme N‘kind of bird, Leiothrix lutea lutea red-billed leiothrix (red-billed, living in tropical bushes)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)bɤ³³morphemeji³³morpheme ɲa³⁵tsæʔ²¹morpheme N‘kind of bird, Leiothrix lutea lutea red-billed leiothrix (red-billed, living in tropical bushes)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)na⁵⁵morphemeɲa³⁵ ‘bird that eats long-grain rice’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ni³³#3597 PTB *s-(m/n)əy ‘SIT / DWELL / CONTINUATIVE’na⁵⁵ V‘sit’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisuniɛ³⁵ n‘bird’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0326.40

Lisuniɛ³⁵khɯ³³ n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.40

Lisunyá2 ‘bird’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 141

Lisu (Central)nyá² ‘bird’Fraser 22

Lisu (Central)nyá²-hkrgh⁵#1611 PTB *kʷəy ‘NEST / WOMB / PLACENTA’ ‘nest (bird's)’Fraser 22

Lisu (Central)nyi²#3597 PTB *s-(m/n)əy ‘SIT / DWELL / CONTINUATIVE’-na¹ ‘sit’Fraser 22

Lisu (Northern)tsɯ⁵⁵morphemeɲa³⁵ N‘kind of bird, Sosterops japonica simplex (living in shrubs)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)tʃhɿ³³morphemenæ³³ N‘kind of bird, Elaphodus cephalophus (living in shrubs or grass land on snow mountains 2200-3200m above sea-level)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)wa²¹#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’ɲa³⁵ N‘migratory bird’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ỹ³⁵#3419 PTB *waŋ ‘SIT / REMAIN / STAY’na⁵⁵ ‘sit’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisuȵɛ³⁵ ‘bird’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 142.27

Lisuȵɛ³⁵do̱³¹#2200 PTB *m-dwaŋ ‘PEACOCK’ n‘peacock’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0346.40

Lisu (Northern)ɣa⁵⁵morphemeɲa³⁵ma³³morpheme ‘rufous-bellied nittava 'brown-bellied-celestrial-gentleman' niltava sundara (flycatcher bird living in shrubs on snow mountains)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵ N‘bird’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵ba²¹morphemeʃɿ³³morpheme ‘yellow-face bird (living in shrubs)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵dɔʔ²¹morpheme ‘peacock’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵dɔʔ²¹morphememɤ⁵⁵#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘peacock feather’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Central)ɲa³⁵dʑøʔ²¹morpheme ‘pheasant’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵dʑɤʔ²¹morpheme ‘pheasant’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵khɔʔ²¹morphemena³³morpheme ‘blackbreasted parrotbill, ('yellow-beaked crow-tit' ) Paradoxornis flavirostris (bird living in shrubs on hillside)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵kɔ³³morpheme ‘crest of bird’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵kɔ⁵⁵morpheme ‘Chinese babax Babax lanceolatus (bird living in shrubs on hillside)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵kɔ⁵⁵morphemetsu³³morpheme ‘babbler with grass lines Yuhinia flavicollis whiskered yuhinia (bird living in shrubs on hillside)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵mɤ²¹morphemene³³morpheme ‘kind of bird, red-beaked Corvus monedula dauuricus (living in shrubs)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵mɤ⁵⁵morpheme wa³³morphemela³³morpheme tɕhe³³morpheme ‘fantail, Rhipidura vigors (flycatcher bird living in forests in ravines)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵ne²¹morpheme ‘grey-spotted pheasant (living in Biluo Snow Mountains and Gaoligong Mountains)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵ne²¹morphemetsɯ³⁵morpheme ‘mythical bird (According to Lisu legends, in the time of the flood this was that only kind of bird that survived)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵si²¹ ‘kind of bird, Ithaginis cruentus’morpheme · morphemeBradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵tʃhɿ²¹morphemeɕɤ³³morpheme ‘olive tree-pipit anthus hodgsoni (bird living in shrubs)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵wa³³#3556 PTB *ŋ-wa ‘TRAP’TGTM *ᴮʰŋwa ‘TRAP’PLB *wa³ ‘TRAP’ thi²¹morpheme ɣɔʔ²¹morpheme A‘set of bird-knots (trap to catch birds)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵wa³³#3556 PTB *ŋ-wa ‘TRAP’TGTM *ᴮʰŋwa ‘TRAP’PLB *wa³ ‘TRAP’tsɤ³⁵morpheme thi²¹morpheme ɣɔʔ²¹morpheme n‘trap used in catching birds’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵za²¹morpheme ‘little bird’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɲa³⁵◦kɔ³³morpheme hæ̃³⁵morpheme◦kɔ³³morpheme tɤ³³morpheme◦ŋɔmorpheme ‘Song of Wearing Bird Crest’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Central)ɲi³³#3597 PTB *s-(m/n)əy ‘SIT / DWELL / CONTINUATIVE’na⁵⁵ V‘sit’Bradley 94 Lisu

Sani [Nyi]ŋe 44 ‘bird’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 141

Yi (Sani)ŋe³³ n‘bird’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0326.39

Yi (Sani)ŋe³³bɤ³³#1733 PTB *r/m-bu ⪤ *pru ‘NEST / WOMB / PLACENTA’PKC *ɓuu ‘NEST / DEN’ n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.39

Sani [Nyi]ŋæ³³ v‘sound, call (bird, cow, sheep, horse)’Ma 89 SanQ: 328.1

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish8

Hani (Kao Hua-Nien)ŋa 55 ‘bird’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 141

Hani (Pijo)ŋa jɔ̀morpheme ‘bird’Hansson 89 AHKP: 116

Hani (Caiyuan)ŋa̱³³jɔ³¹morpheme ‘bird’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 142.30

Hani (Caiyuan)ŋa³³xe⁵⁵morpheme ‘nest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 368.30

Hani (Khatu)ŋa jɔ̀morpheme ‘bird’Hansson 89 AHKP: 116

Mpiɲaŋʔ⁴-lo²morpheme ‘bird’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 77

Mpiɲaŋʔ⁴lo²morpheme ‘bird’Srinuan 76

Côông [Phunoi]hija ban#453 PTB *ban ‘MOUTH / LIP’ põ³¹#476 PTB *m-p(r)(w)aŋ ‘MOUTH’PTani *fi-buŋ ‘BEAK’PCN *paŋ ‘MOUTH’ ‘beak / bill’Ferlus 91: 3.9.3

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3442, *s-ŋak ‘BIRD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3442

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

References: TSR #141, HPTB p.317

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3442,
  title  = {{*s-ŋak 'BIRD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3442},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3442}
}