STEDT #3445

*twaŋ

NEST / WOMB

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This sparsely attested and speculative etymon rests on the Jingpho, Nungic, and Tujia forms. Apparently distinct is Bahing dzok- ‘nest’. The WB form “thok” cited in ZMYYC #368 appears to be spurious.

Reflexes & cognates16 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphohkrìmorpheme◦tung ‘womb; abdomen’Matisoff 87 BP

4Nungic6

Rawangsɑ³³morpheme daŋ³¹ ‘bird's nest’LaPolla 03: 373

Nungtɕhɑ⁵⁵#2187 PTB *b(y/r)a ‘BIRD / BEE’PLB *bya² ‘BEE’PL *bya² ‘BEE’ɖɑŋ³¹ n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.21

Anongtɕhɑ⁵⁵morphemeɖɑŋ³¹ ‘nest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 368.44

Dulongpɯ³¹morphemetɕiʔ⁵⁵morphemedɑŋ⁵³ n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.20

Trung [Dulong]pɯ³¹#1733 PTB *r/m-bu ⪤ *pru ‘NEST / WOMB / PLACENTA’PKC *ɓuu ‘NEST / DEN’tɕiʔ⁵⁵morphemedɑ̆ŋ⁵³ ‘nest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 368.46

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)pɯ³¹morphemetɕhɯ̆ʔ⁵⁵morphemedɑ̆ŋ⁵³ ‘nest’Sun H 82 Dul

5Tujia8

Tujia (Northern)nie2#3442 PTB *s-ŋak ‘BIRD’PLB *s-ŋ(y)akᴴ ‘BIRD’bi1morphemetong4 n.‘bird's nest’Brassett 04 Tujia

Tujia (Northern)nie²#3442 PTB *s-ŋak ‘BIRD’PLB *s-ŋ(y)akᴴ ‘BIRD’bi¹morphemetong⁴ ‘bird's nest’Brassett 06 Tujia: 1.3

Tujia (Northern)thũ⁵⁵ ‘nest’Tian 86

Tujia (Northern)tong4 n.‘nest, lair’Brassett 04 Tujia

Tujia (Northern)tong⁴ ‘nest, lair, spider's web’Brassett 06 Tujia: 1.3

Tujiaȵie³⁵#3442 PTB *s-ŋak ‘BIRD’PLB *s-ŋ(y)akᴴ ‘BIRD’pi⁵⁵morphemethoŋ⁵⁵ n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.49

Tujiaȵie³⁵#3442 PTB *s-ŋak ‘BIRD’PLB *s-ŋ(y)akᴴ ‘BIRD’pi⁵⁵morphemethoŋ⁵⁵ ‘nest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 368.38

Tujia (Southern)ʔa³³prefixtu̵³³ ‘nest’Tian 86

6.1.1Burmish1

Marmahŋaʔ#3442 PTB *s-ŋak ‘BIRD’PLB *s-ŋ(y)akᴴ ‘BIRD’◦táŋ ‘nest (lit. bird-nest)’Huziwara 08 Sak: 318

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3445, *twaŋ ‘NEST / WOMB’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3445

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3445,
  title  = {{*twaŋ 'NEST / WOMB'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3445},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3445}
}