*s-blwaŋ

SCROTUM / POUCH / MALE (of animals)

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*puŋ ‘MALE (OF ANIMALS)’PCN #216

Notes

This root has only been identified in three languages (Darang, Lepcha, and Bai), though the semantic and phonological fit is good among them. The basic meaning of the etymon is ‘purse, small pouch’ (cf. French la bourse ‘purse; stock market’, les bourses ‘testicles’). The resemblance to #1638 PTB *b/m-laŋ PENIS / MALE / HUSBAND is due to chance.

Reflexes & cognates26 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)19

*Central Nagapuŋ ‘MALE (OF ANIMALS)’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.216

Ao (Chungli)nashiloanword-pung◦chimorpheme ‘bull’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)na¹morphemesi¹morpheme puŋ²tʃiʔ²morpheme n.‘bull’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Ao (Chungli)tə³prefix-puŋ³ n.‘male (of animal)’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.216

Ao (Chungli)³tiprefix³puŋ ‘male’Weidert 87 TBTo: 606a

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)masüloanword-bong◦tsümorpheme ‘bull’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagahan¹#1600 PTB *haːr ‘BIRD / FOWL / CHICKEN’PKC *ʔaar ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PCN *haːn-a ‘CHICKEN’PTk *ar ‘FOWL’-poŋ³ n.‘rooster’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.165

Lotha Nagamaŋ³morphemesə³morpheme-poŋ³ n.‘bull’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.216

Lotha Nagamangsüloanword-oprefix◦pong ‘bull’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagaoprefix◦pong ‘male’Murry 78: 70

Lotha Naga¹oprefix³buŋ(ʔ) ‘male’Weidert 87 TBTo: 606a

Sangtamhana#1600 PTB *haːr ‘BIRD / FOWL / CHICKEN’PKC *ʔaar ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PCN *haːn-a ‘CHICKEN’PTk *ar ‘FOWL’◦pong ‘cock’Kumar 73 Sang

Sangtamhüna#1600 PTB *haːr ‘BIRD / FOWL / CHICKEN’PKC *ʔaar ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PCN *haːn-a ‘CHICKEN’PTk *ar ‘FOWL’◦pong ‘cock’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtammisüloanword◦bong ‘bull’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtam¹aprefix²buŋ ‘male’Weidert 87 TBTo: 606a

Yimchungrükhih#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’◦numorpheme◦pung ‘dog’Kumar 73 Yim: 35

Yimchungrümoshiloanword◦bung ‘bull’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrüpung ‘male’Kumar 73 Yim: 80

Yimchungrü¹buŋ ‘male’Weidert 87 TBTo: 606a

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Ntenyiamesüloanword-semorpheme◦pung ‘bull’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.3Lepcha3

Lepchatăprefix-blyoŋ ‘purse, pouch’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchatǎlam#646 PTB *t-lam ‘EGG / TESTICLE’ sǎmorpheme tǎblyón̊ ‘scrotum’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchatălam#646 PTB *t-lam ‘EGG / TESTICLE’ sămorpheme tăblyoŋ ‘scrotum’Matisoff 87 BP

8Bai1

Bai (Jianchuan)kuã³³#305 PTB *s/r-gwa-ŋ ‘EGG / TESTICLE’ lõ̱²¹ ‘scrotum’Zhao 90: 10.3.4

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3471, *s-blwaŋ ‘SCROTUM / POUCH / MALE (of animals)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3471

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

References: not related to 1638

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3471,
  title  = {{*s-blwaŋ 'SCROTUM / POUCH / MALE (of animals)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3471},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3471}
}