*yaN

GIVE BIRTH

Indo-Aryan

Reconstruction analysis

handleyaNinitialyrhymeaNcoverL · N

Notes

This is an Indo-Aryan root, borrowed into several TB languages of Nepal. Cf. Nepali jan-ma ‘birth’, jan-manu ‘be born’.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 2 subgroups

2.1.4Tamangish3

Chantyalnaniloanword yã-wãsuffix ‘birth, give’Noonan 92: 10.4.15

Tamang (Sahu)'kolamorpheme yaŋ-pasuffix v.‘birth, give’Taylor 72 TmVo: 13.B.11.a

Tamang (Sahu)nahmorpheme 'yahm-pasuffix v.‘conceive (become pregnant)’Taylor 72 TmVo: 13.B.12

X.1Non-TB1

Nepalijan◦manumorpheme v‘born, be’Hale 73 CSD: 02b2.11

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3483, *yaN ‘GIVE BIRTH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3483

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

References: Tamang, Chantyal

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3483,
  title  = {{*yaN 'GIVE BIRTH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3483},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3483}
}