*h(w)aŋ

RICE / CURRY

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

initialh(w)rhymeaŋcoverH · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*haaŋ ‘JUICE / CURRY’PKC #724

Connections

HPTB (PLB)*haŋ² ‘cooked rice / food to eat with rice’p. 264

Notes

Interestingly, this root can either mean RICE or THAT WHICH IS EATEN WITH RICE. Cf. the basic distinction made in Siamese between khâaw ‘rice’ amd kàp-khâaw ‘accompaniment to rice’.

For a phonosemantically similar root, see #3531 PTB *h(y)an CURRY / VEGETABLE DISH.

Reflexes & cognates23 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.1“North Assam”2

Sulung [Puroik]aŋ³³ ‘rice (plant)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 186.52

Sulung [Puroik]aŋ³³biȵ³³morpheme ‘rice (uncooked)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 390.52

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinhaaŋ ‘JUICE / CURRY’VanBik 09 PKC: 724

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin3

Ashotʻenˊˊmorpheme-haungˊˊ ‘juice’VanBik 09 PKC: 724

Khumihaáng ‘juice’VanBik 09 PKC: 724

Khumi (Bangladesh)ang¹ ‘curry’Peterson 2008

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)hâaŋ ‘juice, curry’VanBik 09 PKC: 724

Lai (Falam)hǎaŋ ‘juice, curry’VanBik 09 PKC: 724

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang4

Changang ‘rice (uncooked)’Marrison 67 Naga

Changaŋ ‘rice’French 83: 538

Konyakwong ‘rice (uncooked)’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakwoŋ ‘uncooked rice’French 83: 538

3.2Qiangic2

Xumihɑo⁵³ n‘rice (cooked)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0440.17

Xumihɑ⁵⁵ ‘rice (cooked)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 392.20

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)haṅ: n‘curry’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)hâŋ ‘curry’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2.2Central Loloish3

Lahu (Lancang)ɔ¹¹ n‘rice (cooked)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0440.43

Lahu (Black)ɔ¹¹ ‘rice (cooked)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 392.33

Lahu (Yellow)ɔ⁵ ‘rice (cooked)’Chang 86

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish5

Akha (Thai)hɔ̀ ‘boiled rice’Hansson 89 AHKP: 276

Akha (Thai)hɔ̀ tsuqmorpheme ‘rice ball’Hansson 89 AHKP: 496

Akhahɔ̀/xhɔ̀ ‘cooked rice’Hansson 89 AHKP: 276

Akha (Yunnan)xhɔ̀ ‘boiled rice’Hansson 89 AHKP: 276

Akha (Yunnan)xhɔ̀ tsuqmorpheme ‘rice ball’Hansson 89 AHKP: 496

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3527, *h(w)aŋ ‘RICE / CURRY’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3527

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

References: JAM-LITB 6.2

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3527,
  title  = {{*h(w)aŋ 'RICE / CURRY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3527},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3527}
}