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STEDT #3531

*h(y)an

CURRY / VEGETABLE DISH
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

initialh(y)rhymeancoverH · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*ʔan ‘VEGETABLES / PLANT (edible)’PKC #516
Central Naga (Ao Group)*a-haːn ‘CURRY’PCN #164
Tangkhulic*han ‘CURRY / GREEN VEGETABLE’DRM#459

Connections

HPTB*h(y)an ‘curry / vegetable dish’p. 65

Notes

For a phonosemantically similar root, see #3527 PTB *h(w)aŋ RICE / CURRY.

Reflexes & cognates39 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanh(y)an ‘curry / vegetable dish’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 594

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinʔan ‘VEGETABLES / PLANT (edible)’VanBik 09 PKC: 516

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)an ‘vegetables, leaf (of plants)’VanBik 09 PKC: 516

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)ʔân-hnaʔ ‘vegetables, edible plants’VanBik 09 PKC: 516
Lushai [Mizo]ǎn n‘generic name for all edible leaves and green food-stuff’VanBik 09 PKC: 516

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)21

*Central Nagaaprefix-haːn ‘CURRY’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.164
*Ao(aprefix-)hən ‘CURRY’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.141
Ao (Chungli)an³ n.‘curry’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Ao (Chungli)a³prefix-un³ n.‘curry’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.141
Ao (Chungli)aprefix◦on ‘vegetable’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)áprefix◦ún [áwún] ‘curry’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 1b
Ao (Chungli)³aprefix³un ‘soup / curry’Weidert 87 TBTo: 38
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)en◦somorpheme ‘vegetable’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)ən◦tʃhumorpheme n.‘curry’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagao¹prefix-han³ n.‘curry’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.164
Lotha Nagao¹prefix-jo³morpheme-han² n.‘vegetable’[Source note] leaf-curryBruhn 14 SuppCN
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦han n‘curry’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦han ‘vegetable’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦han ‘curry’Murry 78: 26
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦yomorpheme◦han ‘vegetable’Murry 78: 132
Lotha Nagayolanmorpheme◦han◦lanmorpheme ‘vegetable’Murry 78: 132
Lotha Naga¹oprefix³han(ʔ) ‘soup / curry’Weidert 87 TBTo: 38
Sangtamhi◦tsukiyongmorpheme ‘vegetable’Kumar 73 Sang

1.3.3Zeme Group2

1.3.4Tangkhulic10

*Tangkhulichan ‘curry / green vegetable’Mortensen 12 Tk: 459
Kachaihɐn-cuŋmorpheme-hɐn ‘mustard greens’Mortensen 12 Tk: Plants.107
Kachaihɐn-romorpheme ‘vegetable (general)’Mortensen 12 Tk: Plants.106
Kachaihɐn-tɕuŋmorpheme-hɐn ‘mustard greens’Mortensen 12 Tk
Kachaiʔamorpheme-hɐn ‘curry’Mortensen 12 Tk: Plants.168
Tangkhulhən ‘curry’Bhat 69 TNV: 87
Tangkhulkayangmorpheme◦han ‘mustard’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangkhul²hən ‘soup / curry’Weidert 87 TBTo: 38
Tusomʔəmorpheme-hẽ ‘curry’Mortensen 12 Tk: Plants.169
Ukhrulhɐn ‘curry’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.4Meithei3

Meitheihan◦gammorpheme ‘mustard’Marrison 67 Naga
Meitheiyen◦caŋmorpheme ‘curry’Abbi 85
Meitheiyen◦changmorpheme n‘curry’Marrison 67 Naga

1.5Mikir [Karbi]3

Mikir [Karbi]han◦jangmorpheme ‘mustard’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3531, *h(y)an ‘CURRY / VEGETABLE DISH’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3531
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: JAM-LITB 6.3, HPTB p.65
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3531,
  title  = {{*h(y)an 'CURRY / VEGETABLE DISH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3531},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3531}
}