Connections
HPTB*s-gaŋ ‘hill / ridge / mountain’pp. 266, 303
Chinese comparandum
岡 OC *kɑ̂ng; GSR #697a ‘ridge, crest of hill’; Mand. gāng.
京 OC *kli̯ɑ̆ng; GSR #755a ‘mound, hill, capital city’; B & S 2011: *kraŋ {[k]raŋ}; Mand. jīng.
鯨 OC *g’li̯ɑ̆ng, GSR #755f ‘whale’; Schuessler 2007:316 *graŋ; B & S 2011: *ɡraŋ {[ɡ]raŋ}; Mand. jīng.
Reflexes & cognates80 reflexes · 15 subgroups
0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1
1.1“North Assam”2
1.1.1.1Western Tani3
Bokargɯŋ tuŋ#6223 PTB *m/r-duŋ ‘MOUNTAIN / HILLOCK’ n‘hillside / mountain slope’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0024.24
1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)3
2.1.2.1Tibetan3
2.1.4Tamangish20
2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2
3.3.1rGyalrong1
4Nungic2
6.1Lolo-Burmese1
6.1.1Burmish7
Burmese (Written)hlya#623 PTB *s/m-l(y)a-t ‘TONGUE’MesorootsPTani *rjo ‘TONGUE’Allofams1a #621 PTB *m/s-lay ⪤ *s-ley ‘TONGUE’1b #623 PTB *s/m-l(y)a-t ‘TONGUE’1c #625 PTB *s-lyam ‘TONGUE / LICK / FLAME’1d #628 PTB *s-lyaːw ‘LICK / TONGUE’1e #629 PTB *m/s/g-lyak ‘LICK / TONGUE’-khaŋ ‘uvula, palate’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 90
Burmese (Written)khaŋ-rûi#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘roof; strip of high ground’Benedict 76 WBur
6.1.2.2Central Loloish34
Lahu (Lancang)qhɔ³³qo¹¹#820 PTB *(g/k)uŋ ‘HOLE / ORIFICE / INNER PART’PNN *koːŋ ‘EMPTY’TGTM *ᴮkʰuŋ ‘HOLE / PIT’PKir *goŋ ‘HEART’PLB *guŋ² ⪤ *kuŋ² ‘HOLLOW / HOLE / EMPTY’PL *koŋ¹ ‘INSIDE HOUSE’ n‘cave (mountain)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0028.43
Lahu (Black)qhɔ-kɛ#447 PTB *s-grum ‘CONTRACTED / STUNTED / DWARFISH’PKC *k(r)um ‘DECREASE / DESCEND / SHRINK’-nɛmorpheme ‘barren, treeless mountain’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 265
Lisu (Northern)kɔ³³khɔ³³pheʔ²¹ ‘mountain opening; mountain pass (which people often go through)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)kɔ³³laʔ²¹#5560 PTB *k-la ‘TIGER’PNN *C-gya ‘TIGER’PLB *(k-)la ‘TIGER’ma³³morpheme ‘tiger on high mountains’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)kɔ³³lɔ³⁵pheʔ²¹ ‘mountain opening; snow mountain opening; mountain pass’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)kɔ³³ɔ⁵⁵pa⁵⁵ la²¹tɕæ³³ ‘high-mountain short-toothed toad (living under rocks or snow in bamboo groves by creeksides in the area of Longtan, Biluo Snow Mountains. The male has two black dots on the chest, which look like breasts.)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)kɔ³³ʃɿ⁵⁵#5642 PTB *s-yəy ‘GRASS’ seʔ²¹morpheme V‘grass and trees turn brown (indicating the beginning of winter)’Bradley 94 Lisu
9.0.1Old Chinese4
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #3581,
*s-gaŋ ‘MOUNTAIN / RIDGE / HILL’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3581Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB pp.266, 303
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3581,
title = {{*s-gaŋ 'MOUNTAIN / RIDGE / HILL'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3581},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3581}
}