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STEDT #3586

*s-nəw(t/n)

BREAST / MILK / SUCK

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Connections

Allofams

2 #3585 *s-nəw(-) ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’
2a #253 *s-nəw ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’
2b #3586 *s-nəw(t/n) ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’
2c #259 *s-nəw(k/ŋ) ‘BREAST / MILK’

Reflexes & cognates16 reflexes · 8 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]aprefix nyun ‘breast milk’Matisoff 87 BP

1.2Kuki-Chin1

Thanphumʃə̆nũ⁵ ‘breasts’Luce 85: P.17

1.2.1.1Northern Chin2

Tiddimnɔ̃i³ ‘breasts, nipple’Luce 85: G.53

Tiddimnɔ̃i³ ‘breasts’Luce 85: P.17

1.2.3Maraic1

Xongsainɔ̃i² ‘breasts’Luce 85: P.17

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Rengmanyun ‘chest’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.2.1Tibetan4

Tibetan (Written)nud-pasuffix ‘breasts, nipple’Luce 85: G.53

Tibetan (Written)nud-pasuffix ‘breasts’Luce 85: U.9

Tibetan (Written)nud-pasuffix ‘breasts; to suckle’Luce 85: W.75

Tibetan (Written)snun-pasuffix ‘suckle’Benedict 72 STC: p.100

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchanu#253 PTB *s-nəw ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’MesorootsPKC *hnooy ‘BREAST’PTk *nu ‘BREAST’PKar *nu' ‘BREAST’PKar *nuᴮ ‘BREASTS’Allofams2 #3585 PTB *s-nəw(-) ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’2a #253 PTB *s-nəw ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’2b #3586 PTB *s-nəw(t/n) ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’2c #259 PTB *s-nəw(k/ŋ) ‘BREAST / MILK’~nut v.‘suck’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

3.2Qiangic5

Pumi (Lanping)niɑ̃u¹³po¹³morpheme n‘breast’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0094.09

Pumi (Qinghua)niɑ̃u¹³ ‘milk’Lu 83 Pumi

Pumi (Qinghua)niɑ̃u¹³ ‘milk’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 281.11

Pumi (Qinghua)niɑ̃u¹³ po¹³morpheme ‘breast’Lu 83 Pumi

Pumi (Qinghua)niɑ̃u¹³po¹³morpheme ‘breast’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 259.11

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3586, *s-nəw(t/n) ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3586

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3586,
  title  = {{*s-nəw(t/n) 'BREAST / MILK / SUCK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3586},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3586}
}