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*tsyaŋ

ROUND OBJECT / SEED / NUT / TESTICLE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*tsaŋ ‘SEED, NUT’PCN #202

Notes

This root has so far only been found in a few Naga and Kuki-Chin languages.

Reflexes & cognates35 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)33

*Ao(tprefix-)tʃaŋ ‘SEED, NUT’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.151
Ao (Chungli)inmorpheme◦jang-tulumorpheme ‘bullet’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)kweimorpheme◦jang ‘betel (nut)’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)lijakmorpheme◦jang ‘arrow’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)song#2658 PTB *si(ŋ/k) ‘TREE / WOOD / FIREWOOD’PTani *sɯŋ ‘WOOD / TREE’PKC *thiŋ ‘TREE / WOOD’PCN *siŋ ‘WOOD’PTk *tʰiŋ ‘WOOD’TGTM *ᴮsiŋ ‘TREE’PKir *siŋ ‘TREE’PLB *sikᴴ ⪤ *siŋ ‘TREE’◦jang◦lijangmorpheme ‘bush’Cf. Clark (1911:660): “SCONGZANG-LIZANG, all kinds of seeds, fruits, grains, nuts or berries. All kinds of little trees, brush, sprouts, shrubs, etc.”Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦jang ‘fruit’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)tə³prefix-tʃaŋ³ n.‘seed, nut’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.151
Ao (Chungli)zə³morphemelu¹morphemetʃaŋ¹ n.‘letter (of alphabet)’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Ao (Chungli)²taprefix³tsɯ#3423 PTB *tsu ‘PENIS’Allofams116a #3420 PTB *k-tu-k ‘PENIS’116b #3423 PTB *tsu ‘PENIS’³tšaŋ ‘testicle’Weidert 87 TBTo: 617a
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)teprefix◦jüng n‘seed’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tongtimorpheme◦chang ‘kidney’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tüprefix◦chang ‘fruit’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)yinmorpheme◦chang ‘bullet’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)məntimorpheme-tʃaŋ n.‘corn seed’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagao¹prefix-tsəŋ³ n.‘seed, pit’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.202
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦tsüng ‘seed’Murry 78: 110
Yacham-Tengsataprefix◦chang ‘fruit’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte2

Nocte¹tšʌŋ ‘testicles’Weidert 87 TBTo: 16
Nocte¹tšʌŋ ‘testicle’Weidert 87 TBTo: 617a

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3590, *tsyaŋ ‘ROUND OBJECT / SEED / NUT / TESTICLE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3590
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3590,
  title  = {{*tsyaŋ 'ROUND OBJECT / SEED / NUT / TESTICLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3590},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3590}
}