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*s-nas

LEAF

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

prefixsinitialnrhymeas

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*nə ‘LEAF’JS-HCST: 163

Kuki-Chin(a) *hnaʔ-tsaŋ ‘BANANA LEAF / PLANTAIN’PKC #520

Kuki-Chin(b) *hnaʔ ‘LEAF / FOLIAGE’PKC #896

Tangkhulic*na ‘LEAF’DRM#343

Notes

This root is well attested in the NE Indian areal group, but has so far not been found elsewhere.

Chinese comparandum

箬 OC *ńi̯ɑk, GSR #777g-h ‘skin of bamboo’; Schuessler 2007:448 (*nak); B & S 2011: (*nak); Mand. ruò.

Reflexes & cognates67 reflexes · 14 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmans-nas ‘leaf’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 604

1.1.1Tani1

*Taninə ‘leaf’Sun J 93 HCST: 231

1.1.1.1Western Tani32

Apatani(j)aprefix-nə ‘leaf’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatani(j)aprefix-nɯ ‘leaf’Sun J 93 HCST

Apataniàprefix-nɯ́ ‘leaf’Sun J 93 Tani

Apataniàprefix-pu#6538 PTani *pun ‘FLOWER’ aprefix-nɯ ‘petal’Sun J 93 Tani

Apataniaprefix-pu#6538 PTani *pun ‘FLOWER’ japrefix-nə ‘petal’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanièmorpheme-nɯ ‘paddy leaf’Sun J 93 Tani

Apataniimorpheme-ŋemorpheme aprefix-nə ‘arum leaf’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanijaprefix-nə aprefix-ǰãmorpheme ‘twig’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanijàprefix-nɯ ‘leaf’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanimu-ku#2361 PTB *kəw-n/t ‘SMOKE’PTani *mə-kɯ ‘SMOKE’PKC *khuu ‘FUMES / STEAM / SMOKE (n.)’PKC *may-khuu ‘SMOKE (n.)’PCN *khuʔ ‘SMOKE’PTk *kʰut ‘SMOKE’PBG *ku ‘SMOKE’PNN *kʰəw ‘SMOKE’PLB *kəw² ‘SMOKE’ aprefix-nə ‘tobacco (~leaf)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnikuːmorpheme-nɯː ‘plantain leaf’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengninamorpheme-nɯː ‘leaf’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengninamorpheme-nɯː ‘leaf’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokar(ɯprefix-šɯŋ#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’) aprefix-nə ‘leaf’Sun J 93 HCST

Bokaraprefix nə nveg‘leaf’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0376.24

Bokaraprefix-nə ‘leaf’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarɯprefix ɕɯŋ#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’ aprefix nə akomorpheme clf‘classifier for leaves’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0860.24

Bokar Lhobaaprefix nə ‘leaf’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 224.51

Galo`aamorpheme◦nə n.‘tea leaf’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`aprefix◦nə n:clf.‘Classifier for stems’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`aprefix◦nə n.‘stem’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`henmorpheme◦nə n.‘leaf (dried)’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`nə- clfr.‘Classifier for stems’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`nə◦rɨɨmorpheme n.‘stem (lower portion)’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`pagmorpheme◦nə n.‘banana leaf’GLDC 09 Galo

Galoaprefix◦nə n:clf.‘Classifier for plants’GLDC 09 Galo

Galoaprefix◦nə n.‘leaf’GLDC 09 Galo

Galonə◦yaa#6353 PTani *jaŋ ‘ROT / ROTTEN’ n.‘leaf (rotten)’GLDC 09 Galo

Nishi [Dafla]namorpheme-ne n.‘leaf’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 432

Nishingnamorpheme◦ne ‘leaf’Das Gupta 69 Daf

Nishingne-mangmorpheme ‘leaf’Das Gupta 69 Daf

Taginaprefix◦nɤ ‘leaf’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani3

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]anmorpheme-nə; namorpheme-nə ‘leaf’Sun J 93 HCST

Damuʔaprefix-nɯ ‘leaf’Sun J 93 Tani

Milangne-yaŋmorpheme ‘betel leaf’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.1.2Deng1

Darang [Taraon]na: ‘leaf’Anonymous xx Tar

1.2Kuki-Chin2

*Chinhnaʔ ‘LEAF / FOLIAGE’VanBik 09 PKC: 896

*Chinhnaʔ-tsaŋ ‘BANANA LEAF / PLANTAIN’VanBik 09 PKC: 520

1.2.1.1Northern Chin4

Paitenah tang ‘banana’VanBik 09 PKC: 520

Thadonàa ‘leaf’VanBik 09 PKC: 896

Thadonàa tsáŋ ‘banana leaf’VanBik 09 PKC: 520

Tiddimnaʔ³ tang¹ ‘banana’VanBik 09 PKC: 520

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)hnaʔ ‘leaf’VanBik 09 PKC: 896

Lai (Falam)hnàʔ ‘leaf’VanBik 09 PKC: 896

Lai (Hakha)hnaʔ-tsâŋ ‘banana, banana leaf’VanBik 09 PKC: 520

Lai (Falam)hnàʔ-tsǎŋ ‘banana, banana leaf’VanBik 09 PKC: 520

Lushai [Mizo]hnàh n‘leaf, leaves, foliage’VanBik 09 PKC: 896

Lushai [Mizo]hnàh cháng n‘leaves of wild plantains and also of cultivated banana’VanBik 09 PKC: 520

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]hnā ‘leaf’VanBik 09 PKC: 896

1.3“Naga” Areal Group2

Maringna ‘leaf’Brown 37 Indo

Maringna n‘leaf’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ni◦kamorpheme n‘leaf’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group5

Khoiraoaprefix◦na n‘leaf’Marrison 67 Naga

Maramaprefix◦no n‘leaf’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeina ‘leaf’Brown 37 Indo

Zemepeneu n‘leaf’Marrison 67 Naga

Mziemepenei n‘leaf’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic11

*Tangkhulicna ‘leaf’Mortensen 12 Tk: 343

Champhungsiŋmorpheme-nu ‘leaf’Brown 37 Indo

Huishuʔamorpheme-ni ‘leaf’Mortensen 12 Tk: Plants.002

Kachaiʔamorpheme-nɐ ‘leaf’Mortensen 12 Tk: Plants.002

Tangkhulna ‘leaf’Bhat 69 TNV: 91

Tankghul (Central)tʰimorpheme-na ‘leaf’Brown 37 Indo

Tangkhul (Northern)tʰimorpheme-na ‘leaf’Brown 37 Indo

Tangkhul (Standard)na ‘leaf’Brown 37 Indo

Tusomʔimorpheme-nə-ʃimorpheme ‘leaf’Mortensen 12 Tk: Plants.002

Ukhrulamorpheme-na ‘leaf’Mortensen 12 Tk

Ukhrulʔamorpheme-na ‘leaf’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte2

Tangsa (Moshang)na yokmorpheme ‘leaf’French 83: 500

Tangsa (Moshang)na◦yokmorpheme n‘leaf’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #402, *s-nas ‘LEAF’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/402

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

References: cf. HPTB p.432

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-402,
  title  = {{*s-nas 'LEAF'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #402},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/402}
}