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STEDT #4319

*kwaŋ

TROUGH / BOAT / BOX / TRAY
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*kuaŋ ‘TROUGH / BOX / TRAY’

Chinese comparandum

棺 OC *kwɑ̂n, GSR #157e ‘coffin’; Schuessler 2007:265 *kwân or *kôn; B & S 2011: *kʷˁan {kʷˁa[n]}; Mand. guān.
棺 OC *kwɑ̂n, GSR #157e ‘put in a coffin’; Schuessler 2007:265 *kwâns or *kôns; B & S 2011: (*kʷˁan-s); Mand. guàn.

Reflexes & cognates28 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin2

*Chinkuaŋ ‘TROUGH / BOX / TRAY’VanBik 09 PKC: 319
Analàprefix-kùuŋ ‘boat’Weidert 87 TBTo: 160

1.2.1.1Northern Chin9

Paitekuang ‘trough’VanBik 09 PKC: 319
Sizangching uang ‘box’VanBik 09 PKC: 319
Thadokòoŋ ‘boat’Weidert 87 TBTo: 160
Thadokòŋ ‘boat’Thirumalai 72: 14
Thadokóŋ ‘boat’Thirumalai 72: 61
Thadokúoŋ ‘plate, boat, dish’VanBik 09 PKC: 319
Tiddimgúunmorpheme-kúaŋ ‘boat’Weidert 87 TBTo: 160
Tiddimguːn²morpheme kuang² ‘boat’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 396
Tiddimkuang² ‘tray’VanBik 09 PKC: 319

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)kûaŋ ‘trough, box’VanBik 09 PKC: 319
Lai (Falam)kǔaŋ ‘trough, box’VanBik 09 PKC: 319
Lushai [Mizo]kúang n‘trough, a coffin, a groove, the channel (of a river, etc), the bed (of a river, lake, sea, etc)’VanBik 09 PKC: 319

1.2.4“Old Kuki”5

Chirurɔmorpheme◦koŋ ‘boat’Weidert 87 TBTo: 160
Kom Remrʌmorpheme-kíiŋ ‘boat’Weidert 87 TBTo: 160
Kom Remrʌmorpheme-kúuŋ ‘boat’Weidert 87 TBTo: 160
Lamkangʌrmorpheme-kùuŋ ‘boat’Weidert 87 TBTo: 160
Sorbungramorpheme-koŋ ‘boat’Brown 37 Indo

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagakʰoːŋ ‘boat’French 83: 460

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte2

Noctekhuong◦khomorpheme ‘boat’Marrison 67 Naga
Nocte³khoʌn-¹khomorpheme ‘boat’Weidert 87 TBTo: 160

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Wanchokung ‘boat’Marrison 67 Naga

2.2Newar1

Newar (Kathmandu)kuŋ◦gamorpheme ‘boat’Genetti 90 Kath

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti3

Limbu[khɔːŋ◦beʔ]morpheme ‘boat’Weidert 87 TBTo: 160
Limbukhoːŋ ‘boat’Michailovsky 89 Lm
Limbukhɔːŋ◦bheqmorpheme ‘boat’Michailovsky 89 Lm

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4319, *kwaŋ ‘TROUGH / BOAT / BOX / TRAY’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4319
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #319
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4319,
  title  = {{*kwaŋ 'TROUGH / BOAT / BOX / TRAY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4319},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4319}
}