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STEDT #455

*s-na

CROSSBOW
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This is a Southeast Asian areal word, probably of Mon-Khmer origin.

A native Tibeto-Burman root in this area is #2411 PTB *d/s-ləy BOW (weapon) / SLINGSHOT.

Chinese comparandum

弩 OC *no, GSR #94z ‘crossbow’; B & S 2011: *C.nˁaʔ ; Mand. nǔ. ***Add note re MK borrowing.

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

4Nungic6

Nungthɑ³¹prefixnɑ⁵⁵ n‘bow (for arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0636.21
Anongthɑ³¹prefixnɑ⁵⁵ ‘bow (weapon)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 427.44
Anong (Rawang)thəprefix◦na ‘crossbow’Benedict 72 STC: 187n487
Anong (Rawang)thəprefix◦nɑ ‘crossbow’Chou 72: 94z
Trung [Dulong]tɑ⁵⁵prefixnɑ⁵⁵ ‘bow (weapon)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 427.46
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)tɑ³¹prefixnɑ⁵⁵ ‘bow (weapon)’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish2

Pholanɑ̠²³tɑ̠²³morpheme ‘bow’Pelkey 11 Phula: 567

6.2Naxi4

Laze (Xiangjiao)tɑ˧morphemenɑ˧ ‘crossbow’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 1342
Mosotămorpheme◦na ‘crossbow’Benedict 72 STC: 187n487
Mosotɑ̌morpheme◦nɑ ‘crossbow’Chou 72: 94z
Na (Yongning)tɑ˧morphemenɑ˩ ‘crossbow’Michaud 06 NaLaze

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old/Mid)no/nuo ‘crossbow’Chou 72: 94z

X.1Non-TB1

Vietnamesenɑ ‘crossbow’Chou 72: 94z

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #455, *s-na ‘CROSSBOW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/455
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p.172
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-455,
  title  = {{*s-na 'CROSSBOW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #455},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/455}
}