*s(y)a(m/ŋ)

THROAT

Reconstruction analysis

handleswaMinitialswrhymeam/ŋcoverS · N

Notes

This sparsely attested root, which in TB languages refers to the neck, seems to be distinct from #66 PTB *s(y)am-s BREATH / LUNG / SPIRIT / VOICE / HEART, whose semantic center of gravity is more abstract.

The putative Chinese comparandum, however, has a more “internal” meaning, referring to the voice or throat. Cf. Mandarin sǎngzi ‘voice’, which occurs neither in GSR 704 nor in Baxter’s system, so that it probably has no early attestation. By analogy with sāng ‘mulberry’, which is in both sources, it would be reconstructed *sɑ̂ng by Karlgren and *sangʔ by Baxter.

Reflexes & cognates15 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.1.2Deng5

Idusem-bra#484 PTB *bran ⪤ *pwat ‘NECK / THROAT’ ‘neck’Anonymous 62 Idu

Idusem◦ba#484 PTB *bran ⪤ *pwat ‘NECK / THROAT’ ‘neck’Pulu 78

Iduɕeŋ⁵⁵bɹa⁵⁵#484 PTB *bran ⪤ *pwat ‘NECK / THROAT’ ‘neck’Sun H 91 IduQ: 4.1

Iduɕeŋ⁵⁵bɹɑ⁵⁵#484 PTB *bran ⪤ *pwat ‘NECK / THROAT’ ‘neck’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 248.50

Yiduɕeŋ⁵⁵bɹɑ⁵⁵#484 PTB *bran ⪤ *pwat ‘NECK / THROAT’ n‘neck’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0089.25

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

Maringngak#483 PTB *s-ŋwa(ŋ/k) ‘NECK / WAIST’PKC *hŋooŋ ‘NECK / COLLAR’◦sam ‘neck’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Ntenyiaprefix◦sung ‘neck’Marrison 67 Naga

Chinese (Old)sangʔ ‘throat / voice’Matisoff PC

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #498, *s(y)a(m/ŋ) ‘THROAT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/498

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

References: Cf CH. sǎng THROAT/VOICE

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-498,
  title  = {{*s(y)a(m/ŋ) 'THROAT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #498},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/498}
}