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STEDT #5445

*wa(n/t)

LOAD / BURDEN / TRANSPORT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Northern Naga/Konyakian*wən ‘LOAD / BURDEN’

Notes

This root bears a resemblance to #5722 PTB *wəy LOAD, although the vocalic reflexes of the latter are not easily derivable from *-an or *-at.

Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanwan ⪤ wat ‘load / burden / transport’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 038

*Tibeto-Burmanwan ⪤ wat ‘load / burden / transport’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 619

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Tiddimˋvan n‘load’Henderson 65 TidC

1.3.4Tangkhulic4

Tangkhulot n‘work’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhulot ‘work, subject, substance, service’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 038

Tangkhulot kapheimorpheme ‘unload’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 038

Tangkhulwut ‘load’Bhat 69 TNV: 92

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagawən ‘bring, take; load, cargo, stuff, what one brings / takes along’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 038

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Changomorpheme-on~umorpheme-wan ‘load, burden’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 038

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)h̥on ‘bring’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 038

6.1.1Burmish4

Burmese (Written)wan ‘load’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 038

Burmese (Written)wan ‘burden, load’Benedict 76 WBur

Langsu (Luxi)vuŋ³¹ clf‘load (of firewood) on the back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0876.31

Atsi [Zaiwa]vun⁵¹ clf‘load (of firewood) on the back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0876.30

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5445, *wa(n/t) ‘LOAD / BURDEN / TRANSPORT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5445

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

References: cf. HPTB p. 519

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5445,
  title  = {{*wa(n/t) 'LOAD / BURDEN / TRANSPORT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5445},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5445}
}