STEDT
STEDT #5450

*ʔa(ŋ/k)-

NOUN PREFIX

Notes

It is possible that this etymon is related to #2138 PTB *ʔa PRONOUN (3RD PERS.).

Reflexes & cognates407 reflexes · 4 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanʔaŋ- ⪤ ʔak- ‘noun prefix’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 583

1.5Mikir [Karbi]49

Mikir [Karbi]angbongmorpheme ‘among’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]angbongmorpheme ‘between’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]angbongmorpheme ‘middle’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]angbongmorpheme amorphemekeikmorpheme ‘iris; pupil’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]angdengmorpheme imorphemesimorpheme ‘backbone / spine’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]angehunmorpheme n‘end’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]anghapmorpheme ‘uvula’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]angjinmorpheme ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]angjokmorpheme n‘bud’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]angkokmorpheme ‘hole’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]angkurmorpheme n‘root’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]angnimorpheme ‘tusk / canine tooth’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]angphunmorpheme ‘nape’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]angprammorpheme ‘scar’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]angrumorpheme n‘rust’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]angsemorpheme ‘empty’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]angsemorpheme ‘only’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]angsongmorpheme ‘on’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]angsongmorpheme ‘top (i.e. highest point)’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]angsongmorpheme ‘up’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]angtawmorpheme prep‘without’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]angthekmorpheme- ‘scar’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]sū(ʔ)morpheme ‘thorn’Weidert 87 TBTo: 59
Mikir [Karbi]keng#338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’MesorootsPKC *kee ⪤ *khee ‘FOOT / LEG’Allofams1a #336 PTB *r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’1b #338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’pakmorpheme-anglurmorpheme ‘sole’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]memorpheme angbopmorpheme n‘blister’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.2.2Central Loloish203

Lahuá-lɛ̀ʔmorpheme ‘salt’Benedict 72 STC: 121n335
Lahuá-phèʔmorpheme ‘pepper’Benedict 72 STC: 121n335
Lahuɔ̀-morpheme ‘child; son’Benedict 72 STC: 71n221
Lahuɔ̀-nimorpheme-morpheme ‘younger brother’LaPolla 87: 205
Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹bɑ³¹morpheme n/adv‘outside’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0714.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹dʑɑ⁵³morpheme n‘edge / rim / margin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0718.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹dʑɑ⁵³morpheme n‘boundary line / demarcation line’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0721.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹dʑɑ⁵³morphemeɔ³¹dʑi³³morpheme n‘surroundings’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0719.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹e³³morphemetɕɑ³⁵morpheme n‘stepmother’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0249.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹gɤ³³morpheme nveg‘root’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0375.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹khi⁵³morpheme n‘shape / appearance’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0697.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹khɔ³³morpheme n‘corner / angle’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0716.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹ku⁵³morphemetɕɑ⁵⁴morpheme n‘tendon / sinew’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0130.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹lɑ⁵³morphemeɕi¹¹morpheme nbp‘kidney’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0146.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹mv²¹morphemeku³³morpheme n‘bone’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0133.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹ni³³morphememɑ³³morpheme n‘younger sister’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0229.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹ni³³morphemepɑ¹¹morpheme n‘younger brother’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0228.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹ni³³morphemeɔ³¹ xɑ³⁵morpheme n‘life / livelihood’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0683.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹nɑ³³morpheme n‘upper part of / upper reaches’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0722.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹nɑ³³morphemephɔ⁵³morpheme n‘north’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0707.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹u³³morphemephɑ⁵³morpheme n‘uncle <mother's brother>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0238.43
Lahu (Black)á-bôʔmorpheme ‘blanket’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 78
Lahu (Black)á-nâʔmorpheme-morpheme ‘crow’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 142
Lahu (Black)ɔ̀-morpheme ‘slave’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 008
Lahu (Black)ɔ̀-chumorpheme ‘roll of fat; wave, ripple; wave’Matisoff 87 BP: 168
Lahu (Black)ɔ̀-khɨ#335 PTB *krəy ‘FOOT’-qɔ̀ʔmorpheme ‘whole leg; kneepan’Matisoff 87 BP
Lahu (Black)ɔ̀-morpheme ‘pith’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 8
Lahu (Black)ɔ̀-morpheme ‘custom, rule’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 162
Lahu (Black)ɔ̀-ōmorpheme ‘cradle’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 92
Lahu (Black)ɔ̀-morpheme ‘scab’Matisoff 87 BP
Lahu (Black)ɔ̀-qú ‘outer covering / bark / skin / peel’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 71(b)
Lahu (Black)ɔ̀-šá#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’ ‘breath / air / any vaporous / insubstantial substance / vital force’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 123
Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹gə³³morpheme ‘root’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 222.33
Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹khə³³morpheme ‘voice’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 512.33
Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹ku³³morphemetsᴀ⁵⁴morpheme ‘sinew’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 267.33
Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹li³¹morpheme n‘interest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 488.33
Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹lɔ³³morpheme ‘thing / matter / event’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 515.33
Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹lᴀ⁵³morphemesi¹¹morpheme ‘kidney’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 270.33
Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹ni³³morphememᴀ³³morpheme ‘sister (younger)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 336.33
Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹ni³³morphemepᴀ¹¹morpheme ‘brother (younger)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 335.33
Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹nɛ⁵⁴morpheme ‘gruel’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 396.33
Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹phɔ⁵³morpheme ‘husband’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 337.33
Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹phᴀ²¹morpheme ‘leaf’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 224.33
Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹pə³¹morphemetᴀ⁵⁴morpheme ‘garbage’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 473.33
Lahu (Bakeo)aw˯keu: ‘bile’also contains *m/s-kri(y)-sBradley 79 Lahu: 148
Lahu (Banlan)aw˯ki: ‘bile’also contains *m/s-kri(y)-sBradley 79 Lahu: 148

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish155

Bisumorpheme ‘male (animal)’Beaudouin 88 Bisu: 3
Bisuʔaŋ gàwmorpheme ‘bone’Bradley 79 PLo
Bisuʔaŋ hmawmorpheme ‘lungs’Bradley 79 PLo
Bisuʔaŋ tɔ́ŋ#711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’Allofams16 #711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’16a #710 PTB *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’ ‘wing’Bradley 79 PLo
Bisuʔaŋ ɲumorpheme ‘life’Bradley 79 PLo
Bisuʔaŋ-morpheme ‘early morning’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 131
Bisuʔaŋ-thàmorpheme ‘upper part / top surface’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 42(b)
Bisuʔaŋmorpheme ‘insect’Bradley 9x Bisu
Bisuʔaŋblɔ́ŋmorpheme ‘husband, man’Bradley 9x Bisu
Bisuʔaŋmorpheme ‘dawn’Bradley 9x Bisu
Bisuʔaŋhjɔ́ŋmorpheme ‘thin (person)’Bradley 9x Bisu
Bisuʔaŋhlɔ́ŋmorpheme ‘hot (water)’Bradley 9x Bisu
Bisuʔaŋhmawmorpheme ‘liver’Bradley 9x Bisu
Bisuʔaŋhmɛ́ŋmorpheme ‘name’Bradley 9x Bisu
Bisuʔaŋmorphemeʔaŋtummorpheme/kʰàlaw ‘clothes, shirt’Bradley 9x Bisu
Bisuʔaŋkɯ́ŋmorpheme ‘clear water’Bradley 9x Bisu
Bisuʔaŋséŋmorpheme ‘thing’Bradley 9x Bisu
Bisuʔaŋtɔ́ŋ#711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’Allofams16 #711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’16a #710 PTB *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’ ‘wing’Bradley 9x Bisu
Côông [Phunoi]ãtu³¹#1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ pᵊpənmorpheme yamorpheme ‘fontanel (soft spot in a baby's skull).’Ferlus 91: 2.3
Côông [Phunoi]ãtu³¹morpheme tatan⁵⁵morpheme ‘top of head / crown / pate’Ferlus 91: 2.2
Côông [Phunoi]ãyã⁵⁵morpheme ‘bosom’Ferlus 91: 1.9
Côông [Phunoi]ʔã́ cháwmorpheme ‘horn’Bradley 79 PLo
Côông [Phunoi]ʔã́ morpheme ‘brain’Bradley 79 PLo
Côông [Phunoi]ʔã́ hmapmorpheme ‘lungs’Bradley 79 PLo
Côông [Phunoi]ʔã́ juʔmorpheme ‘life’Bradley 79 PLo
Côông [Phunoi]ʔɑ̃⁵⁵ hĩ³³morpheme ‘strength’also contains *ʔanBradley xx Phu
Côông [Phunoi]ʔɑ̃⁵⁵ hmɑp³³morpheme ‘lungs’Bradley xx Phu
Sangkongaŋ³³ khɯ⁵⁵morpheme ‘footleg’Li Yongsui 91 Sang
Sangkongaŋ³³ ku³¹morpheme ‘muscle, sinew’Li Yongsui 91 Sang
Sangkongaŋ³³ ndo̱³¹morpheme ‘brains’Li Yongsui 91 Sang
Sangkongaŋ³³ phap³¹morpheme ‘lung’Li Yongsui 91 Sang
Sangkongaŋ³³ phje³¹morpheme ‘liver’Li Yongsui 91 Sang
Sangkongaŋ³³ tshu³¹morpheme n‘boil’Li Yongsui 91 Sang
Sangkongaŋ³³ tu³¹morpheme ‘head’Li Yongsui 91 Sang
Sangkongaŋ³³ ʑø³¹morpheme ‘bone’Li Yongsui 91 Sang

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5450, *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5450
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p. 522
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5450,
  title  = {{*ʔa(ŋ/k)- 'NOUN PREFIX'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5450},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5450}
}