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STEDT #5518

*hwaŋ

SHINE / BRIGHT / YELLOW
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Karenic*Ɂbaŋᴬ ‘YELLOW’TL#339

Connections

Allofams

Chinese comparandum

黃 OC *g’wɑ̂ng, GSR #707a-b ‘yellow’; B & S 2011: *N-kʷˁaŋ; Mand. huáng.
光 OC *kwɑ̂ng, GSR #706a-e ‘light, bright’; B & S 2011: *kʷˁaŋ; Mand. guāng.
曠 OC *k’wɑ̂ng, GSR #707o ‘bright’; B & S 2011: *kʷʰˁaŋ-s {[k]ʷʰˁaŋ-s}; Mand. kuàng.

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanhwaŋ ‘shine / bright / yellow’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 593

1.1.1.1Western Tani2

Taginong -kamorpheme-nammorpheme ‘shine’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 430

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Konyakwang◦ngaimorpheme n‘light (bright)’Marrison 67 Naga

6.1.1Burmish3

Burmese (Written)wâŋ ‘brightly yellow’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)waŋː be v.‘brightly yellow’Matisoff 83 TIL: 64
Burmese (Written)əprefix-wâŋ ‘yellow color’Benedict 76 WBur

7Karenic10

*Karenbàŋ' ‘yellow’Jones 61: 139
*KarenɁbaŋᴬ ‘yellow’Luangthongkum 13: 339
Kayahbɛ³³ ‘yellow’Luangthongkum 13: 339
Kayanbaŋ⁵³ ‘yellow’Luangthongkum 13: 339
Kayawbɔ⁵⁵ ‘yellow’Luangthongkum 13: 339
Pwo (Northern)bɛ̃⁵⁵ ‘yellow’Luangthongkum 13: 339
Pwo (Southern)bɔ̃³¹¨ ‘yellow’Luangthongkum 13: 339

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5518, *hwaŋ ‘SHINE / BRIGHT / YELLOW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5518
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p. 430
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5518,
  title  = {{*hwaŋ 'SHINE / BRIGHT / YELLOW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5518},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5518}
}