*(g/k)(y)wal

SLAVE / SERVANT

Chinese comparandum

倌 OC *kwɑ̂n / *kwɑn, GSR #157l ‘servant, groom’; Coblin 86:131 ST *kwal > OC *kwan; Schuessler 2007:264 *kôn; B & S 2011: (*kʷˁan {kʷˁa[n]}); Mand. guān.
宦 OC *g’wɑn, GSR #188a ‘servant’; Schuessler 2007:285 *gwrâns or *grôns; B & S 2011: *ɡʷˁran-s {[ɡ]ʷˁr[a][n]-s}; Mand. huàn.

Reflexes & cognates26 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)3

*Sino-Tibetank(y)wal ⪤ g(y)wal ‘slave’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 008

*Sino-Tibetank(y)wal ⪤ g(y)wal ‘servant’Matisoff 83 TIL: 73

*Sino-Tibetankwal ‘servant’Coblin 86: 131

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmang(y)wal ⪤ k(y)wal ‘slave / servant’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 592

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garo (Bangladesh)nokmorpheme-kol n‘servant’Burling 03 Garo: 8.41-II:idx

1.7.1.3Koch3

Atongchamorpheme◦kol n‘servant’van Breugel 08 Atong

Atongnokmorpheme◦hol n‘slave’van Breugel 08 Atong

Atongnokmorpheme◦hor n‘slave’van Breugel 08 Atong

Inthacun ‘slave’Okell 71

Langsu (Luxi)tʃum³¹ n‘servant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0183.31

Leqi (Luxi)tsɔn³¹ n‘servant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0183.33

Marmakywaiŋ ‘servant’Huziwara 08 Sak: 159-9

Maru [Langsu]cùm? ‘slave’Okell 71

Tavoyancun ‘slave’Okell 71

Atsi [Zaiwa]pi⁵¹morphemetʃhan⁵⁵su⁵¹morpheme n‘servant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0183.30

6.1.2Loloish1

*LoloishC-kywan¹ ‘slave’Bradley 79 PLo: 165

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5524, *(g/k)(y)wal ‘SLAVE / SERVANT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5524

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

References: cf. HPTB pp. 261, 408, 424

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5524,
  title  = {{*(g/k)(y)wal 'SLAVE / SERVANT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5524},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5524}
}