*(g/k)laŋ

WORD / LANGUAGE / SPEECH / SOUND

Notes

Although there is a similar Tai etymon represented by Shan khɔɔ, this now seems to be a genuine PTB root. See Matisoff 2001: #30, ‘The interest of Zhangzhung for comparative Tibeto-Burman’.

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 3 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanglaŋ ⪤ klaŋ ‘word / language / speech / sound’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 267

2.1.2Bodic1

Zhangzhungglang ~ klang ‘sound / voice’Matisoff 01 Zhang: #30

6.1.2.2Central Loloish6

*Common Lahuhkuhˇ ‘language’Bradley 79 PLo: 418B

Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’khɔ⁵³ n‘sound’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0161.43

Lahu (Black)tɔ³³morphemekhɔ⁵³ ‘language’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 511.33

Lahu (Black)tɔ⁵³morpheme kʰɔ⁵³ ‘language’Chang 86

Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹prefix kʰɔ⁵³ ‘sound’Chang 86

Lahu (Yellow)ɔ³¹prefix kʰɔ⁵⁵ ‘sound’Chang 86

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5596, *(g/k)laŋ ‘WORD / LANGUAGE / SPEECH / SOUND’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5596

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

References: cf. HPTB p. 267

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5596,
  title  = {{*(g/k)laŋ 'WORD / LANGUAGE / SPEECH / SOUND'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5596},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5596}
}