*taŋ

KNIFE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Loloish*taŋ³ ‘KNIFE’

Notes

The fit between the Sak and Loloish forms is very good.

This root seems quite distinct from #2684 PTB *s-ta KNIFE / AXE / SWORD.

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Ukhrulkəprefix-tʰaŋ ‘wear a sword, knife, etc.’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.3.2Asakian2

Sakkə́prefix◦taŋ ‘knife’Huziwara 08 Sak: 117

Sakkə́prefix◦taŋ◦səvámorpheme ‘blade (knife edge)’Huziwara 08 Sak: 118

Yi (Nanhua)ᴀ⁵⁵prefixtho²¹ ‘knife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 409.24

6.1.2.2Central Loloish4

Lahu (Lancang)ɑ³⁵prefixthɔ³³ n‘knife’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0549.43

Lahu (Lancang)ɑ³⁵prefixthɔ³³tu⁵³morpheme n‘handle (of a knife)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0550.43

Lahu (Black)ᴀ³⁵prefixthɔ³³ ‘knife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 409.33

Lahu (Yellow)a¹#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’thɔ¹ ‘knife’Chang 86

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5609, *taŋ ‘KNIFE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5609

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

References: JAM

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5609,
  title  = {{*taŋ 'KNIFE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5609},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5609}
}