*waŋ

BREATHE

Notes

This root was previously subsumed under #1812 PTB *hwaŋ COME (OUT) / ENTER, with the semantic connection residing in the in-and-out movement of the breath. Now, however, it seems preferable to consider these to be separate roots.

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.5Mikir [Karbi]4

Mikir [Karbi]chethèprefix wàng-hìmorpheme-hìmorpheme- v.‘pant’Grüssner 79 BP: 61

Mikir [Karbi]chethèprefix wàng-sèngmorpheme- v.‘pant’Grüssner 79 BP: 61

Mikir [Karbi]chethemorpheme-vang ‘breathe’Marrison 67 Naga

Mikir [Karbi]chemorpheme◦thèmorpheme keprefix-wàng v.‘breathe’Grüssner 79 BP: 61

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Bunansà#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’ wan◦camorpheme v‘breathe’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 9.2.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5640, *waŋ ‘BREATHE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5640

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

References: JAM

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5640,
  title  = {{*waŋ 'BREATHE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5640},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5640}
}