*laŋ

THREAD / COTTON / YARN

Notes

This root has so far only been attested in languages of the NE Indian Areal Group. However, it strongly resembles #2387 PTB *b-la COTTON, with which it might well be combined in the future.

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group4

Angami (Khonoma)keprefix◦lo ‘thread’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)keprefix◦lo ‘thread’Marrison 67 Naga

Meluriaprefix◦lo ‘thread’Marrison 67 Naga

Ntenyiaprefix◦lo ‘thread’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group9

Khoiraoaprefix◦lang ‘thread’Marrison 67 Naga

Liangmeichamorpheme◦lang◦riangmorpheme ‘thread’Marrison 67 Naga

Maramaprefix◦lang ‘thread’Marrison 67 Naga

Puironla ‘thread’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeilüng ‘thread’Marrison 67 Naga

Zemekeprefix◦lang ‘thread’Marrison 67 Naga

Zemekeprefix◦lang◦riamorpheme ‘thread’Marrison 67 Naga

Zeme¹laŋ³kuamorpheme ‘cotton / yarn’Weidert 87 TBTo: 132

Mziemeheprefix◦lang ‘thread’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Huishuʔamorpheme-nəmorpheme-lɐŋ ‘spinal cord; marrow’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.150

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5661, *laŋ ‘THREAD / COTTON / YARN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5661

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

References: NE India

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5661,
  title  = {{*laŋ 'THREAD / COTTON / YARN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5661},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5661}
}