*grwaŋ

DIE (respectful)

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Tamangish*ᴬdroŋ ‘DIE (honorific)’

Notes

The Tamangic forms are evidently borrowings from Tibetan, as honorific terms generally are.

Reflexes & cognates3 reflexes · 2 subgroups

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)ḥgroŋ-basuffix v‘die (respectful)’Jäschke 1881: 102

2.1.4Tamangish2

Tamang (Risiangku)³ʈoŋ v‘die (high honorific)’Mazaudon 91 TamQ: 1.13

Tamang (Risiangku)³ʈoŋ ‘die (hon.)’Mazaudon 94 These: 419

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5676, *grwaŋ ‘DIE (respectful)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5676

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

References: JAM

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5676,
  title  = {{*grwaŋ 'DIE (respectful)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5676},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5676}
}