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STEDT #5683

hwa(ː)r ⪤ yar

WHITE / YELLOW / BRIGHT / SHINE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*waar ‘FAIR (color) / PALE / WHITE’PKC #1146

Tangkhulic*hwor ‘LIGHT / SHINE’DRM#743

Connections

Allofams

Reflexes & cognates42 reflexes · 13 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanhwaːr ‘fire / burn / shine / white’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 593

*Tibeto-Burmanhwaːr ⪤ yar ‘white / yellow / bright / shine’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 593

1.1.1.1Western Tani3

Bokaraprefix jen ‘bright’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1012.24

Bokaraprefix-jen ~ aprefix-en ‘shine’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 429

Bokar Lhobaaprefix jen ‘bright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 833.51

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinwaar ‘FAIR (color) / PALE / WHITE’VanBik 09 PKC: 1146

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Paitevaak ‘fair’VanBik 09 PKC: 1146

1.2.2Central Chin7

Lai (Hakha)vâar-I, vǎar-II ‘fair (as skin), white, pale’VanBik 09 PKC: 1146

Lai (Falam)vǎar-INV ‘fair (as skin), white’VanBik 09 PKC: 1146

Lushai [Mizo]va:r ‘white’Benedict 72 STC: 172n460

Lushai [Mizo]váar be v.‘white, to be light (not dark)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1146

Lushai [Mizo]vâr ‘white’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]vaːr be v.‘light (not dark)’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 3083

Lushai [Mizo]vɑːr ‘white’Chou 72: 195r

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]và ‘pale’VanBik 09 PKC: 1146

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Sorbungwar ‘light’Brown 37 Indo

1.3“Naga” Areal Group2

Maringwar ‘light’Brown 37 Indo

Maringwar n‘light (bright)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)4

Ao (Chungli)-jà v.‘shine’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 4

Ao (Chungli)ya◦rsuffix v‘shine’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)jà v.‘shine [shined]’Coupe 07 Ao

Yimchungrüyin v‘shine’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic6

*Tangkhulichwor ‘light / shine’Mortensen 12 Tk: 743

Champhungwar ‘light’Brown 37 Indo

Tangkhulhor v‘shine’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhulkaprefix◦hor n‘light (bright)’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhul (Standard)hor ‘light’Brown 37 Indo

Ukhrulkəmorpheme-hor ‘light / shine’Mortensen 12 Tk

2.1.4Tamangish12

*TGTMᴬur ‘yellow’Mazaudon 94 These: 8

Gurungur-gyā:morpheme ‘yellow’Hale 73 CSD: 01.089

Gurung (Ghachok)ur-gyaːmorpheme ‘yellow’Glover 72 GuVo: 1.89

Gurung¹ur- ‘yellow’Mazaudon 94 These: 8

Tamang (Risiangku)¹ur v‘yellow’Mazaudon 94 These: 8

Tamang (Sahu)¹ur ‘yellow’Mazaudon 94 These: 8

Tamang (Taglung)ur ‘yellow’Mazaudon 94 These: 8

Thakaliur ‘yellow’Hale 73 CSD: 01.089

Thakali (Marpha)⁵⁵ur ‘yellow’Mazaudon 94 These: 8

Thakali (Syang)⁵⁵ur ‘yellow’Mazaudon 94 These: 8

Thakali (Tukche)ur ‘yellow’Hari 71a ThVo: 1.89

Thakali (Tukche)ᴴur ‘yellow’Mazaudon 94 These: 8

2.3.3Central Kiranti1

Khalingehr-nyamorpheme ‘shine’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 429

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang6

Chepangyar- va.‘yellow’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangyar-ʔomorpheme ‘yellow’Caughley 72 CVoc: 1.89

Chepangyar.phərmorpheme.likmorpheme onom.‘turn back (yellow object)’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangyar.wismorpheme onom.‘clear yellow (beer)’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangyār.ʔomorpheme ‘yellow’Hale 73 CSD: 01.089

Magaror-khemorpheme ‘yellow’Hale 73 CSD: 01.089

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5683, *hwa(ː)r ⪤ *yar ‘WHITE / YELLOW / BRIGHT / SHINE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5683

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

References: HPTB:429

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5683,
  title  = {{*hwa(ː)r ⪤ *yar 'WHITE / YELLOW / BRIGHT / SHINE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5683},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5683}
}