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STEDT #5705

*twaŋ

OPEN
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This root, newly discovered by Liberty Lidz, is rather well-attested in various subgroups.

The retroflex initials in some Tamangic forms might point to an earlier *r- prefix.

Reflexes & cognates35 reflexes · 8 subgroups

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphothoŋ³¹ ‘open (an umbrella)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1191.19

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

Kanauritoṅ◦migʻmorpheme vt‘open’Bailey 11
Kanauritoṅ◦s̱ẖĕsmorpheme adj‘open’Bailey 11

2.1.4Tamangish5

Gurung (Ghachok)tʰõ◦baqsuffix ‘open (door, window)’Glover 72 GuVo: 6.B.3.17
Tamang (Sahu)Thong◦pālāmorpheme adj‘open’Hale 73 CSD: 12c.33
Tamang (Sahu)Tʰoŋ-pasuffix v.‘open’Taylor 72 TmVo: 17.C.17
Tamang (Sahu)Tʰoŋ◦palamorpheme adj.‘open’Taylor 72 TmVo: 12.C.34
Thakali (Tukche)tʰuŋ-lɔmorpheme ‘open (door, window)’Hari 71a ThVo: 6.B.3.17 1

5Tujia9

Tujia (Northern)la1morphememeng3loanwordtong2 vi.‘open the door’Brassett 04 Tujia
Tujia (Northern)la¹morphememeng³loanwordtong² v‘open the door’Brassett 06 Tujia: 4.3
Tujiathoŋ³⁵ v.‘open (a door)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1461.49
Tujiathoŋ³⁵ ‘open (door)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 658.38
Tujia (Southern)thu²¹ ‘open (door)’Tian 86
Tujia (Northern)thũ³⁵ ‘open (door)’Tian 86
Tujiatoŋ⁵⁵ ‘open (eye)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 531.38

6.1.1Burmish1

Bola (Luxi)thuŋ⁵⁵ v.‘cut / rip open’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1561.32

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Nusu (Central)thoŋ⁵⁵ v.‘open up wasteland’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1466.34

6.1.2.2Central Loloish2

Lisu (Northern)thu⁵⁵ V‘open up; start; develop’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisuthu⁵⁵ v.‘open up wasteland’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1466.40

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5705, *twaŋ ‘OPEN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5705
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: LL
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5705,
  title  = {{*twaŋ 'OPEN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5705},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5705}
}