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STEDT #5707

*klwaŋ

PLAY (as music)
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This etymon appears primarily in languages of North East India and Nepal, but also is attested in Karenic. Mzieme kwa may also be cognate.

Reflexes & cognates21 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)2

Sangtamimorpheme◦khong◦koromorpheme v‘play (music)’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrükhung v‘play (music)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Mziemekwa v‘play (music)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic2

Tangkhulkhong v‘play (music)’Marrison 67 Naga
Ukhrulkəprefix-kʰoŋ v.‘bark, crow; make sound, noise; play on a musical instrument’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.4Meithei1

Meitheikhong v‘play (music)’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.4Tamangish15

*TGTMᴬklaŋ ‘play (game, not music)’Mazaudon 94 These: 39,78
Gurungklo̩◦bāqsuffix v‘play’Hale 73 CSD: 11b1.02
Gurung (Ghachok)klõ◦baqsuffix ‘play’Glover 72 GuVo: 11.B.1.2
Gurung¹ɬõ- ‘play’Mazaudon 94 These: 78
Manang (Gyaru)gyaŋ² basuffix V‘play’Nagano 84 Man: 189
Tamang (Sahu)klaŋ-pasuffix adj.‘play’Taylor 72 TmVo: 22.A.2
Thakalikyāng-lamorpheme v‘play’Hale 73 CSD: 11b1.02
Thakali (Syang)⁵⁵'⁴⁴ljaŋ-basuffix ‘play’Mazaudon 94 These: 79
Thakali (Syang)⁵⁵'⁵⁴kjaŋ-basuffix ‘play’Mazaudon 94 These: 51
Thakali (Tukche)kjaŋ-lɔmorpheme ‘play’Hari 71a ThVo: 11.B.1.2
Thakali (Tukche)²kjaŋ ‘play’Tukche tone is alone from *BmorphemeMazaudon 94 These: 79

7Karenic1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5707, *klwaŋ ‘PLAY (as music)’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5707
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: LL
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5707,
  title  = {{*klwaŋ 'PLAY (as music)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5707},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5707}
}