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STEDT #5727

*r-kaŋ

STRONG
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This reconstruction is due to Liberty Lidz.

For a possibly related root, where the *r is part of an initial consonant cluster rather than prefixal, see #1842 PTB *g/m/b-raŋ STRONG / FIRM / TENSE.

Chinese comparandum

剛 OC *kɑ̂ng, GSR #697b-d ‘hard, strong’; Schuessler 2007:250-1 *kâŋ; B & S 2011: *kˁaŋ ; Mand. gāng.
鋼 OC *kɑ̂ng, GSR #697h ‘steel’; Schuessler 2007:250-1 *kâŋ; B & S 2011: *s.kˁaŋ ; Mand. gāng.

Reflexes & cognates21 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Ao (Chungli)áprefix◦káŋ be v.‘strong’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 9

1.3.4Tangkhulic3

Tangkhulkaprefix◦pang#157 PTB *d-baŋ ‘STRENGTH / POWER’, khamamorpheme◦kang ‘strong’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangkhulkəŋ ‘strong’Bhat 69 TNV: 98
Ukhrulkʰəprefix-məmorpheme-kɐŋ be v.‘strong, unbreakable (string)’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.4Meithei1

Meitheiaprefix◦kam◦basuffix ‘strong’Marrison 67 Naga

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]jamorpheme◦kong, ingmorpheme◦tangmorpheme ‘strong’Marrison 67 Naga

3.3rGyalrongic1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5727, *r-kaŋ ‘STRONG’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5727
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: LL
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5727,
  title  = {{*r-kaŋ 'STRONG'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5727},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5727}
}