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STEDT #5734

*t(r)waŋ

STRAIGHT / STRAIGHTEN

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

There is an accidentally similar Thai word troŋ ‘straight’, a loanword from Khmer.

Reflexes & cognates62 reflexes · 21 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Damupiaŋ#2160 PTB *(p/b)lyaŋ ‘STRAIGHT / STRAIGHTEN’-duŋ ‘straight’Sun J 93 Tani

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Tiddimtang² > tan³ vi‘straight’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1694

Tiddimtaːng¹ > taːn¹ vi‘able to be torn in a straight line [e.g. the bark’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1720

Tiddimtaːŋ¹/taːn¹ ‘able to be torn in straight...’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)3

Ao (Chungli)tomomorpheme◦tong ‘straight’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tümümorpheme◦tong ‘straight’Marrison 67 Naga

Yacham-Tengsamamorpheme◦tung ‘straight’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.1Bodo3

Bodotoŋ toŋ ‘straight and long’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodotə́ŋ v‘straight’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodotəŋ◦zə́ŋmorpheme ‘straight’Bhat 68 Boro

1.7.1.2Garo2

Garo (Bangladesh)-tongmorpheme-tang- aa‘direct; straight’Burling 03 Garo: 0.42-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)tong•morpheme-tang adv‘direct; straight’Burling 03 Garo: 2.318-II:idx

1.7.1.3Koch1

Atongthong◦thong adv‘straight’van Breugel 08 Atong

1.7.3.1Jingpho4

Jingphoting ‘straight’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphotiŋ³³ ‘straight’Liu 84

Jingphotiŋ³³ ‘straight’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1003.19

Jingphotiŋ³³ ‘straight’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 821.47

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Darmatəŋ-lanmorpheme ‘straight’Krishan 2003: 835

2.1.2.1Tibetan10

Tibetan (Alike)tʂaŋ mosuffix ‘straight’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1003.05

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)tʂaŋ mosuffix ‘straight’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 821.4

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)tʂaŋ mosuffix ‘straight’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 821.5

Tibetan (Balti)tʌŋ◦mo·suffix ‘straight’Rangan 75: 26

Tibetan (Lhasa)tʂhaŋ¹⁵ko⁵³morpheme ‘straight’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 821.2

Tibetan (Lhasa)tʂoŋ¹³ko⁵⁵morpheme ‘straight’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1003.02

Tibetan (Written)draṅ◦posuffix ‘straight’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)draŋ posuffix ‘straight’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1003.01

Tibetan (Written)ɦdroŋ posuffix ‘straight’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 821.1

Tibetan (Xiahe)tʂaŋ mosuffix ‘straight’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1003.04

2.1.4Tamangish2

Tamang (Sahu)tāng◦tāng◦pāsuffix adj‘straight’Hale 73 CSD: 12c.22

Tamang (Sahu)taŋ◦taŋ◦pasuffix adj.‘straight’Taylor 72 TmVo: 12.C.23

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Hayutheŋ vtt, vr‘straighten, stretch’Michailovsky 89 H2: 84.64, 84.

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2

Chepangdheng.ʔomorpheme adj‘straight’Hale 73 CSD: 12c.22

Chepangdheŋ- va.‘straight’Caughley 00 Chepang

3.2Qiangic1

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]tõ³³tõ⁵⁵ ‘straight’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 821.16

3.3rGyalrongic1

Daofudʐoŋ dʐoŋ ‘straight’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1003.12

3.3.1rGyalrong2

rGyalrong (Ganzi Daofu Jiasikong kharjiacun)'kəprefix◦tɽoŋ ‘straight’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1584

rGyalrong (Ganzi Daofu Kongse Xiaoguoqiaocun)keprefix◦'tɽoŋ ‘straight’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1584

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmesetan² ‘straight / upright’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 614

6.1.1Burmish6

Achang (Longchuan)tan³¹ ‘straight’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1003.28

Achang (Longchuan)tan³¹ ‘straight’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 821.41

Bola (Luxi)tɛ̃³⁵ ‘straight’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1003.32

Burmese (Written)tân ‘extend in a line; stretch out straight’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)tan: ‘straight’Marrison 67 Naga

Leqi (Luxi)taːn³³ ‘straight’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1003.33

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloish(C)-dwaŋ¹ ‘straight’Bradley 79 PLo: 538A

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish11

Nusu (Central)dɚ⁵⁵ ‘straight’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1003.34

Nusu (Northern)dɛ³⁵ ‘straight’Sun J 86 Nusu

Yi (Liangshan)dʐo²¹ ‘straight (not curving)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)dʐo²¹ȵɛ³³morpheme ‘straight (not curving)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)dʐo²¹ʂɿ̱³³morpheme ‘ramrod straight’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)pa⁵⁵morphemedʐo³³ ‘stiff; straight (not curving)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)tʂho²¹morphemedʐo²¹ ‘straight (not curving)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Nanhua)dʐᴀ²¹ ‘straight’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 821.24

Yi (Wuding)ɖv̩¹¹ ‘straight’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1003.38

Yi (Xide)dʐo²¹ ‘straight’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1003.35

Yi (Xide)dʐo²¹ ‘straight’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 821.21

6.1.2.2Central Loloish4

Lisu (Northern)dʑɔ²¹li³⁵morphemezaʔ²¹#5687 PTB *m-dzya-t ‘VERY / TOO / TOO MUCH’PCC *zet ‘VERY / EXCEEDINGLY’ ‘very straight’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)dʑɔ³⁵le³³morpheme V‘straight’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)dʑɔ³⁵le³⁵morphemezaʔ²¹morpheme ‘straight; perfectly straight’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisudʒo³¹ ‘straight’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 821.27

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish4

Akhadawˇ coemorpheme ‘straight’Bradley 79 PLo: 538a

Akhayawprefix dawˇ ‘straight’Bradley 79 PLo: 538a

Hani (Gelanghe)dɔ⁵⁵ ‘straight’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Côông [Phunoi]ʔã́prefix də́ ‘straight’Bradley 79 PLo: 538a

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5734, *t(r)waŋ ‘STRAIGHT / STRAIGHTEN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5734

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5734,
  title  = {{*t(r)waŋ 'STRAIGHT / STRAIGHTEN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5734},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5734}
}