*d(w)aŋ/k

OPPOSITE / FACING

Notes

The Lahu form apparently descends from the allofam with nasal final. The velar stop in Jingpho tók seems to be a secondary development from an earlier final glottal stop.

Further confirmation of this root will be welcome.

Reflexes & cognates3 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphotók (tók) ‘opposite to, directly in line with’Maran nd Jingphaw: 1057

Jingphotóʔ ‘be opposite (an archaic root)’Maran nd Jingphaw: 1057

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lahu (Black)tɔ̄ dàʔmorpheme vemorpheme ‘be divided off from each other, be set off in opposition’Matisoff 88 DL: 660

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5793, *d(w)aŋ/k ‘OPPOSITE / FACING’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5793

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5793,
  title  = {{*d(w)aŋ/k 'OPPOSITE / FACING'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5793},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5793}
}