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STEDT #5794

*s-mwan

PILLOW / CUSHION
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Notes

This root appears in several TB languages, although it is very likely a borrowing from Tai. Cf. Proto-Tai *hmɔɔn (HCT p. 75).

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.4Meithei1

Meitheimon ‘pillow’Marrison 67 Naga

6.1.1Burmish1

Achang (Longchuan)ă³¹prefixm̥ɔn³¹ n‘pad / cushion’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0492.28

7Karenic2

Kayan (Pekon)mwàn N‘pillow’Manson 10 Kayan
Pa-Omɔ̀n ‘pillow’Solnit 89 PaO

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5794, *s-mwan ‘PILLOW / CUSHION’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5794
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5794,
  title  = {{*s-mwan 'PILLOW / CUSHION'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5794},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5794}
}