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STEDT #5816

*s-ŋai

LEAN AGAINST
Proto-Lolo-Burmese · provisional

Notes

Phonologically speaking, this etymon is attested only for PLB; however, it may turn out to be an allofam of #4915 PKC *hŋa(t/n) LEAN ON. There is a good Chinese comparandum.

Chinese comparandum

俄 OC *ngɑ̂, GSR #2h ‘slanting’; Schuessler 2007:222 *ŋâi; B & S 2011: (*ŋˁaj); Mand. é.

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 4 subgroups

6.1.1Burmish5

Burmese (Written)hŋaiʼ ‘incline, set on one side’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)ŋaiʼ ‘lean, be inclined on one side; partial’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish2

Yi (Liangshan)ŋɯ²¹ ‘lean forward’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Mile)ŋᴀ³³ ‘lean’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 579.25

6.1.2.2Central Loloish2

Lahu (Yellow)ŋɛ¹ ‘lean’Chang 86

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1

Hlepho Phowaŋəa¹³ ‘lean (against)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 652

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5816, *s-ŋai ‘LEAN AGAINST’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5816
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5816,
  title  = {{*s-ŋai 'LEAN AGAINST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5816},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5816}
}