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STEDT #6006

*s/m-kwa

RAINBOW
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This root is well attested in Qiangic, with a very likely Angami cognate. The putative Jingpho cognate with the rhyme -oi justifies the reconstruction of the nasal prefix; the presumed development of *-wa to Jingpho -oi looks like the exact opposite of the sound change from Middle French -oi to Modern French -wa.

Reflexes & cognates15 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.7.3.1Jingpho3

Jingphonggoi◦la#6014 PTB *s-la ‘RAINBOW’◦tummorpheme ‘rainbow’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingphon⁵⁵koi⁵¹la⁵⁵#6014 PTB *s-la ‘RAINBOW’tum³³morpheme ‘rainbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 16.47

2.2Newar3

Newar (Kathmandu)ka◦pammorpheme n.‘rainbow’Manandhar 86 Newari: 24
Newar (Kathmandu)ka◦pamorpheme◦namorpheme n.‘rainbow’Manandhar 86 Newari: 24
Newar (Kathmandu)kwa◦pamorpheme◦namorpheme n.‘rainbow’Manandhar 86 Newari: 24

3.2Qiangic7

Ersumɛ⁵⁵morphemekhuaʴ⁵⁵ ‘rainbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 16.18
Lyuzume³³morphemekha⁵³ n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.18
Pumi (Jiulong)mu¹¹morphemekhuɑ⁵⁵ n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.10
Pumi (Lanping)mɐ¹³morphemexqhuɑ¹³ n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.09
Pumi (Qinghua)mɐ¹³morphemesqhuɑ¹³ ‘rainbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 16.11
Pumi (Taoba)mɐ³⁵morphemekha³⁵ ‘rainbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 16.10
Queyu (Xinlong)mu⁵⁵morphemeqha³³ n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.13

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6006, *s/m-kwa ‘RAINBOW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6006
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6006,
  title  = {{*s/m-kwa 'RAINBOW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6006},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6006}
}