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*sa(k/ŋ)

RAINBOW
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This weakly attested root has so far been found mainly in Burmish, with a possible cognate from Puiron.

Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Puironsang◦pokmorpheme ‘rainbow’Marrison 67 Naga

6.1.1Burmish10

Bola (Luxi)ɣaʔ³¹morphemekɛ̃³¹morphemesaŋ⁵⁵njuŋ⁵⁵morpheme n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.32
Burmese (Rangoon)tθɛʔ⁴tɑ̃⁵³morpheme n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.27
Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)tθɛʔ⁴⁴tɑ̃⁵³morpheme ‘rainbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 16.40
Burmese (Written)sak-taṁʼmorpheme ‘rainbow’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)sak◦tanmorpheme ‘rainbow’Marrison 67 Naga
Burmese (Written)thɑk³tɑm¹morpheme ‘rainbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 16.39
Burmese (Written)tθɑk⁴tɑn¹morpheme n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.26
Maru [Langsu]ɣɔʔ³¹morphemekəŋ³⁵morphemesaŋ³¹ŋjɔ̱̃³¹#6007 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘RAINBOW’ ‘rainbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 16.43

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6011, *sa(k/ŋ) ‘RAINBOW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6011
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6011,
  title  = {{*sa(k/ŋ) 'RAINBOW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6011},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6011}
}