*d-ŋwa

GOAT

Notes

This weakly attested root has been discussed in the context of Angami Naga’s labio-dental initials. See JAM 1980 “Stars, moon, and spirits”, Weidert 1981 “Reply to JAM (LTBA 6.1:1-38)”, and JAM 1982 “Proto-languages and proto-Sprachgefühl” (LTBA 6.2:1-64).

Reflexes & cognates3 reflexes · 2 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmand-ŋwa ‘goat’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 606

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group3

Angami (Khonoma)thenü ‘goat’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)themvü ‘goat’Marrison 67 Naga

Chokritunyü ‘goat’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6029, *d-ŋwa ‘GOAT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6029

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

References: cf. HPTB p.23

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6029,
  title  = {{*d-ŋwa 'GOAT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6029},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6029}
}