*nyu

GOAT

Notes

The Meluri, Konyak, and Mao forms end in -i. It is still unclear whether they belong with the other forms which have a high back vowel. The final n in the Ntenyi forms is also unexplained.

Reflexes & cognates25 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group7

Maooprefix◦nghi◦tomorpheme ‘goat’Marrison 67 Naga

Meluriaprefix◦nyi◦nimorpheme ‘goat’Marrison 67 Naga

Ntenyiaprefix◦nyün◦nyün ‘goat’Marrison 67 Naga

Ntenyikhamorpheme◦nyün◦nyün ‘sheep’Marrison 67 Naga

Rengmataprefix◦nyü ‘sheep’Marrison 67 Naga

Rengmateprefix◦nü ‘goat’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦nyeh ‘goat’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Konyaknyi ‘sheep’Marrison 67 Naga

3.2Qiangic11

Lyuzu(tshe⁵³#1226 PTB *r-tsit ‘GOAT / BEARD / GOATEE / YAK-HAIR’PLB *V-ci:tᴸ ‘GOAT / SHEEP’ȵu⁵³) khe³³prefixgi⁵³morpheme v.‘pen in (sheep)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1357.18

Lyuzutshe⁵³#1226 PTB *r-tsit ‘GOAT / BEARD / GOATEE / YAK-HAIR’PLB *V-ci:tᴸ ‘GOAT / SHEEP’ȵu⁵³ n‘sheep (general)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0274.18

Lyuzuȵu³³-- n‘wool / fleece (sheep)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0279.18

Lyuzuȵu³³gi⁵³morpheme n‘sheepfold / pen (sheep)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0506.18

Lyuzuȵu³⁵ n‘sheep’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0275.18

Qiang (Mawo)tsha#1226 PTB *r-tsit ‘GOAT / BEARD / GOATEE / YAK-HAIR’PLB *V-ci:tᴸ ‘GOAT / SHEEP’ ȵu ‘goat / sheep (generic)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 116.8

Qiang (Mawo)ȵu n‘sheep’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0275.08

Qiang (Mawo)ȵu ‘sheep’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 118.8

Qiang (Mawo)ȵu wɛʴmorpheme n‘sheep’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0275.08

Qiang (Mawo)ȵu xu̥#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ n‘wool / fleece’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0279.08

Qiang (Mawo)ȵu◦χʂmorpheme n‘dung (sheep)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0280.08

8Bai6

Bai (Bijiang)qo⁴²morphemeȵo²¹ ‘goat’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 117.37

Bai (Bijiang)tʂeʴ⁵⁵morphemeȵo²¹ ‘sheep’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 118.37

Bai (Bijiang)ȵo²¹ ‘goat / sheep (generic)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 116.37

Bai (Jianchuan)kõ̱²¹morphemeɲo⁴² n‘goat’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0276.48

Bai (Jianchuan)ɲo⁴² n‘sheep (general)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0274.48

Bai (Jianchuan)ɲo⁴²ɣu²¹#5402 PTB *kruk ‘PEN / CORRAL’ n‘sheepfold / pen (sheep)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0506.48

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6037, *nyu ‘GOAT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6037

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6037,
  title  = {{*nyu 'GOAT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6037},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6037}
}