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STEDT #6049

*ywaŋ

MONKEY

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*yooŋ ‘MONKEY’PKC #1217

Tangkhulic*joŋ ‘MONKEY’DRM#494

Reflexes & cognates43 reflexes · 12 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinyooŋ VanBik 09 PKC: 1217

1.2.1.1Northern Chin7

Sizangzawng ‘monkey’VanBik 09 PKC: 1217

Thadojɔ̀ŋ ‘monkey’Thirumalai 72: 17

Thadozóoŋ ‘monkey’VanBik 09 PKC: 1217

Thadozɔ̀ŋ ‘monkey’Thirumalai 72: 68

Tiddimzoːng² ‘monkey’VanBik 09 PKC: 1217

Tiddimzoːng² ‘monkey’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2054

Tiddimzoːng² ku?¹morpheme ‘fully grown monkey’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2057

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin8

Ashoyón ‘monkey’VanBik 09 PKC: 1217

Chinbonjoːŋ ‘monkey’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 60

Cho (Mindat)yawng ‘monkey’VanBik 09 PKC: 1217

Daaijɔːŋ ‘monkey’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 60

Daaijɔːŋ ‘monkey’VanBik 09 PKC: 1217

Matujoːŋ ‘monkey’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 60

Ngmüünjɔːŋ ‘monkey’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 60

Nyhmoyejɔ́ːŋ ‘monkey’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 60

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)zôoŋ ‘monkey’VanBik 09 PKC: 1217

Lai (Falam)zǒoŋ ‘monkey’VanBik 09 PKC: 1217

Lushai [Mizo]zâwng ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]zawng ‘monkey (macaque)’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]záwng n‘monkey’VanBik 09 PKC: 1217

Lushai [Mizo]zawng ‘monkey’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2054

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]zỳ ‘monkey’VanBik 09 PKC: 1217

1.2.4“Old Kuki”2

Sorbungjooŋ ‘monkey’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: Animals.065

Sorbungjoŋ ‘monkey’Brown 37 Indo

1.3“Naga” Areal Group3

Maringjuŋ ‘monkey’Brown 37 Indo

Maringyeang ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Maringyung ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Rengmateprefix◦pfwong ‘monkey (huluk)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group5

Khoiraokamorpheme◦jong ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Liangmeijong◦hommorpheme ‘monkey (huluk)’Marrison 67 Naga

Liangmeitaprefix◦jwang ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Maramsa#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’◦yong ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Puironkamorpheme◦yong ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic9

*Tangkhulicjoŋ ‘monkey’Mortensen 12 Tk: 494

Champhungkʰamorpheme-jo ‘monkey’Brown 37 Indo

Huishuʔamorpheme-ju ‘monkey’Mortensen 12 Tk: Animals.065

Tangkhulnamorpheme◦yong ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Tankghul (Central)namorpheme-joŋ ‘monkey’Brown 37 Indo

Tangkhul (Northern)namorpheme-joŋ ‘monkey’Brown 37 Indo

Tangkhul (Standard)namorpheme-joŋ ‘monkey’Brown 37 Indo

Tusomnəmorpheme-zõ ‘monkey’Mortensen 12 Tk: Animals.065

Ukhrulnamorpheme-joŋ ‘monkey’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.4Meithei1

Meitheiyong ‘monkey (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Changyuo ‘monkey (langur)’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6049, *ywaŋ ‘MONKEY’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6049

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6049,
  title  = {{*ywaŋ 'MONKEY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6049},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6049}
}