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STEDT #6077

*kwa(ŋ/k)

FENCE / ENCLOSURE / CIRCLE / RING

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reflexes & cognates22 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetankwaŋ ⪤ kwak ‘fence / enclosure / circle / ring’Matisoff 83 TIL: 75

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Lotha Nagan̩¹prefix-ko¹ n.‘circle’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

3.2Qiangic1

Qiang (Mawo)khuaʴ ‘enclosure’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 367.8

4Nungic1

Rawangɑŋ³¹morpheme khwaŋ³³ (i⁵³morpheme wɛ³³morpheme) ‘circle, circular’LaPolla 03: 1017

6.1.1Burmish11

Achang (Lianghe)kok³¹ ‘enclosure’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Longchuan)kok⁵⁵ n‘shed (cow) / fence (ox)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0503.28

Achang (Longchuan)kok⁵⁵ ‘enclosure’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 367.41

Achang (Longchuan)m̥ʐaŋ³¹#1431 PTB *s/m-raŋ ‘HORSE’PKC *raŋ ‘HORSE’PLB *mraŋ² ‘HORSE’kok⁵⁵ n‘stable / fence (horse)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0505.28

Achang (Luxi)kɔk³¹ ‘enclosure’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Xiandao)m̥ʐaŋ³¹#1431 PTB *s/m-raŋ ‘HORSE’PKC *raŋ ‘HORSE’PLB *mraŋ² ‘HORSE’koʔ³⁵ n‘stable / fence (horse)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0505.29

Achang (Xiandao)no³¹#2538 PTB *ŋwa ‘CATTLE’koʔ³⁵ n‘shed (cow) / fence (ox)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0503.29

Burmese (Rangoon)nwɑ⁵⁵#2538 PTB *ŋwa ‘CATTLE’tĩ⁵⁵morphemekoʔ⁴ n‘shed (cow) / fence (ox)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0503.27

Burmese (Written)kwâŋ ‘bend into ring; go round’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)əprefix-kwâŋ n.‘circle, ring, loop’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)əprefix◦kwaŋ ‘circle, ring, loop’Matisoff 83 TIL: 75

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lisuna̱³³morphemekho³⁵ n‘earrings’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0484.40

6.2Naxi3

Laze (Xiangjiao)qʰɔ˥tɑ˥morpheme ‘bamboo/twig fence’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 1063

Na (Yongning)qʰwæ˩ ‘bamboo/twig fence’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Naxikho²¹ n‘fence (bamboo / twig)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0521.45

7Karenic6

*Karengwaŋ ‘circle, ring’Benedict 72 STC: 132n358

*Karenkhwàŋ' ‘circle / ring (clf)’Jones 61: 115

Pa-Okwaŋ (l.t.) ‘circle, ring’Benedict 72 STC: 132n358

Palaychikwɔ (l.t.) ‘circle, ring’Benedict 72 STC: 132n358

Pwokhwą (l.t.) ‘circle, ring’Benedict 72 STC: 132n358

Karen (Sgaw)kwɔ (l.t.) ‘circle, ring’Benedict 72 STC: 132n358

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6077, *kwa(ŋ/k) ‘FENCE / ENCLOSURE / CIRCLE / RING’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6077

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

References: JAM-TIL: 75

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6077,
  title  = {{*kwa(ŋ/k) 'FENCE / ENCLOSURE / CIRCLE / RING'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6077},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6077}
}