*lyan

STICK / BRANCH / TORCH

Notes

The basic meaning of this root is apparently STICK / BRANCH, with a semantic extension into TORCH, typically a pine branch used to light one’s way at night.

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)6

Ao (Chungli)mi#2136 PTB *mey ‘FIRE’PTani *mə ‘FIRE’PKC *may ‘FIRE’PCN *mej(ʔ) ‘FIRE’PTk *mej ‘FIRE’PLB *s/ʔ-mey² ‘FIRE’PKar *hmeᴮ ‘FIRE’◦len ‘lamp’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)mi#2136 PTB *mey ‘FIRE’PTani *mə ‘FIRE’PKC *may ‘FIRE’PCN *mej(ʔ) ‘FIRE’PTk *mej ‘FIRE’PLB *s/ʔ-mey² ‘FIRE’PKar *hmeᴮ ‘FIRE’◦len ‘torch’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)mi#2136 PTB *mey ‘FIRE’PTani *mə ‘FIRE’PKC *may ‘FIRE’PCN *mej(ʔ) ‘FIRE’PTk *mej ‘FIRE’PLB *s/ʔ-mey² ‘FIRE’PKar *hmeᴮ ‘FIRE’◦len ‘torch’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)mı̀#2136 PTB *mey ‘FIRE’PTani *mə ‘FIRE’PKC *may ‘FIRE’PCN *mej(ʔ) ‘FIRE’PTk *mej ‘FIRE’PLB *s/ʔ-mey² ‘FIRE’PKar *hmeᴮ ‘FIRE’◦lə̀n n.‘torch, firebrand’Coupe 07 Ao

Lotha Nagami³#2136 PTB *mey ‘FIRE’PTani *mə ‘FIRE’PKC *may ‘FIRE’PCN *mej(ʔ) ‘FIRE’PTk *mej ‘FIRE’PLB *s/ʔ-mey² ‘FIRE’PKar *hmeᴮ ‘FIRE’lon³ n.‘lamp, lantern / torch’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagami#2136 PTB *mey ‘FIRE’PTani *mə ‘FIRE’PKC *may ‘FIRE’PCN *mej(ʔ) ‘FIRE’PTk *mej ‘FIRE’PLB *s/ʔ-mey² ‘FIRE’PKar *hmeᴮ ‘FIRE’◦lon ‘torch’Marrison 67 Naga

1.4Meithei2

Meitheiyaŋ#208 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘BACK (LOWER)’MesorootsPKC *yaaŋ ‘BACK / SPINE’Allofams4 #208 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘BACK (LOWER)’4 #212 PTB *dal ‘LOWER BACK / WAIST / LOINS’◦len səru#234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘backbone / spine’Singh 91 MeiQ: 5.5.4

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Phomlen◦shüomorpheme n‘stick’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.2Bodic3

Tsangla (Tilang)len-chongmorpheme shing#2658 PTB *si(ŋ/k) ‘TREE / WOOD / FIREWOOD’PTani *sɯŋ ‘WOOD / TREE’PKC *thiŋ ‘TREE / WOOD’PCN *siŋ ‘WOOD’PTk *tʰiŋ ‘WOOD’TGTM *ᴮsiŋ ‘TREE’PKir *siŋ ‘TREE’PLB *sikᴴ ⪤ *siŋ ‘TREE’ ‘Chinese pine’Zhang Jichuan 86

Motuo Menbalen soŋmorpheme n‘torches (pine)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0388.07

Motuo Menbalen soŋmorpheme n‘torch’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0540.07

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6091, *lyan ‘STICK / BRANCH / TORCH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6091

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6091,
  title  = {{*lyan 'STICK / BRANCH / TORCH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6091},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6091}
}