*m-yaŋ

SWEET

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

prefixminitialyrhymeaŋ

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*m-yaŋ ‘SWEET’

Notes

This root seems quite separate from #2449 PTB *s-min RIPE / COOKED / DELICIOUS. It is attested mostly in Central Naga, with scattered support elsewhere.

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.1.2Deng1

Darang [Taraon]n⁵⁵prefixnɯŋ⁵⁵ ‘tasty / delicious’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1091.22

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)7

*Aoaprefix-m-jaŋ be v.Bruhn 14 PCN: II.227

Ao (Chungli)-nāŋ be v.‘sweet’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 2

Ao (Chungli)taprefix◦nang ‘sweet’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tüprefix◦miyang ‘sweet’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)(NZPprefix-) mijaŋ be v.‘sweet’Coupe 07 Ao

Lotha Naganang◦asuffix ‘sweet’Marrison 67 Naga

Yacham-Tengsanyang◦lamorpheme ‘sweet’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Phomʒɯŋ⁵⁵morphemeñaŋ⁵⁵ ‘sweet’Burling 98 Phom

6.1.1Burmish1

Achang (Longchuan)mă³¹morphemeniaŋ³¹ ‘sweet potato’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 194.41

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6218, *m-yaŋ ‘SWEET’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6218

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6218,
  title  = {{*m-yaŋ 'SWEET'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6218},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6218}
}