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*m-na(k/p)

EARLY MORNING
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*ʔ-nakᴸ ⪤ *m-nak ‘EARLY MORNING’

Notes

The alternation in position of articulation of the final stop is unexplained.

Reflexes & cognates132 reflexes · 17 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanm-nak ⪤ m-nap ‘early morning’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 604
*Tibeto-Burmanm-nak ⪤ m-nap ‘morning’Matisoff 83 TIL: 39

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani8

Milangaprefix◦nap ‘morning’Tayeng 76 Mil
Milangbamorpheme-nap ‘this morning’Tayeng 76 Mil
Milangnap-pamorpheme-lumorpheme-gimorpheme ‘advance’Tayeng 76 Mil
Milangnap-pa-pi ‘early’Tayeng 76 Mil
Milangnap-pamorpheme-pimorpheme ‘before’Tayeng 76 Mil
Milangnap-pamorpheme-ulmorpheme ‘in front’Tayeng 76 Mil
Milangnap-pamorpheme-yamorpheme-lummorpheme ‘first’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.1.2Deng9

Darang [Taraon]a:prefix◦na:◦ya: ‘morning’Anonymous xx Tar
Darang [Taraon]bemorpheme-na:-ya: ‘tomorrow morning’Anonymous xx Tar
Darang [Taraon]ɑ³¹prefixnɑ⁵³ ‘early’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1018.22
Darang [Taraon]ɑ³¹prefixnɑ⁵³ ‘early’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 872.49
Iduaprefix◦na◦ma ‘morning’Anonymous 62 Idu
Idue⁵⁵prefixnɑ⁵⁵ ‘early’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 872.50
Iduo⁵⁵prefixnɑ⁵⁵mɑ⁵⁵ ‘morning’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 103.50
Yidue⁵⁵prefixnɑ⁵⁵ ‘early’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1018.25
Yiduo⁵⁵prefix nɑ⁵⁵mɑ⁵⁵ n‘morning’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0749.25

1.7.1.3Koch5

Atongmaimorpheme◦manap n‘meal eaten in the morning, breakfast’van Breugel 08 Atong
Atongmanap n‘morning’van Breugel 08 Atong
Atongmanap- vØ‘be morning’van Breugel 08 Atong
Atongmanap◦mi adv‘very early in the morning’van Breugel 08 Atong
Atongtai•morpheme◦nep tw‘this morning’van Breugel 08 Atong

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Phomnap³³nɯŋ³³ ‘morning (cf. 'day [not night]')’Burling 98 Phom

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphomənàp ‘morning (early)’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 387

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchanáp-lúk n.‘day and night, morning and evening’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti3

Yamphumak◦mis◦sel◦la adv‘early in the morning’Rutgers 98: 554.18
Yamphumak◦miʔ n‘morning’Rutgers 98: 554.19
Yamphumak◦mi◦wæʔ adv‘in the morning’Rutgers 98: 554.17

3.2Qiangic5

Guiqiongȵø⁵⁵ ‘early’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 872.17
Muya [Minyak]khɯ⁵⁵morphemenɐ⁵³ ‘early’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 872.15
Namuyiȵa³³əʴ⁵⁵morpheme ‘early’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1018.46
Pumi (Taoba)ȵɛ⁵⁵rə⁵³morpheme ‘early’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 872.10
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]kə³⁵morphemeȵe⁵⁵ ‘early’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 872.16

3.3.1rGyalrong3

rGyalrongtaprefix nap ‘morning’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 103.12
rGBenzhentaprefix-nap ‘morning’Sun J 97 rGB

6.1Lolo-Burmese2

*Lolo-Burmesenak ‘early morning’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 131
*Lolo-Burmeseʔ-nakᴸ◦⪤◦m-nak ‘early morning’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 83

6.1.1Burmish24

Bola (Luxi)nɛʔ³¹kɔ̃⁵⁵morpheme n‘morning’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0749.32
Burmese (Rangoon)nɑ̃²²morphemenɛʔ⁴ n‘morning’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0749.27
Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)nɑ̃²²morphemenɛʔ⁴⁴ ‘morning’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 103.40
Burmese (Written)mənak ‘early morning’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 83
Burmese (Written)mənak ‘morning (early)’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 387
Burmese (Written)nammorpheme-nak ‘morning’Matisoff 83 TIL: 39
Burmese (Written)naṁmorpheme-nak ‘morning’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)nɑṁmorpheme nɑk ‘morning’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 103.39
Burmese (Written)nɑṁ²morphemenɑk⁴ n‘morning’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0749.26
Langsu (Luxi)nɛʔ³¹sum³¹morpheme n‘morning’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0749.31
Leqi (Luxi)nap³¹sɔn⁵⁵morpheme n‘morning’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0749.33
Maru [Langsu]nɔʔ⁵⁵ ‘early’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 872.43
Maru [Langsu]nɛʔ³¹sum³¹morpheme ‘morning’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 103.43
Atsi [Zaiwa]nap²¹kjo̱⁵⁵morpheme n‘morning’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0749.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]nap²¹kjo̱⁵⁵morpheme ‘morning’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 103.42

6.1.2.2Central Loloish36

Ahinie 44s ‘early morning’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 131
Jinuona⁵⁵ ‘early’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 872.34
Jinuo (Youle)n̥œ⁴²ʃə³³morpheme ‘morning’Gai 86
Jinuonœ⁴²ʃə⁴⁴morpheme n‘morning’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0749.44
Jinuonɐ⁴²ʃɯ³³morpheme ‘morning’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 103.34
Jinuo (Youle)nɑ⁵⁵ ‘early’Gai 86
Jinuo (Buyuan)nɑ⁵⁵ ‘early’Gai 86
Jinuotɕi⁴⁴morphemena⁵⁵ ‘early’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1018.44
Kucongna35 ‘early’Dai 09 Kucong
Lahu (Yellow)na⁵ ‘early’Chang 86
Lisu (Northern)ji⁵⁵morphemenæʔ²¹ N‘early; early morning’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisuná6 ‘early morning’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 131
Lisu (Central)ná⁶ ‘early’Fraser 22
Lisu (Central)ná⁶ ‘morning’Fraser 22
Lisu (Northern)næʔ²¹ V‘early’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)næʔ²¹ dzi³³morpheme ‘too early’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)næʔ²¹ku³³morpheme ‘morning star’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)næʔ²¹næʔ²¹ ‘early in the morning; morning’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)næʔ²¹næʔ²¹ næʔ²¹ʃɿ³³morpheme ‘dawn; early in the morning’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)næʔ²¹næʔ²¹kwa³³morpheme ‘morning’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Luquan)nɛ³¹ ‘early’Xu 86 Lisu
Lisunɛ̱³¹kuɑ³³morpheme n‘morning’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0749.40
Lisunɛ⁴¹ ‘early’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 872.27
Lisunɛ⁴¹nɛ⁴¹ ‘morning’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 103.27
Lisu (Yongsheng)nɛ⁵⁵ ‘early’Xu 86 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)thi²¹morpheme næʔ²¹ ‘whole morning’Bradley 94 Lisu
Sani [Nyi]ne 22s ‘early morning’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 131
Yi (Sani)ne⁵⁵xɯ⁴⁴morpheme n‘morning’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0749.39

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish3

Pholanɑ³³nɑ³³ ‘early’Pelkey 11 Phula: 978
Hlepho Phowanɛ⁵⁵χə⁵⁵morphemetʰa⁵⁵morpheme ‘morning (early)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 70

6.2Naxi5

Na (Yongning)njɤ˧lɑ˥morpheme ‘early (to rise early)’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)njɤ˧˥ ‘early (to rise early)’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6227, *m-na(k/p) ‘EARLY MORNING’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6227
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB pp.129, 326, 530
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6227,
  title  = {{*m-na(k/p) 'EARLY MORNING'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6227},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6227}
}