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STEDT #6277

*bɯŋ

BROTHER (elder)

Proto-Tani · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

initialbrhymeɯŋ

Reflexes & cognates18 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanibɯŋ ‘brother (elder)’Sun J 93 HCST: 47

1.1.1.1Western Tani17

Apataniaprefix-baŋ ‘elder brother’Sun J 93 Tani

Apataniaprefix-baŋ ǰahmorpheme ‘eldest son’Sun J 93 Tani

Apataniaprefix-vã ‘brother (elder)’Sun J 93 Tani

Apataniaprefix-wã ‘brother (elder)’[Source note] initial! (Sun 1993a).Sun J 93 HCST

Apataniaprefix-wã ‘brother’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengniaprefix-bɯŋ ‘brother (elder)’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengniaprefix-bɯŋ bumorpheme-ruːmorpheme ‘relative (male, other)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokaraprefix bɯŋ n‘elder brother (reference)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0226.24

Bokaraprefix bɯŋ nɯ#2492 PTB *naːw ‘YOUNGER SIBLING’PTani *nɯ ‘BROTHER (younger)’PKC *naaw ‘CHILD / INFANT / YOUNG (n.)’PKC *naw ‘TENDER / SOFT / YOUNG’PCN *nu ‘SIBLING (YOUNGER)’PTk *naw ‘CHILD / YOUNG / YOUNGER AUNT’ romorpheme n‘brothers’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0235.24

Bokaraprefix-bɯŋ ‘brother (elder)’Sun J 93 HCST

Bokaraprefix-bɯŋ ‘brother (elder)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokaraprefix-bɯŋ ‘elder brother (reference)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokaraprefix-bɯŋ nɯ#2492 PTB *naːw ‘YOUNGER SIBLING’PTani *nɯ ‘BROTHER (younger)’PKC *naaw ‘CHILD / INFANT / YOUNG (n.)’PKC *naw ‘TENDER / SOFT / YOUNG’PCN *nu ‘SIBLING (YOUNGER)’PTk *naw ‘CHILD / YOUNG / YOUNGER AUNT’-romorpheme aprefix-meːmorpheme bɯr-məː#6274 PTani *bɯr-məː ‘SISTER (younger)’ n‘relative’Sun J 93 Tani

Galo`aprefix◦bɨɨ adj.‘elder’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`bɨɨ◦tə#2697 PTB *ta-y ‘BIG’PTani *tə ~ *ta ‘BIG’PTk *dej ‘LARGE / BIG’ n:poet.‘brother elder’GLDC 09 Galo

Nishingaprefix◦bang ‘brother (elder)’Das Gupta 69 Daf

Taginaprefix◦biŋ burumorpheme ‘brother’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Damuʔaprefix-bə ‘brother (elder)’Sun J 93 Tani

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6277, *bɯŋ ‘BROTHER (elder)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6277

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

References: JS-HCST: 194

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6277,
  title  = {{*bɯŋ 'BROTHER (elder)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6277},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6277}
}