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*t(s)iŋ

CELESTIAL / SKY / WEATHER
NE Indian Areal Group · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*tsiŋ ‘CELESTIAL / SKY / WEATHER’PCN #214
Tangkhulic*tsiŋ ‘SKY / HEAVEN / RAIN’DRM#489

Reflexes & cognates109 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)52

Clark (1911:898): “TSUNG in Zungi and Mungsen seems to have an idea of divine, heavenly, or supernatural as indicated in such words as tsungi, tsungpret, tsunglu, tsungmuk, tsungru, etc.”

*Aotsəŋ- ‘CELESTIAL’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.190
Ao (Chungli)tsung◦pretmorpheme n‘lightning’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)tsəŋ³i¹morpheme n.‘lightning strike’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Ao (Chungli)tsəŋ¹-pə³morphemeɹət¹morpheme n.‘lightning’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.190
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tsing◦imorpheme n‘rain’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tsung◦imorpheme ‘sun’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tsung◦milungmorpheme ‘cloud’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tsung◦yangmorpheme◦sungmorpheme ‘rainbow’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)tsə̀hŋ◦imorpheme n.‘sun’Cf. Khasi sngi ‘sun; day’ (Singh 1906: 188).Coupe 07 Ao
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)tsəŋ◦imorpheme n.‘rain’Coupe 07 Ao
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)tsəŋ◦laʔmorpheme ‘lightning’Coupe 07 Ao: 292
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)tsəŋ◦tàphəlaʔmorpheme n.‘lightning thunderbolt’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagatsəŋ³-hru²morpheme n.‘storm’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.214
Lotha Nagatsəŋ³-kjəŋ³morpheme n.‘dry season (winter)’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.214
Lotha Nagatsəŋ³-on³morpheme n.‘day’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.214
Lotha Nagatsəŋ³-tʃo³morpheme- v.‘hit by lightning’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.214
Lotha Nagatsang◦lapmorpheme◦alasuffix n‘lightning’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagatsong◦romorpheme◦mphenmorpheme n‘storm’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagatsüng◦jomorpheme ‘thunder’Murry 78: 125
Lotha Nagatsung◦ryumorpheme ‘storm’Murry 78: 117
Sangtamtsing n‘rain’Marrison 67 Naga
Sangtamtsing◦chimorpheme n‘lightning’Marrison 67 Naga
Yacham-Tengsaching◦etmorpheme n‘rain’Marrison 67 Naga
Yacham-Tengsaching◦japhalapmorpheme n‘lightning’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrütsüng n‘rain’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrütsüng◦kammorpheme ‘winter’Kumar 73 Yim: 50

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group20

Maochü◦hramorpheme ‘night’Marrison 67 Naga
Maochü◦khrimorpheme n‘wind’Marrison 67 Naga
Maochü◦khrümorpheme ‘night’Marrison 67 Naga
Maochü◦kromorpheme ‘evening’Marrison 67 Naga
Maochü◦simorpheme ‘winter’Marrison 67 Naga
Maochü◦thumorpheme ‘day’Marrison 67 Naga
Maochü◦thumorpheme ‘morning’Marrison 67 Naga
Maooprefix◦chü-kophrümorpheme n‘lightning’Marrison 67 Naga
Maooprefix◦chü-kosümorpheme n‘thunder’Marrison 67 Naga
Maooprefix◦chü◦lelomorpheme ‘summer’Marrison 67 Naga
Ntenyiaprefix◦tsa'ang ‘sky’Marrison 67 Naga
Ntenyiaprefix◦tsa'ang-keshuwamorpheme n‘lightning’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengmatsang ‘sky’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengmatsang◦kesongmorpheme n‘thunder’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengmatsang◦senkimorpheme ‘winter’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengmatseng◦rimorpheme n‘rain’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengmatsung◦kukuphyümorpheme n‘lightning’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group34

Khoiraoamorpheme◦tiing◦krumorpheme n‘thunder’Marrison 67 Naga
Khoiraoting◦gammorpheme ‘sky’Marrison 67 Naga
Khoiraoting◦ronmorpheme n‘rain’Marrison 67 Naga
Liangmeiting n‘rain’Marrison 67 Naga
Liangmeiting◦haimorpheme n‘wind’Marrison 67 Naga
Liangmeiting◦kalikmorpheme n‘lightning’Marrison 67 Naga
Liangmeiting◦lingmorpheme ‘sky’Marrison 67 Naga
Liangmeiting◦simmemorpheme n‘thunder’Marrison 67 Naga
Maramsamorpheme◦ting ‘sky’Marrison 67 Naga
Maramsamorpheme◦ting-kohummorpheme n‘thunder’Marrison 67 Naga
Maramting◦guimorpheme n‘wind’Marrison 67 Naga
Maramting◦marang#3571 PTB *m/s-raŋ ‘RAIN’◦amorpheme◦bangmorpheme ‘rainbow’Marrison 67 Naga
Rongmei / Nruanghmeiteŋ◦pukmorpheme ‘sky’Matisoff 94 Rong
Rongmei / Nruanghmeiting◦kimmorpheme n‘thunder’Marrison 67 Naga
Rongmei / Nruanghmeiting◦pukmorpheme ‘sky’Marrison 67 Naga
Rongmei / Nruanghmeiting◦pülikmeimorpheme n‘lightning’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemeting ‘sky’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemeting◦cheimorpheme n‘thunder’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemeting◦gimmorpheme ‘sky’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemeting◦kaimorpheme n‘wind’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemeting◦kainatrimorpheme n‘storm’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemeting◦kaimorpheme◦vamorpheme ‘rainbow’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemeting◦kakepitbemorpheme n‘lightning’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemeting◦wangmorpheme ‘God’Marrison 67 Naga
Zeme⁴tiŋ¹kaimorpheme n.‘wind’Weidert 87 TBTo: 217
Mziemeting◦gemmorpheme ‘sky’Marrison 67 Naga
Mziemeting◦kaimorpheme n‘wind’Marrison 67 Naga
Mziemeting◦kepikmorpheme n‘lightning’Marrison 67 Naga
Mziemeting◦rangmorpheme◦puimorpheme ‘God’Marrison 67 Naga
Mziemeting◦tseumorpheme n‘thunder’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic8

*Tangkhulictsiŋ ‘sky / heaven / rain’Mortensen 12 Tk: 489
Huishukəmorpheme-tsɐŋ-ram ‘sky’Mortensen 12 Tk: Nature.007
Kachaikəmorpheme-ðɐŋ ‘sky / rain’Mortensen 12 Tk: Nature.007
Tankghul (Central)kamorpheme-ci-raŋ ‘sky’Brown 37 Indo
Tangkhul (Northern)kamorpheme-zi-raŋ ‘sky’Brown 37 Indo
Tangkhul (Standard)kamorpheme-ziŋ ‘sky’Brown 37 Indo
Tusomkəmorpheme-zɯə̃ ‘sky’Mortensen 12 Tk: Nature.007
Ukhrulkəmorpheme-tsiŋ ‘sky; rain’Mortensen 12 Tk

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6312, *t(s)iŋ ‘CELESTIAL / SKY / WEATHER’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6312
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("KMR") tentative transcription
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6312,
  title  = {{*t(s)iŋ 'CELESTIAL / SKY / WEATHER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6312},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6312}
}