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*ṭaŋka-

MONEY / RUPEE / STAMPED COIN
Indo-Aryan

Notes

This root has been widely borrowed in TB languages of India and the Himalayas, as well as in Jingpho and Asakian.

Reflexes & cognates38 reflexes · 12 subgroups

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Khumitaŋkà ‘silver’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 26
Wakungtaŋká ‘silver’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 26

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lushai [Mizo]tangka◦ruamorpheme ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)4

Lotha Nagaoprefix◦rang ‘money’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦rang ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦rang ‘money’Murry 78: 75
Yimchungrürüka ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group14

Angami (Khonoma)raka◦jümorpheme ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga
Angami (Kohima)raka◦chhümorpheme ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokriraka ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokriraka◦thimorpheme ‘money’Marrison 67 Naga
Khezharaka ‘money’Marrison 67 Naga
Khezharaka◦chümorpheme ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga
Ntenyighaka ‘money’Marrison 67 Naga
Ntenyighaka ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengmaraka ‘money’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengmaraka ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]ghaka-imorpheme ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group6

Liangmeirangkang◦gimorpheme ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemerangkang ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemerang◦kangmorpheme ‘money’Marrison 67 Naga
Mzieme-rang◦ketsumorpheme n‘price’Marrison 67 Naga
Mziemerangkang ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga
Mziemerang◦kangmorpheme ‘money’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Tangkhultóŋ ‘interest (on money)’Bhat 69 TNV: 91

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

1.7.1.1Bodo4

Bodotaka ‘money’Bhat 68 Boro
Dimasarang ‘money’Marrison 67 Naga
Dimasarang ‘silver’Marrison 67 Naga
Kokborokraŋ ‘money’Tripuri 88

1.7.1.2Garo1

1.7.1.3Koch1

Atongtangka n‘money’van Breugel 08 Atong

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphodenga ‘money’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Saktaŋga ‘money’Huziwara 08 Sak: 192-3a

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6490, *ṭaŋka- ‘MONEY / RUPEE / STAMPED COIN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6490
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6490,
  title  = {{*ṭaŋka- 'MONEY / RUPEE / STAMPED COIN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6490},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6490}
}