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STEDT #660

*s-na

GOOD
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*ʔ-na¹ ‘GOOD / PERMISSIBLE’

Notes

The *s- prefix is abundantly attested in rGyalrongic, and is implied by the PLB pre-glottalization.

For a rather resemblant but distinct root, see #5740 PTB *s-nam GOOD.

Reflexes & cognates78 reflexes · 8 subgroups

3.2Qiangic22

Namuyinɛ³³ ‘good’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 860.19
Qiang (Longxi)ìmorpheme-nà ‘fortunate [life-good]’Evans 99 Qiang: 1589
Qiang (Longxi)lièmorpheme-ná ‘ring finger [m-good]’Evans 99 Qiang: 139
Qiang (Longxi)mə̀morpheme ȵìmorpheme-nà ‘lucky day [m-good]’Evans 99 Qiang: 1173
Qiang (Longxi)nà ‘correct, right ('good')’Evans 99 Qiang: 1497
Qiang (Longxi)nà ‘peaceful (good)’Evans 99 Qiang: 1590
Qiang (Longxi)tièmorpheme-nà ‘tasty [eat-good]’Evans 99 Qiang: 1553
Qiang (Longxi)tshuə́morpheme ɕì̥morpheme-nà ‘euphonious [listen-good]’Evans 99 Qiang: 1558
Qiang (Mawo)tsɛmorpheme nɑ ‘beautiful / pleasant to the eyes’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1093.08
Qiang (Mianchi)ùprefix-nà-(qɛ̌)suffix ‘recover (from illness) [p-good-s]’Evans 99 Qiang: 2265
Qiang (Mianchi)ùprefix-nà-(qɛ̌)suffix ‘recover (from injury) [p-good-s]’Evans 99 Qiang: 2266
Qiang (Mianchi)ʑìmorpheme-nà ‘comfortable [life-good]’Evans 99 Qiang: 1591
Qiang (Taoping)nɑ³³; ʂe³³morpheme ‘good’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 860.9

3.3rGyalrongic2

Ergong (Danba)mimorpheme ŋi ‘bad’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 861.14

3.3.1rGyalrong28

rGyalrong (Maerkang Bola (A))kǝ22prefix sna44 ‘of a good quality’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1677
rGyalrong (Maerkang Bola (B))kǝ22prefix snɑ44 ‘good [in general sense]’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1675
rGyalrong (Maerkang Bola (B))kǝ22prefix snɑ44 ‘of a good quality’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1677
rGyalrong (Maerkang Soman)kəprefix-sna ‘good [in general sense]’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1675
rGyalrong (Maerkang Soman)kəprefix-sna ‘of a good quality’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1677
Caodengkəprefix-sneʔ ‘good’Sun J 97 Cao
rGyalrong (Maerkang Bola (A))kə22prefix xao44morpheme / kə22prefix sna44 ‘good [in general sense]’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1675
rGyalrong (Maerkang Bola (C))kə22prefix ŋɜn44morpheme / mə22morpheme na33morpheme hou44morpheme / mə22morpheme kə44prefix sna42 ‘bad [in general sense]’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1680
rGyalrong (Heishui Luhua)kəprefix◦'sna ‘good [in general sense]’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1675
rGyalrong (Heishui Shashiduo)kəprefix◦'sna ‘good [in general sense]’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1675
rGyalrong (Lixian Guergou)kəprefix◦'snje ‘good [in general sense]’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1675
rGyalrong (Xiaojin Rilong)kʊprefix◦ˈsna ‘good [in general sense]’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1675
rGyalrong (Maerkang Soman)mamorpheme kəprefix-sna ‘bad-tempered’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1647
rGyalrong (Maerkang Soman)mamorpheme kəprefix-sna ‘of bad quality’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1671
rGyalrong (Maerkang Soman)mamorpheme kəprefix-sna ‘bad [in general sense]’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1680
rGyalrong (Lixian Xuecheng Jiamizhai)ma kə-sȵᴇ ‘bad-tempered’morpheme · prefix · morpheme · morpheme · morpheme · morpheme · morpheme · morpheme · morpheme · morpheme · morphemeNagano 2013 rGyDB: 1647
rGyalrong (Lixian Xuecheng Jiamizhai)mamorpheme kəprefix-sȵᴇ ‘bad (person)’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1680
rGyalrong (Maerkang Bola (B))ma44morpheme kǝ44prefix sna44 ‘of bad quality’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1671
rGyalrong (Aba Rongan Menggucun)mamorpheme◦'ʂȵə◦kimorpheme ‘bad [in general sense]’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1680
rGyalrong (Lixian Xinglong Kechun)mamorpheme◦dəmorpheme◦'snje ‘bad [in general sense]’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1680
rGyalrong (Heishui Shashiduo)mamorpheme◦kəprefix◦'sna ‘bad [in general sense]’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1680
rGyalrong (Lixian Guergou)mamorpheme◦kəprefix◦'snje ‘bad [in general sense]’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1680
rGyalrong (Xiaojin Rilong)mamorpheme◦kʊprefix◦ˈsna ‘bad [in general sense]’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1680
rGyalrong (Maerkang Bola (A))mǝ22morpheme kǝ44prefix sna24 ‘of bad quality’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1671
rGyalrong (Maerkang)mɑmorpheme kəprefix snɑ ‘bad’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1053.11
rGyalrong (Xiaojin Hanniu)mɑmorpheme◦'dəmorpheme◦sna ‘bad [in general sense]’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1680
rGyalrong (Ganzi Daofu Kongse Xiaoguoqiaocun)təprefix◦'ŋe ‘good [in general sense]’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1675
rGBenzhenkəprefix-snaʔ ‘good’Sun J 97 rGB

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmeseʔ-na¹ ‘good / permissible’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 603

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #660, *s-na ‘GOOD’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/660
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-660,
  title  = {{*s-na 'GOOD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #660},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/660}
}