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STEDT #6621

*myəy

DESIDERATIVE / WISH, WANT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*-məj ‘DESIDERATIVE’

Notes

Many of the reflexes have an alveolar rather than a labial nasal, a phenomenon which occurs with other roots with high front vowels, (cf. #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik EYE).

Reflexes & cognates32 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)9

*Ao-məj suf.‘DESIDERATIVE’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.225
Ao (Chungli)-nə¹ suf.‘DESIDERATIVE’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.225
Sangtamnyo◦lemorpheme v‘wish’Marrison 67 Naga
Sangtamnyü v‘want’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group15

Angami (Kohima)liemorpheme◦nyü v‘want’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokrinü v‘wish’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokrinyi◦ba v‘want’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokrithikümorpheme◦nyi v‘desire’Marrison 67 Naga
Maoni v‘want’Marrison 67 Naga
Maoni v‘wish’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengmanü v‘desire’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengmanü v‘want’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengmanyü v‘wish’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group9

Maramni v‘want’Marrison 67 Naga
Puironni v‘desire’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemenei v‘desire’The first character is hard to read in the source; it appears to be <n>, but it could also be <h>.Marrison 67 Naga
Zemeramorpheme◦mei v‘want’Marrison 67 Naga
Mziemeneu v‘want’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6621, *myəy ‘DESIDERATIVE / WISH, WANT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6621
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6621,
  title  = {{*myəy 'DESIDERATIVE / WISH, WANT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6621},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6621}
}