STEDT #675

*m/l-ŋal

WOMB / PLACENTA

Reconstruction analysis

handlem/l-ŋ/prefixminitialŋrhymealcoverM · L

Notes

This etymon is well-represented in Himalayish (with the *m- prefix in WT) and in Qiangic (with a lateral prefix in Ergong and rGyalrong). The root-initial *ŋ- has become n- in several languages.

The first syllables of Meithei naw phəm ‘placenta’ and Tangkhul nao-pam ‘womb’ are apparently not cognate, since *-al > Meithei -al or -an (cf. *m-kal ⪤ *s-gal SMALL OF BACK > Meithei nam-gal ~ nam-gan) and > Tangkhul -ay (cf. *baːl FILTH / EXCREMENT > Tangkhul páy). S. Imoba 2004 (Manipuri to English Dictionary, p. 202) records -naw ‘small, little’, naw-wà ‘baby’, nawsum ‘cradle’, and nawpu-bə ‘gestation, pregnancy’.

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 7 subgroups

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Bunanŋal ‘womb’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 10.4.8

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)mṅal ‘womb’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Limbusiŋmorpheme◦nā ‘womb’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Thulungŋe◦lemorpheme ‘womb’Allen 75

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Chepang (Eastern)so#1012 PTB *za-n ‘CHILD’MesorootsPKC *θaa ‘CHILD / OFFSPRING / SON / DAUGHTER’PBG *sa ‘CHILD’Allofams1 #428 PTB *tsa-n ⪤ *za-n ‘CHILD / SON / RELATIVES’1a #1012 PTB *za-n ‘CHILD’1b #2727 PTB *tsa-n ‘CHILD / GRANDCHILD / NEPHEW / NIECE’◦nalʔ ‘womb’Caughley 90 CheQ: 10.4.8

3.3rGyalrongic3

Ergong (Northern)lŋa⁵³ jo¹³morpheme ‘womb’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 10.4.8

Ergong (Northern)lŋa⁵³ ɕip⁵³#1613 PTB *(t)s(i/u)p ‘NEST / WOMB / SCROTUM’PTani *sup ‘NEST / LAIR’PCN *a-sap ‘NEST / WEB’PL *(d)zyi ‘PLACENTA / NEST’ ‘amniotic sac / bag of waters’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 10.4.9

Ergong (Daofu)ɬŋɑ tɕhomorpheme be v.‘pregnant’Dai 89 Daof: 10.4.14

3.3.1rGyalrong2

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦lŋa ktɕʰim#1612 PTB *k-y(i/u)m ‘HOUSE’PKC *ʔim ‘HOUSE’PCN *a-jam ‘HOUSE / VILLAGE’PTk *ʃim ‘HOUSE’TGTM *ᴮdim ‘HOUSE’PLB *yim¹ ‘HOUSE’PL *yim¹ ‘HOUSE’PKar *hyi[m] ‘HOUSE’ ‘amniotic sac / bag of waters’Sun H 91 rNW: 10.4.9

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦lŋa samorpheme scçemorpheme ‘womb’Sun H 91 rNW: 10.4.8

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #675, *m/l-ŋal ‘WOMB / PLACENTA’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/675

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-675,
  title  = {{*m/l-ŋal 'WOMB / PLACENTA'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #675},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/675}
}