*r-ŋam

BREATHE / PANT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleŋamprefixrinitialŋrhymeamcoverM · N

Notes

This word seems to refer especially to heavy breathing or panting. The *r- prefix is attested in Tibetan.

Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

Galo`ŋa◦namsuffix vi.‘pant’GLDC 09 Galo

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani6

Damuŋa ‘pant’Sun J 93 Tani

Damuŋa-ʔamorpheme ‘pant’Sun J 93 Tani

Damuŋaʔ ‘breathe’Sun J 93 Tani

Milangŋa-mamorpheme ‘breath’Tayeng 76 Mil

Milangŋa-mamorpheme ‘breathe’Tayeng 76 Mil

Milangɲa-camorpheme-mamorpheme ‘breathe’Tayeng 76 Mil

2.1.2.1Tibetan4

Tibetan (Written)rnam ‘breathe’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)rṅams-pasuffix ‘breathe’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)rŋɑ́m-pɑsuffix rgodmorpheme ‘wild puffing’Jäschke 1881: 134

Tibetan (Written)rŋɑ́m-pɑsuffix tʻuŋmorpheme ‘short breath’Jäschke 1881: 134

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #68, *r-ŋam ‘BREATHE / PANT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/68

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-68,
  title  = {{*r-ŋam 'BREATHE / PANT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #68},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/68}
}