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STEDT #707

*(p/b)lyaŋ

PLANK / PALM / FLAT SURFACE / WING

Notes

This phonologically distinctive root has so far been uncovered only in a few Himalayan languages.

There is a closely similar root meaning PALM in several Kiranti languages, which seems rather to be related to *pleŋ ‘flat surface; plank; slab’ (STC #138).

As discussed in Matisoff 1988 (“Straight, flat, full”), this root is allofamically related both to #111 PTB *(p/b)liŋ FULL / FILL and #2160 PTB *(p/b)lyaŋ STRAIGHT / STRAIGHTEN, the common semantic core being “a complete or ideal realization of a quality appropriate to a particular dimensionality in space”.

Chinese comparandum

平 OC *bʼi̯ĕng, GSR #825a ‘flat, even’; B & S 2011: *breŋ; Mand. píng.

Reflexes & cognates33 reflexes · 15 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmanpleŋ ‘flat’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 136

*Tibeto-Burmanpleŋ ‘flat surface / plank’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 607

*Tibeto-Burmanpleŋ ‘flat and wide’Benedict 72 STC: 138

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]kamorpheme◦pleŋ ‘plank’Benedict 72 STC: 138

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Dimasaboŋ-palaŋmorpheme⪤bo-phalaŋ ‘plank’Benedict 72 STC: 138

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garobolmorpheme-pleŋ ‘plank’Benedict 72 STC: 138

1.7.3.1Jingpho6

Jingphobren ⪤ byen ‘flat and wide’Benedict 72 STC: 138

Jingpholuŋ#1269 PTB *r-lu(ŋ/k) ‘STONE’PTani *lɯŋ ‘STONE’PKC *luŋ ‘STONE / ROCK’PCN *luŋ ‘STONE, ROCK’PTk *luŋ ‘STONE’PBG *loʔŋ-tai ‘STONE’PNN *C̥-luŋ ‘STONE’TGTM *ᴮʰjuŋ ‘STONE’PKir *ʔluŋ ‘STONE’PLB *k-lok ⪤ *k-loŋ ‘STONE’PL *k-lokᴸ ‘STONE’PKar *loŋᴮ ‘STONE, ROCK’-byen ‘slab’Benedict 72 STC: 138

Jingphophunmorpheme-pyen ‘plank’Benedict 72 STC: 138

Jingphophun⁵⁵morphemepjen³³ ‘board / plank’Liu 84

Jingphophun⁵⁵morphemepje̱n³³ n‘plank / board’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0512.19

Jingphophun⁵⁵morphemepje̱n³³ ‘board / plank’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 359.47

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Sakpyaiŋ ‘board / plank’Huziwara 08 Sak: 289a

2.2Newar1

Newar (Dolakhali)pwɔm◦t̥umorpheme ‘wing’Genetti 90 Dola

2.3Kiranti2

*Kirantiplem- ‘palm’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 136

Zerungge Raimamorpheme◦phlem ‘wing’Weidert 87 TBTo: 634

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti4

Limbutapmorpheme◦pe ‘palm, sole’Note the assimilation of the medial consonants.Michailovsky 89 Lm

Limbutapmorpheme◦pe ‘palm’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 136

Limbutapmorpheme◦pe ‘palm’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 137

Yamphulap#757 PTB *lap ‘WING / FEATHER’MesorootsPTani *lap ‘WING’Allofams17 #753 PTB *m/p/s-(l/d)ap ‘ARM / HAND / WING’17a #757 PTB *lap ‘WING / FEATHER’17b #2077 PTB *s-lap ‘WING / FLUTTER / EYELASH / GILL’17c #760 PTB *p-(l/y)ap ‘WING / FEATHER’17d #756 PTB *pap ‘WING / FEATHER’17e #758 PTB *m-dap ‘WING / FEATHER’◦pr̂aŋ n‘wing’Rutgers 98: 552.15

2.3.3Central Kiranti2

Khalingplem◦khar#713 PTB *kwar ‘HAND / WING’PKir *khur ‘HAND / WING’ ‘palm’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 136

Khalingplem◦säl ‘sole’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 136

2.3.4Western Kiranti8

Bahingblem ‘palm, sole’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 136

Hayuplem◦dzaŋ ‘sole’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 136

Hayupleŋ◦teŋ#772 PTB *dyaŋ ‘PALM / SOLE’TGTM *ᴬtʰiŋ ‘PALM (HAND)’ ‘palm’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 136

Ombule (Rai)ʔbamorpheme◦phlem ‘wing’Weidert 87 TBTo: 634

Sunwarphra̩: n‘wing’Hale 73 CSD: 03a.014

SunwarphraːM ‘feather, wing’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 65

Thulungbamorpheme◦phlem ‘wing (arch.)’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 65

Thulungbamorpheme◦phlem ‘wing (arch.)’Allen 75

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #707, *(p/b)lyaŋ ‘PLANK / PALM / FLAT SURFACE / WING’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/707

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

References: cf. STC#138, HPTB pp.281, 292, 296; cf. Yamphu & Sunwar *praŋ phra:M

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-707,
  title  = {{*(p/b)lyaŋ 'PLANK / PALM / FLAT SURFACE / WING'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #707},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/707}
}