*m-kiŋ

WING

Notes

The labial prefix is attested in Kuki-Chin and Naga. The Sema/Simi forms seem to show reduplication of the root. Palatalization of the initial has occurred in Nungic and Qiangic. The Wakung and Nungic forms provide evidence for the velar nasal final.

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Khumipᵊ#714 PTB *m/s-pa ‘WING / FEATHER’◦kʰiˀ ‘wing’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 44

Wakungaprefix◦mᵊkʰĩŋ ‘wing’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 44

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group6

Ntenyiaprefix◦ki◦sha#735 PTB *sya ‘WING’MesorootsPCN *a-tʃha ‘WING’Allofams20a #735 PTB *sya ‘WING’20b #737 PTB *s/k-la ‘ARM / HAND / WING’ ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

Rengmase#735 PTB *sya ‘WING’MesorootsPCN *a-tʃha ‘WING’Allofams20a #735 PTB *sya ‘WING’20b #737 PTB *s/k-la ‘ARM / HAND / WING’◦ki ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

Rengma (Northern)²ma¹gi²ša#735 PTB *sya ‘WING’MesorootsPCN *a-tʃha ‘WING’Allofams20a #735 PTB *sya ‘WING’20b #737 PTB *s/k-la ‘ARM / HAND / WING’ ‘wing’There is some difficulty in interpreting these Naga forms from Weidert, since they are glossed literally as “one’s wing”.Weidert 87 TBTo: 481

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦chi◦chi◦bomorpheme ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ki◦chi◦bomorpheme ‘wing (of bird)’Achumi 98: 6.1.9

Sema [Sumi]¹aprefix¹tši²ši- ³bomorpheme ‘wing’Weidert 87 TBTo: 481

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Maramki◦somorpheme ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.2Bodic1

Tsangla (Motuo)ɕa#735 PTB *sya ‘WING’MesorootsPCN *a-tʃha ‘WING’Allofams20a #735 PTB *sya ‘WING’20b #737 PTB *s/k-la ‘ARM / HAND / WING’ tɕʰiŋ◦naŋmorpheme ‘hand’Sun H 80 MLD

3.2Qiangic2

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]dʐi⁵³ ‘wing (of bird)’Sun H 91 ZhaQ: 6.1.9

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]dʐi⁵³ ‘wing’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 171.16

4Nungic2

Nungdɑ³¹prefixtɕhiŋ³⁵ n‘wing’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0298.21

Anongdɑ³¹prefixtɕhiŋ⁵⁵ ‘wing’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 171.44

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #709, *m-kiŋ ‘WING’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/709

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-709,
  title  = {{*m-kiŋ 'WING'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #709},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/709}
}