*m/s-pa

WING / FEATHER

Notes

This relatively sparsely attested root occurs especially in Qiangic with likely but scattered cognates in Kuki-Chin and Newar. Both the nasal and sibilant prefixes show up in Qiangic.

There is a possible etymological connection with #1603 PTB *w(a/u) BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL and #1168 PTB *pʷu EGG / BIRD / ROUND OBJECT. See HPTB p. 165 and TBRS #1. For the interplay between labial stops and semivowel in Tibeto-Burman, see Matisoff 2000 (“An Extrusional Approach to *p-/w- Variation in Sino-Tibetan”).

This root seems quite distinct from the Indo-Aryan derived #706 IA *pak WING / ARM.

Reflexes & cognates21 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin3

Chinbonḁprefix◦pʰa ‘wing’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 44

Khumipᵊ◦kʰiˀ#709 PTB *m-kiŋ ‘WING’ ‘wing’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 44

Matuḁprefix◦pʰeⁱ ‘wing’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 44

1.3.3Zeme Group3

Liangmeipa◦kan#741 PTB *kan ‘WING / ARM’ ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

Puironba◦thang#711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’Allofams16 #711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’16a #710 PTB *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’ ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeipa◦kan#741 PTB *kan ‘WING / ARM’ ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Dimasaba◦garang#720 PTB *g-raŋ ‘WING / HAND / ARM’PTk *caaŋ ‘WING’◦thong#711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’Allofams16 #711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’16a #710 PTB *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’ ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

2.2Newar5

Newarkhamorpheme◦pa ‘feather’Genetti 90 NeQ2

NewarpA ‘feather’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 67

Newarpā ‘feather (of bird)’Shakya 89: 8.1.5

Newarpa-pumorpheme-ti#762 PTB *tir ‘FEATHER / WING’ ‘wing’Hale 73 CSD: 93

Newarpa◦pumorpheme◦ti#762 PTB *tir ‘FEATHER / WING’ ‘feather’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 67

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]phɪɦ ‘wing’Tangut phɪɦ vowel due to brightening.Nishida 64 Tan: 305-053

3.2Qiangic7

Guiqiongdɑ̃³⁵#711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’Allofams16 #711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’16a #710 PTB *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’pha⁵⁵ n‘wing’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0298.16

Guiqiongdɔ³⁵#711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’Allofams16 #711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’16a #710 PTB *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’ nphɑ⁵³ ‘wing’Sun H 91 GuiQ

Guiqiongdɔ³⁵#711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’Allofams16 #711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’16a #710 PTB *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’nphɑ⁵³ ‘wing’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 171.17

Muyaβə³³#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’phæ⁵⁵ n‘wing’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0298.15

Muya [Minyak]vɯ³⁵#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’phɛ⁵⁵ ‘wing’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 171.15

Muya [Minyak]vɯ³⁵#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’pʰɛ⁵⁵ ‘wing (of bird)’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 6.1.9

Queyu (Xinlong)ɕo⁵⁵#735 PTB *sya ‘WING’MesorootsPCN *a-tʃha ‘WING’Allofams20a #735 PTB *sya ‘WING’20b #737 PTB *s/k-la ‘ARM / HAND / WING’xpa⁵⁵ n‘wing’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0298.13

3.3rGyalrongic1

Daofuɕɑ#735 PTB *sya ‘WING’MesorootsPCN *a-tʃha ‘WING’Allofams20a #735 PTB *sya ‘WING’20b #737 PTB *s/k-la ‘ARM / HAND / WING’ spɑ n‘wing’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0298.12

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #714, *m/s-pa ‘WING / FEATHER’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/714

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-714,
  title  = {{*m/s-pa 'WING / FEATHER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #714},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/714}
}