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STEDT #7175

*s-ŋ(i/u)ŋ

SHORT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*ʔŋiŋ¹ ‘SHORT’JAM

Reflexes & cognates21 reflexes · 6 subgroups

3.2Qiangic2

Qiang (Mawo)ŋuə tsimorpheme ‘short’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 810.8
Qiang (Mawo)ŋuɛ tsɛmorpheme adj‘short’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0973.08

5Tujia2

Tujia (Northern)ngai1 vi.‘short (in height)’Brassett 04 Tujia
Tujia (Northern)ngei1 vi.‘short (in height)’Brassett 04 Tujia

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

6.1.2.2Central Loloish6

Kucongŋɛ31 ‘short’Dai 09 Kucong
Kucongŋɛ33 ‘short (of things)’Dai 09 Kucong
Lahu (Yellow)ŋɛ¹ ‘short (length)’Chang 86

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish8

Mpihiŋʔ⁵ ‘short’Mpi has two allofamic reflexes, one with palatal ɲ- and one with h-. The palatal (rather than velar) nasal is explicable in terms of the following high vowel, while the variation in initials reflects alternate simplifications of the complex initial *ʔŋ-.Hansson 89 AHKP: 382
Mpihiŋʔ⁵ ‘short’Srinuan 76
Mpiniŋ⁵ ‘short’Hansson 89 AHKP: 382
Mpiŋ²morphemehiŋʔ⁶ ‘ears (short)’Srinuan 76
Mpiɲiŋ³ ‘low / short (of a person)’Srinuan 76
Mpiɲiŋ⁵ ‘short (of a thing)’Srinuan 76
Pyenʔaŋ33prefix ɲuŋ45 ‘low’Shintani 09 Pyen: 204010
Pyenʔaŋ33prefix ɲuŋ45 ‘(of length) short’Shintani 09 Pyen: 204013

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish2

Hlepho Phowaʔŋə⁵⁵ ‘LOW’Pelkey 11 Phula: 1040

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #7175, *s-ŋ(i/u)ŋ ‘SHORT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7175
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: JAM
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-7175,
  title  = {{*s-ŋ(i/u)ŋ 'SHORT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #7175},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7175}
}