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STEDT #735

*sya

WING

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlesaprefixminitialsrhymeacoverS · V

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*a-tʃha ‘WING’PCN #024

Connections

Allofams

20a #735 *sya ‘WING’
20b #737 *s/k-la ‘ARM / HAND / WING’

Notes

This root bears a strong resemblance to #737 PTB *s/k-la ARM / HAND / WING, but it remains to be seen whether they should be grouped into a single etymon.

The development of PTB *sy- > PCN *tʃh- is irregular.

Reflexes & cognates43 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.3“Naga” Areal Group2

*Nagagmorpheme-ša ‘wing’Weidert 87 TBTo: 481

Maringaprefix◦sa ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)16

*Central Nagaaprefix-tʃha Bruhn 14 PCN: III.024

*Aotprefix-(aprefix-)tʃha Bruhn 14 PCN: II.161

Ao (Chungli)ta³prefixsi¹kaŋ²morpheme n.‘wing of bird’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.161

Ao (Chungli)taprefix◦shi◦kang#240 PTB *k(w)aŋ ‘ARM (upper) / WING’ ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)aprefix◦cha◦yimorpheme◦komorpheme ‘right-hand’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)oprefix◦zaprefix◦cha, taprefix◦cha ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tüprefix◦cha ‘arm’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tüprefix◦cha◦tüprefix◦manmorpheme ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-tʃha ‘armlength’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-tʃha n.‘wing’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-tʃha-pùk#164 PTB *d-puːk ‘BELLY / VITALS / HOLLOW OBJECT / CAVE’MesorootsPTani *puk ‘HEART’PTani *pɯk ‘CAVE’PCN *puk ‘STOMACH, BELLY’PTk *buk ‘BELLY / STOMACH’Allofams1 #6723 PTB *d-(p/b)u-k ‘BELLY / STOMACH / CAVE’1a #2104 PTB *pʷik ‘BELLY / STOMACH’1b #2106 PTB *wuk ‘BELLY / STOMACH’1c #164 PTB *d-puːk ‘BELLY / VITALS / HOLLOW OBJECT / CAVE’1d #2103 PTB *pʷu ‘BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY’1e #2102 PTB *wu ‘BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY’1g #2111 PTB *pwa(ŋ/n) ‘BELLY / CENTER’ n.‘armpit ('wing' + STOMACH)’Coupe 07 Ao

Lotha Nagae¹prefix-tʃhoʔ³ n.‘wing’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.024

Lotha Nagaēprefix◦chó ‘wing’Acharya 75

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦cho ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦cho ‘wing’Murry 78: 137

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦cho ‘wing (of bird)’Nienu 90 LotQ: 6.1.9

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group13

Angami Naga⁴sɯ ‘wing’Weidert 87 TBTo: 481

Angami (Khonoma)shü ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)pe³¹morpheme ra³¹morpheme shü³⁵ ‘wing (of bird)’Nienu 90 AngQ: 6.1.9

Angami (Kohima)puomorpheme◦sü ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

Chokri(u)#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’ shi⁵⁵ ‘wing (of bird)’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 6.1.9

Chokri²u#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’⁵si ‘wing’Weidert 87 TBTo: 481

Khezhako̵morpheme◦šɯ̵ ‘wing (of bird)’Yabu 94 Khö: 6.1.9

Khezha²kumorpheme◦²šɯ ‘wing’Weidert 87 TBTo: 481

Maokomorpheme◦sho ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

Mao¹komorpheme⁵šo ‘wing’Weidert 87 TBTo: 481

Ntenyiaprefix◦ki#709 PTB *m-kiŋ ‘WING’◦sha ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

Rengmase◦ki#709 PTB *m-kiŋ ‘WING’ ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

Rengma (Northern)²ma¹gi#709 PTB *m-kiŋ ‘WING’²ša ‘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

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Liangmeicha◦bin#745 PTB *ban ‘ARM / HAND / SHOULDER’PKC *ɓaan ‘ARM’PTk *paan ‘HAND / ARM’ ‘hand’Marrison 67 Naga

1.4Meithei2

Meitheimaprefix◦sa ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

Meitheiməprefix◦sa ‘wing (of bird)’Singh 91 MeiQ: 6.1.9

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #735, *sya ‘WING’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/735

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-735,
  title  = {{*sya 'WING'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #735},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/735}
}