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STEDT #758

*m-dap

WING / FEATHER
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlelapprefixsinitiallrhymeapcoverL · T

Connections

Allofams

Notes

Written Tibetan has initial ḥd-; the a-chung prefix is usually realized as prenasalization in modern dialects (cf. e.g. Batang), and is probably responsible for the hardening of the lateral into a voiced stop (see Matisoff 2013, “The dinguist’s dilemma”).

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 1 subgroup

2.1.2.1Tibetan4

Tibetan (Batang)de¹³ ma⁵⁵suffix ‘wing (of bird)’Dai 89 Bata: 6.1.9
Tibetan (Batang)nde¹³ma⁵³suffix n‘wing’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0298.03
Tibetan (Written)'dab◦mamorpheme ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga
Tibetan (Written)ḥdab-mamorpheme ‘wing’This form is glossed ‘wing; petal, leaf, fan’ by Csoma de Kőrös 1834.Jäschke 1881: p. 274

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #758, *m-dap ‘WING / FEATHER’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/758
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-758,
  title  = {{*m-dap 'WING / FEATHER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #758},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/758}
}