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STEDT #762

*tir

FEATHER / WING
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletirinitialtrhymei(r)coverT · L

Notes

Although this root is of quite limited distribution, the exact but unusual rhyme correspondence between Thulung and Nungic inspires confidence that this is a genuine etymon.

The first syllable of Rengma te ro ha ‘feather’ looks related but it might mean ‘bird’ (cf. tegü or tegvu ‘bird’). Cf. #1604 PTB *daw BIRD (STC pp. 149, 192), attested otherwise only in Bodo-Garo and Karenic.

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

4Nungic4

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)ɑŋ³¹prefix tɕeɹ⁵³ ‘wing’Sun H 82 Dul

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #762, *tir ‘FEATHER / WING’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/762
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-762,
  title  = {{*tir 'FEATHER / WING'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #762},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/762}
}