Reconstruction:Proto-Kho-Bwa/a-breŋ

This Proto-Kho-Bwa entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Kho-Bwa

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mriŋ

Proto-Kho-Bwa *a-breŋ

Inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mriŋ (“sound; noise; animal cry”).^[1] Cognate with Lepcha [Term?] (/⁠ʔábryáng⁠/), Drung [Term?] (/⁠ɑŋ⁵⁵bɹiŋ⁵³⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠ɑŋ³¹bɹɯŋ⁵³⁠/, “name”), Chinese 鳴／鸣 (míng, “to cry, call”), Burmese မြည် (mrany, “to make a sound”), Japhug mbri (“to be noisy”).

Per Bodt, not to be derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-miŋ (“name”). STEDT reconstructs Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s-braŋ for some of the cognates mentioned above.

Noun

*a-breŋ^[2]

name

Descendants

Bugun: əbɛŋ
Proto-Puroik: *a-bjɛn
- Puroik:
  Bulu: abjɛN
  Kojo-Rojo: abɹɛn
  Sanchu: abɹɛŋ
Proto-Western Kho-Bwa: *a-bʲeŋ
- Chug-Lish:
  - Chug: biŋ
  - Lish: biŋ
- Mey-Sartang:
  - Sartang:
    Khoina: adzɛŋ
    Jerigaon: adʑɛŋ
    Khoitam: adʑɛŋ
    Rahung: adʑɛŋ
  - Sherdukpen:
    Rupa: azɛŋ
    Shergaon: azɛŋ

References

^ Jacques, Guillaume (2021 April 24) “Two etymons for “name” in Sino-Tibetan?”, in Panchronica‎^[1]
^ Bodt, Timotheus A. (2024) Proto-Western Kho-Bwa: Reconstructing a community’s past through language (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series; 64)‎^[2], Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 429

[1] Jacques, Guillaume (2021 April 24) “Two etymons for “name” in Sino-Tibetan?”, in Panchronica‎^[1]

[2] Bodt, Timotheus A. (2024) Proto-Western Kho-Bwa: Reconstructing a community’s past through language (Language and Linguistics Monograph Series; 64)‎^[2], Taipei, Taiwan: Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, page 429

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