STEDT Etymon #5595
1.0 The Body > 1.9 Reproductive System > 1.9.12 Female
#5595 PTB *nya-ŋ/k WOMAN |
There is evidently an allofam with final velar, reflected by WT nyag‑mo ‘woman’ and Chinese 孃 / 娘 ‘lady, woman, mother’, OC ni̯ang (not in GSR #730); AD 541 reconstructs ni̯ang for MC.
HPTB:173 errs in relating Chinese 女 both to the present root and to #1623 PTB *k/m‑na MOTHER / FEMALE. In addition, a wrong GSR citation is given under *nya.
In any case, there seems to be considerable overlap among this root, #1623 PTB *k/m‑na MOTHER / FEMALE, and #1621 PTB *n(y)u FEMALE / MOTHER, and further work will be needed to clarify their interrelationship.
| rn | analysis | lgid | reflex | gloss | gfn | language | grpid | grpno | grp | genetic | citation | srcabbr | srcid | rn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 515576 | 5595 | 2012 | nya | woman | *Tibeto-Burman | 2 | 0.1 | Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions) | 0 | Matisoff 03 HPTB | JAM-HPTB | 605 | 0 | |
| 533452 | 5595,s | 1567 | nya-ma | mistress of the house, housewife | n | Tibetan (Written) | 24 | 2.1.2.1 | Tibetan | 1 | Jäschke 1881 | HAJ-TED | 184 | 0 |
| 621343 | 5595,m | 2083 | nyag-mo | woman | Tibetan (Written) | 24 | 2.1.2.1 | Tibetan | 1 | Matisoff 03 HPTB | JAM-HPTB | 174 | 0 | |
| 611199 | 5595 | 2207 | 女 | female | Chinese (Hanzi) | 52 | 9 | Sinitic | 1 | BaxterSagart 2011 | WHBLS-2011 | 2047 | 0 | |
| 614894 | m,5595 | 2218 | 姑◦娘 | young lady | Chinese (Hanzi) | 52 | 9 | Sinitic | 1 | Nagano 2013 rGyDB | YN-RGLD | 0725 | 0 | |
| 605537 | 5595 | 2211 | 0094a | female | Chinese (GSR #) | 52 | 9 | Sinitic | 1 | BaxterSagart 2011 | WHBLS-2011 | 2047 | 0 | |
| 20205 | 5595,5595 | 480 | ni̯o/ni̯wo | woman / lady / girl | Chinese (Old/Mid) | 53 | 9.0.1 | Old Chinese | 0 | Chou 72 | ACST | 94a-e | 1 | |
| 621345 | 5595 | 2101 | ni̯ang | lady, woman, mother | Chinese (Old) | 53 | 9.0.1 | Old Chinese | 0 | Matisoff 03 HPTB | JAM-HPTB | 174 | 2 | |
| 601463 | 5595 | 2210 | nraʔ | female | Chinese (Old) | 53 | 9.0.1 | Old Chinese | 0 | BaxterSagart 2011 | WHBLS-2011 | 2047 | 0 | |
| 296200 | 5595 | 471 | nrjaʔ | female | Chinese (Old) | 53 | 9.0.1 | Old Chinese | 0 | Baxter 92 | WHB-OC | 1855 | 0 | |
| 621344 | 5595 | 463 | ni̯ang | lady, woman, mother | Chinese (Middle) | 54 | 9.0.2 | Middle Chinese | 0 | Karlgren 23 ChDc | BK-AD | 541 | 0 | |
| 597389 | 5595 | 2209 | nrjoX | female | Chinese (Middle) | 54 | 9.0.2 | Middle Chinese | 0 | BaxterSagart 2011 | WHBLS-2011 | 2047 | 0 | |
| 593315 | 5595 | 2208 | nǚ | female | Chinese (Mandarin) | 55 | 9.0.3 | Modern Chinese | 0 | BaxterSagart 2011 | WHBLS-2011 | 2047 | 0 |
女 OC *ni̯o, GSR #94a-e ‘woman, lady, girl’; Coblin 86:161 ST *nr̵yak > OC *nrjakx; B & S 2011 *nraʔ; Mand. nǚ.