2.0 Animals and Animal Verbs > 2.2 Other Animals > 2.2.4 Birds (in general)

#2200 PTB *m-dwaŋ PEACOCK

This morpheme frequently occurs as the second element in compounds beginning with #1603 PTB *w(a/u) BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL. This first element varies from an unreduced form of the shape wa and a prefixized version u‑.

Besides the normal initial reflex with dental stop, this etymon shows a puzzling variation among h‑, y‑, and w‑, which remains to be explained.

Elements in certain bird names other than ‘peacock’ may belong to this etymon, cf. ‘hawk’ doŋ‑koŋ in Bokar, and words for ‘pheasant’ in Tibetan, Tamangish, and Nungic languages.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
722902200182doŋpeacock*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Benedict 72 STCSTC3410
5148272200,22002012m-|daŋ ⪤ m-|doŋpeacock / partridge / pheasant*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB5860
3629671603,22001819u⁵⁵diu⁵⁵peacocknKaman [Miju]61.1.2Deng1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0345.230
2931661603,22001509vʌ̄◦hóŋpeacockThado681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Thirumalai 72THI1972460
3155421603,22001778u¹ tong²peacockTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Bhaskararao 96 CDBPB-CLDB19120
257056p,22001019a◦rongpeacockMaring111.3“Naga” Areal Group0Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2570591603,22001301wa◦hongpeacockPuiron641.3.3Zeme Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2570631603,22001694u◦wengpeacockZeme641.3.3Zeme Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2570681603,22001041wa◦hongpeacockMeithei131.4Meithei1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2570541603,2200807u◦wengpeacockKonyak851.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
711211603,2200685u-doŋpeacockJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Benedict 72 STCSTC3410
3629631603,22001814u³¹to̱ŋ³³peacocknJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0345.190
2570661603,2200669wu◦tawngpeacockJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
319731603,2200676ʔù-tōŋpeacockJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Matisoff 74 TJLBJAM-TJLB1870
2696912200,m1402dāng◦anpheasantnTibetan (Sherpa)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Hale 73 CSDAH-CSDPN03a.0080
7112022001578mdoŋseye in peacock's featherTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Benedict 72 STCSTC3410
2329342200,m,m1567mdóŋs-mtɑ-c̀ɑnturkey-henTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Jäschke 1881HAJ-TED0
2696862200,m1520Tohng nākāpheasantnThakali232.1.4Tamangish1Hale 73 CSDAH-CSDPN03a.0080
681182200,m1531ʈohŋ nakapheasantThakali (Tukche)232.1.4Tamangish1Hari 71a ThVoSIL-Thak3.A.80
3629733442,22001825noʔ³¹joŋ⁵⁵peacocknAchang (Xiandao)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0345.290
36297122001823dɑ̃u⁵⁵peacocknBurmese (Rangoon)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0345.270
2570642200392doṅ:peacockBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
4385022200406doŋpeacock ( = u'-dôŋ )Burmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 76 WBurPKB-WBRD0
36297022001822dɔŋ³peacocknBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0345.260
438254m,2200406mâŋ-dôŋpheasant ( cf. u'-dôŋ )Burmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 76 WBurPKB-WBRD0
711221603,2200409ú-daùŋpeacockBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 72 STCSTC3410
319741603,2200401ʔu'-dôŋpeacockBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Matisoff 74 TJLBJAM-TJLB1870
2341331603,2200653ú◦tɔ̀ŋpeacockHpun (Northern)446.1.1Burmish1Henderson 86 HpunEJAH-Hpun0
3629771603,22001830wo³³tɔ̱ŋ³³peacocknLeqi (Luxi)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0345.330
4532061603,22001965ǔ◦dɔ́ŋpeacockMarma446.1.1Burmish1Huziwara 08 SakHK-Sak305-7a0
3629741603,22001827ŭ⁵⁵to̱ŋ⁵⁵peacocknAtsi [Zaiwa]446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0345.300
435483bTai,22001120noʔ⁴juŋ²peacockMpi486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Srinuan 76SD-MPD0
3093631603,22001235wâ tɔ̄ŋpeacockPa-O507Karenic1Solnit 89 PaODBS-PaO0

Chinese comparandum

孔 OC *k’ung, GSR #1174a-b ‘peacock’; Schuessler 2007:335 *khôŋʔ; B & S 2011: *kʰˁoŋʔ {[k]ʰˁoŋʔ}; Mand. kǒng.