4.0 Kinship Terms, Ethnonyms, Social Roles > 4.7 Kinship Terms > 4.7.1 Previous generation

#2293 PTB *kaŋ FATHER / GRANDFATHER / HONORIFIC (provisional)

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51515622932012kaŋfather / grandfather*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB5950
1460372293174kɑŋ=k[ɑ,ɑː]ŋfather / grandfather (vocative) (honorific)*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Chou 72ACST1173a-f0
304958p,22931765a-kaŋgrandfatherTrung [Dulong]384Nungic1Benedict 72 STCSTC190n4880
146039p,22931602ɑ-kɑŋfather / grandfather (vocative) (honorific)Trung [Dulong]384Nungic1Chou 72ACST1173a-f0
196174p,2293537ɑ³¹kɑŋ⁵³grandfatherTrung [Dulong]384Nungic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC317.460
299125p,2293540ɑ³¹khɑŋ⁵³grandfatherTrung [Dulong] (Nujiang)384Nungic1Sun H 82 DulJZ-Dulong0
299139p,2293540ɑ³¹khɑŋ⁵³maternal grandfatherTrung [Dulong] (Nujiang)384Nungic1Sun H 82 DulJZ-Dulong0
3049632293,m409khaŋ-bhyasir, madamBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 72 STCSTC190n488 1
3040842293,198409khaŋ-pwànspouseBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 72 STCSTC100n2840
3049622293,198409khaŋ-pwànspouseBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 72 STCSTC190n4880
201272293,m388khɑŋ-bhyɑsir / madamBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Chou 72ACST1173a-f0
201262293,198388khɑŋ-pwɑ̀nspouseBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Chou 72ACST1173a-f0
304961m,2293409mí-khaŋmotherBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 72 STCSTC190n4880
20125m,2293388mi-khɑŋmotherBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Chou 72ACST1173a-f0
304960m,2293409phá-khaŋfatherBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 72 STCSTC190n4880
20124m,2293388phɑ́-khɑŋfatherBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Chou 72ACST1173a-f0
1697082293,2293481kung/kungfather, princeChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Karlgren 57 GSRGSR1173a-f0
1460692293469kuŋfather / grandfather (vocative) (honorific)Chinese (Old)539.0.1Old Chinese0Chou 72ACST1173a-f0
17020422931007kungfather, princeChinese (Mandarin)559.0.3Modern Chinese0Karlgren 57 GSRGSR1173a-f0

Chinese comparandum

公 OC *kung, GSR #1173a-f; B & S 2011: *C.qˁoŋ; Mand. gōng.
翁 OC (*ʔung), GSR (not in #1173) ‘old man’; Schuessler 2007:515 *ʔôŋ; B & S 2011: (*qˁoŋ); Mand. wēng.


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The second syllable of this WB form has a variant bhyâ.