2.0 Animals and Animal Verbs > 2.1 Animals of the Chinese Zodiac > 2.1.10 Fowl (i.e. Domestic Birds)

#2527 PTB *ŋa-n GOOSE (provisional)

STC (e.g., pp. 99, 158) considers the final ‑n in this root to originally have been a “collective suffix,” since wild geese tend to fly in large flocks.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
769882527168ngr+|angoose*Sino-Tibetan10Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)0Coblin 86WSC-SH870
51559325272012ŋa-|ngoose*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6050
44820525271953ŋáduckDaai691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1So-Hartmann 88 ChinHSH-SCL550
25616525271019ngaunduckMaring111.3“Naga” Areal Group0Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
3165262527961háŋə̀gooseLotha Naga631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Acharya 75ACH19750
2561792527,m1041nga◦nuduckMeithei131.4Meithei1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
5421632527,m2108ŋaŋ◦ba:duckn.Byangsi202.1.1Western Himalayish0Sharma 2003SRS-TBLUP6450
1870752527,m1550ŋaŋ wagooseTibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC139.40
1870512527,m1585ŋaŋ wagooseTibetan (Amdo:Zeku)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC139.50
361152527,m1584ŋaŋ-wægooseTibetan (Amdo:Zeku)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun J 85 AmdoJS-Amdo3170
3606265718,2527,s1804ja tse|◦(ŋaŋ pa)ducknTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0300.010
378992527,s1575ngang.pagooseTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun J 85 TbGlJS-Tib3170
3623712527,m1804ŋaŋ pagoose (wild)nTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0334.010
1873042527,m1582ŋaŋ pawild gooseTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC144.10
3040662527,m,m1578ŋaŋ(-pa,-ma)goose (wild-)Tibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Benedict 72 STCSTC99n2840
1963725271561ŋɑŋgoose (wild)Tibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Chou 72ACST186a0
2328372527,s1567ŋɑ́ŋ-mɑgooseTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Jäschke 1881HAJ-TED0
5071852527,m1996ŋa³⁵ ʁòwild goose {b?}Qiang (Longxi)343.2Qiangic1Evans 99 QiangJPE-SQiang4120
5071862527,m1997ŋæ³⁵ uòwild goose {b?}Qiang (Mianchi)343.2Qiangic1Evans 99 QiangJPE-SQiang4120
1873082527,m1323ŋan¹³ʁo³¹wild gooseQiang (Taoping)343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC144.90
36239025271816ŋu⁵³goose (wild)nDulong384Nungic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0334.200
28856125271616ŋo²¹gooseTujia (Northern)415Tujia1Tian 86JZ-Tujia0
28950225271617ŋo²¹gooseTujia (Southern)415Tujia1Tian 86JZ-Tujia0
36072625271847ŋo²¹goosenTujia415Tujia1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0301.490
18709225271615ŋo²¹gooseTujia415Tujia1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC139.380
2869055713,2527207pəi⁵¹ŋɔŋ⁵¹gooseAchang (Luxi)446.1.1Burmish1Dai 85 AcJZJZ-Achang0
362397m,25271823tɔ⁵⁵ŋɑ̃⁵⁵goose (wild)nBurmese (Rangoon)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0334.270
3607042527,57131823ŋɑ̃⁵⁵bɛ⁵⁵goosenBurmese (Rangoon)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0301.270
187348m,25271428tɔ⁵⁵ŋɑ̃⁵⁵wild gooseBurmese (Spoken Rangoon)446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC144.400
1870932527,57131428ŋɑ̃⁵⁵bɛ⁵⁵gooseBurmese (Spoken Rangoon)446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC139.400
762682527410ngàngooseBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Coblin 86WSC-SH870
362396m,25271822tɔ³ŋan³goose (wild)nBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0334.260
187322m,2527411tɔ³ŋɑn³wild gooseBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC144.390
318422527401ŋângooseBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Matisoff 74 TJLBJAM-TJLB2280
4389312527406ŋângooseBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 76 WBurPKB-WBRD0
3040652527409ŋàngooseBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 72 STCSTC99n2840
3607032527,57131822ŋɑn³bhɑi³goosenBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0301.260
1870672527,5713411ŋɑn³bhɑi³gooseBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC139.390
196362527388ŋɑ̀ngoose (wild)Burmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Chou 72ACST186a0
2338792527653hángooseHpun (Northern)446.1.1Burmish1Henderson 86 HpunEJAH-Hpun0
292191p,2527879á-nýgooseLalo466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Björverud 94SB-Lalo0
18708425271658ŋɔ²¹gooseYi (Dafang)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC139.220
46059225271962go²¹wild gooseYi (Liangshan)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Ma 08 YiSIL-Nuosuindex0
46063825271962gu²¹goose, wildYi (Liangshan)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Ma 08 YiSIL-Nuosuindex0
4606472527,m1962gu²¹ʂɿ³³goose, swanYi (Liangshan)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Ma 08 YiSIL-Nuosuindex0
3020475450,2527856a¹ŋa¹gooseLahu (Yellow)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Chang 86JZ-Lahu0
187063m,2527510o³¹ŋø⁵⁵gooseHani (Dazhai)486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC139.310
362411m,25271839dze⁵⁵ŋø⁵⁵goose (wild)nHani (Lüchun)486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0334.410
360718m,25271839o³¹ŋø⁵⁵goosenHani (Lüchun)486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0301.410
187088m,2527418a⁵¹ŋa⁵⁵gooseHani (Caiyuan)486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC139.300
187089m,25271416ɔ³¹ŋɔ⁵⁵gooseHani (Shuikui)486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC139.320
187344m,m,25271416ɣu³¹ɔ³¹ŋɔ⁵⁵wild gooseHani (Shuikui)486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC144.320
362412m,m,25271840u³¹ɔ³¹ŋɔ⁵⁵goose (wild)nHani (Mojiang)486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0334.420
360719m,25271840ɔ³¹ŋɔ⁵⁵goosenHani (Mojiang)486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0301.420
522705m,25272020ʑɛ³³ŋɔ²¹gooseAzha756.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1Pelkey 11 PhulaJP-CPL1120
520304m,25272018ʑɛ³³ŋa²¹gooseSouthern Muji756.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1Pelkey 11 PhulaJP-CPL1120
5179242527,m2016ŋɔ³³mɔ̠²³goosePhola756.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1Pelkey 11 PhulaJP-CPL1120
532922m,25272062ja³¹ ŋa³³goosePhu Kha756.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1Fried 00 PhuKhaRF-PK0
3284752527,2527481ngɑn/ngɑn-goose (wild)Chinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Karlgren 57 GSRGSR186a-b0
3283302527,2527481ngɑ̂/ngɑ̂gooseChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Karlgren 57 GSRGSR2p0
202442527480ŋɑngoose (wild)Chinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Chou 72ACST186a0
201652527480ŋɑ̂goose (domestic)Chinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Chou 72ACST2p0
769892527478ngranhgooseChinese (Old)539.0.1Old Chinese0Coblin 86WSC-SH870
2951992527471ngransgoose (wild)Chinese (Old)539.0.1Old Chinese0Baxter 92WHB-OC8770
769902527468ngan-wild gooseChinese (Middle)549.0.2Middle Chinese0Coblin 86WSC-SH870
3692625271011eelgooseChinese (Mandarin)559.0.3Modern Chinese0Sun J 85 ChGlJS-Ch3170

Chinese comparandum

鵞~鵝 OC *ngɑ̂, GSR #2p ‘goose (wild)’; Schuessler 2007:222 *ŋâi; B & S 2011: *ŋˁar {ŋˁa[r]}; Mand. é.
雁 OC *ngɑn, GSR #186a-b ‘goose (wild)’; Coblin 86:87 ST *ngran > OC *ngranh; B & S 2011: *C.ŋˁrar‑s {*C.[ŋ]ˁrar‑s}; Mand. yàn.