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#3556 PTB *ŋ-wa TRAP

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

The Tamangic group has forms with initial ŋ‑, while other languages reflect a simple *w‑, leading to the hypothesis that ŋ has there been treated as a prefix and dropped. In any case, ŋ and w are extremely close phonetically, which might have encouraged the loss of the first element in a ŋw sequence.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
51607035562012watrap*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6180
72835561070otrapMilang741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Tayeng 76 MilAT-MPB0
483123556171ᴮʰŋwa / ᴮʰŋwãtrap/bird-trap*TGTM232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 78 TamMM-K78340
1758913556172ᴮʰŋwatrap/bird-trapn*TGTM232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 94 TheseMM-Thesis2300
2712753556,m596ngoqr syā:qbācatch (trap)vGurung232.1.4Tamangish1Hale 73 CSDAH-CSDPN03b.300
480303556603²ŋõbird-trapGurung (Ghachok)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 78 TamMM-K78340
1758903556600²ŋotrapnGurung (Ghachok)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 94 TheseMM-Thesis2300
659113556,m604ŋoqr syaːqbacatch / trapv.Gurung (Ghachok)232.1.4Tamangish1Glover 72 GuVoSIL-Gur3.B.300
4803135561001²ŋobird-trapManang (Ngawal)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 78 TamMM-K78340
17588735561456watrapnTamang (Risiangku)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 94 TheseMM-Thesis2300
4802535561454²wabird-trapTamang (Risiangku)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 78 TamMM-K78340
12351435561464'watrap (animals)Tamang (Sahu)232.1.4Tamangish1Taylor 72 TmVoSIL-Sahu8.250
12351535561464'watrap (birds)Tamang (Sahu)232.1.4Tamangish1Taylor 72 TmVoSIL-Sahu8.260
12351635561464'watrap (fish)Tamang (Sahu)232.1.4Tamangish1Taylor 72 TmVoSIL-Sahu8.270
4802635561461²wabird-trapTamang (Sahu)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 78 TamMM-K78340
17588835561462²watrapTamang (Sahu)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 94 TheseMM-Thesis2300
4802835561523²ŋõbird-trapThakali (Marpha)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 78 TamMM-K78340
4802935561525ᴴŋobird-trapThakali (Syang)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 78 TamMM-K78340
4802735561529ᴴŋobird-trapThakali (Tukche)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 78 TamMM-K78340
17588935561530ᴴŋobird trapThakali (Tukche)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 94 TheseMM-Thesis2300
617993556,m822wo◦motrap, sling [? noose]Kulung762.3.2Southern Kiranti1Rai 75 KulRPHH-Kul0
53346235562011wa³TRAPn*Lolo-Burmese426.1Lolo-Burmese1Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB1630
113663556152wa³trap*Loloish456.1.2Loloish1Bradley 79 PLoDB-PLolo390A0
3778143556,m1842vɔ³³tshɛ³¹snare / trapnJinuo476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0638.440
5334633556831vatrapnLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 88 DLJAM-DL1317-13180
2865953556,m943wa³-htu⁴trap (for game)Lisu (Central)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Fraser 22JF-HLL0
2813373556946wa³³trapNLisu (Northern)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Bradley 94 LisuDB-Lisu0
2813403556,m946wa³³thu³³place a trap; install a catching loop; install a netLisu (Northern)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Bradley 94 LisuDB-Lisu0
2813393556,m946wa³³tɕhe²¹toilet (lit. 'feces trap')Lisu (Northern)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Bradley 94 LisuDB-Lisu0
2747003442,3556,m,m946ɲa³⁵wa³³ thi²¹ ɣɔʔ²¹set of bird-knots (trap to catch birds)ALisu (Northern)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Bradley 94 LisuDB-Lisu0
2810063442,3556,m,m,m946ɲa³⁵wa³³tsɤ³⁵ thi²¹ ɣɔʔ²¹trap used in catching birdsnLisu (Northern)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Bradley 94 LisuDB-Lisu0
43683435561120hɑ²trapMpi486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Srinuan 76SD-MPD0