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#3577 PTB *s-ŋʷ(y)a-t STAR / MOON

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

For detailed discussion of this etymology, see Matisoff 1980 (“Stars, Moon, and Spirits”).

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
303563577165s-|ŋwatstar / moon*Sino-Tibetan10Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 85 GSTCJAM-GSTC0350
50623235771990s-|ŋywatstar (-moon)*Sino-Tibetan10Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)0LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB189 1
5062313577181s-|ŋywatstar (-moon)*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB189 2
51561935772012s-|ŋʷ(y)a-|tstar / moon*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6060
604143577263thèmvəstar(-moon)Angami Naga651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB1890
292323577259thèmvə̌starAngami Naga651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Matisoff 85 GSTCJAM-GSTC0350
2599173577252themüstarnAngami (Khonoma)651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2599183577254themvüstarnAngami (Kohima)651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2599223577486thümvüstarnChokri651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
259928p,35771017o◦vustarnMao651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
30663735771470wostarTangkhul661.3.4Tangkhulic1Bhat 69 TNVBhat-TNV970
599383577,m996gya(-hot)moonMagar282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB1450
30733577,m991gya◦hotmoonMagar282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT1590
2691933577,m990gyo◦hotmoonMagar282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Hale 73 CSDAH-CSDPN01.0730
266338m,3577990mi-gyāspiritnMagar282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Hale 73 CSDAH-CSDPN10a.540
1459163577148mwatstar (-moon)*Lolo-Burmese426.1Lolo-Burmese1LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB189 3
51548735772011mwatᴸstar / moon*Lolo-Burmese426.1Lolo-Burmese1Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6030
604153577,3574843mə̀ʔ(-kə)star(-moon)Lahu476.1.2.2Central Loloish1LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB1890
3452393577,35741841mɤ²¹kɤ³³starnLahu (Lancang)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0005.430
1801793577,3574851mə²¹kə³³starLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC4.330
292293577,3574833mə̀ʔ(-kə)starLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 85 GSTCJAM-GSTC0350
302363577,3574833mə̀ʔ-kəstarLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 85 GSTCJAM-GSTC1630
324233577,3574838mə̀ʔ-kəstarLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 74 TJLBJAM-TJLB490
3019133577,3574,1019856mv̩³kɤ¹ɕi⁵starLahu (Yellow)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Chang 86JZ-Lahu0
61282035772207moon, monthChinese (Hanzi)529Sinitic1BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201136680
6152253577,m2218月◦亮moonChinese (Hanzi)529Sinitic1Nagano 2013 rGyDBYN-RGLD12980
607158357722110306amoon, monthChinese (GSR #)529Sinitic1BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201136680
3285243577,3577481ngi̯wɑ̆t/ngi̯wɒtmoon;monthChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Karlgren 57 GSRGSR306a-f0
604173577482sŋywatmoonChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB1890
292303577474ngi̯watmoonChinese (Old)539.0.1Old Chinese0Matisoff 85 GSTCJAM-GSTC0350
2952883577471ngʷjatmoon / monthChinese (Old)539.0.1Old Chinese0Baxter 92WHB-OC9700
6030843577,35772210ŋʷat {[ŋ]ʷat}moon, monthChinese (Old)539.0.1Old Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201136680
2923135772118ngi̯wɒtmoonChinese (Middle)549.0.2Middle Chinese0Matisoff 85 GSTCJAM-GSTC0350
59901035772209ngjwotmoon, monthChinese (Middle)549.0.2Middle Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201136680
59493635772208yuèmoon, monthChinese (Mandarin)559.0.3Modern Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201136680
372313577,m1011yueh◦liahngmoonChinese (Mandarin)559.0.3Modern Chinese0Sun J 85 ChGlJS-Ch6050
368203577,m1011yueh◦shyreclipse of the moonChinese (Mandarin)559.0.3Modern Chinese0Sun J 85 ChGlJS-Ch2150
1424983577,m1010yuè◦liàngmoonChinese (Mandarin)559.0.3Modern Chinese0Evans 91ELS-CLL0

Chinese comparandum

月 OC *ngi̯wɑ̆t, GSR #306a-f; B & S 2011: *ŋʷat {[ŋ]ʷat}; Mand. yuè.


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[Source note] [G&C 35].
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[Source note] [G&C 35].
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[Source note] [G&C 35].