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#455 PTB *s-na CROSSBOW

This is a Southeast Asian areal word, probably of Mon-Khmer origin.

A native Tibeto-Burman root in this area is #2411 PTB *d/s‑ləy BOW (weapon) / SLINGSHOT.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
5155074552012s-|nacrossbow*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6030
304936p,4551754thə◦nacrossbowAnong (Rawang)384Nungic1Benedict 72 STCSTC187n4870
19569p,4551210thə◦nɑcrossbowAnong (Rawang)384Nungic1Chou 72ACST94z0
377686p,4551817thɑ³¹nɑ⁵⁵bow (for arrow)nNung384Nungic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0636.210
201783p,455269thɑ³¹nɑ⁵⁵bow (weapon)Anong384Nungic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC427.440
201784p,455537tɑ⁵⁵nɑ⁵⁵bow (weapon)Trung [Dulong]384Nungic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC427.460
299246p,455540tɑ³¹nɑ⁵⁵bow (weapon)Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)384Nungic1Sun H 82 DulJZ-Dulong0
518381455,m2016nɑ̠²³tɑ̠²³bowPhola756.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1Pelkey 11 PhulaJP-CPL5670
5219744552019no³³bowHlepho Phowa756.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1Pelkey 11 PhulaJP-CPL5670
516719m,4551999tɑ˧nɑ˧crossbowLaze (Xiangjiao)436.2Naxi1Michaud 06 NaLazeAM-NaLaze113420
304937m,4551111tă◦nacrossbowMoso436.2Naxi1Benedict 72 STCSTC187n4870
19570m,4551108tɑ̌◦nɑcrossbowMoso436.2Naxi1Chou 72ACST94z0
514064m,4551998tɑ˧nɑ˩crossbowNa (Yongning)436.2Naxi1Michaud 06 NaLazeAM-NaLaze10
20208455,455480no/nuocrossbowChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Chou 72ACST94z0
195684551623crossbowVietnamese57X.1Non-TB0Chou 72ACST94z0

Chinese comparandum

弩 OC *no, GSR #94z ‘crossbow’; B & S 2011: *C.nˁaʔ ; Mand. nǔ. ***Add note re MK borrowing.