STEDT Etymon #5584
5.0 Culture, Artifacts, Religion > 5.10 Items of Culture
#5584 PTB *niŋ WAY / METHOD / CUSTOM |
This WB / Lai comparison is due to Kenneth VanBik. The WB form is called a loanword from Pali , both from Judson (1893 / 1966) and in the Myanmar-English Dictionary:235, but this seems unlikely in view of the Lai cognate. See HPTB:281.
| rn | analysis | lgid | reflex | gloss | gfn | language | grpid | grpno | grp | genetic | citation | srcabbr | srcid | rn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 515556 | 5584 | 2012 | niŋ | way / method / custom | *Tibeto-Burman | 2 | 0.1 | Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions) | 0 | Matisoff 03 HPTB | JAM-HPTB | 604 | 0 | |
| 536398 | 5584 | 2079 | niŋ | way / method / custom | Lai (Hakha) | 70 | 1.2.2 | Central Chin | 1 | Matisoff 03 HPTB | JAM-HPTB | 281 | 0 | |
| 438769 | 5584 | 406 | nâñ | rule, custom ( < Pali ) | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Benedict 76 WBur | PKB-WBRD | 0 | ||
| 206804 | 5584 | 411 | nɑȵ³ | means / method | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Sun H 91 ZMYY | ZMYYC | 526.39 | 0 |