9.0 Shape, Size, Color, Measure, Number, Time, Space > 9.10 Locations > 9.10.3 Governable units (towns, parts of towns)

#5776 PTB *grwaŋ VILLAGE / CROSSROADS (provisional)

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

This root bears some resemblance to #2773 PTB *r/g‑wa VILLAGE, although the velar element in the latter is prefixal, not part of an initial cluster.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
776465776168grongvillage / street*Sino-Tibetan10Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)0Coblin 86WSC-SH1560
1459145776181grwa-ŋvillage*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB173 1
2521105776429sangvillageChang851.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2521145776807jingvillageKonyak851.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
25212657761281chingvillagePhom851.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
48838357761978čɯŋ³³villagePhom851.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1Burling 98 PhomBP-PPWL0
25212757761281jüngvillagePhom851.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
25215257761564groṅvillageTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
6024457761577groŋvillageTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB1730
19842257761582groŋvillageTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC362.10
3483645776,m1804groŋ tshovillagenTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0066.010
55231457762132groŋvillagerGyalrong (Ganzi Danba Dandong)783.3.1rGyalrong1Nagano 2013 rGyDBYN-RGLD07860
348383m,57761816cim⁵³kɹɔŋ⁵⁵villagenDulong384Nungic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0066.200
1984695776537kɹɔŋ⁵⁵villageTrung [Dulong]384Nungic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC362.460
602395776539krɔɔŋ⁵⁵villageTrung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)384Nungic1LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB1730
602405776541khrɔɔŋ⁵³villageTrung [Dulong] (Nujiang)384Nungic1LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB1730
2991765776540khɹɔŋ⁵³villageTrung [Dulong] (Nujiang)384Nungic1Sun H 82 DulJZ-Dulong0
113475776152koŋ³village*Loloish456.1.2Loloish1Bradley 79 PLoDB-PLolo355B0
602455776,m345khɔ́ŋ-bavillageBisu486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB1730
45863557761961khɔŋ31villagePyen486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Shintani 09 PyenST-PL0810270
61225257762207lane, streetChinese (Hanzi)529Sinitic1BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201131000
6221075776,5776481gʼŭng/ɣɑ̊ng-lane, streetn.Chinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Karlgren 57 GSRGSR1182s0
602516p,5776,s2210C.gˤroŋ-slane, streetChinese (Old)539.0.1Old Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201131000
59436857762208xiànglane, streetChinese (Mandarin)559.0.3Modern Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201131000

Chinese comparandum

巷 OC *gʼŭng, GSR #1182s ‘lane, street’; Coblin 1986:156 ST *grong > OC *grungh; B & S 2011: *C.ɡˁroŋ‑s; Mand. gǎng.

The comparison with Chinese 巷 in the sense ‘village/street’ is due to Coblin 1986:156.


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[Source note] [Matisoff 1972b, set 28]