2.0 Animals and Animal Verbs > 2.1 Animals of the Chinese Zodiac > 2.1.8 Ovine and Hircine

#6029 PTB *d-ŋwa GOAT

This weakly attested root has been discussed in the context of Angami Naga’s labio-dental initials. See JAM 1980 “Stars, moon, and spirits”, Weidert 1981 “Reply to JAM (LTBA 6.1:1-38)”, and JAM 1982 “Proto-languages and proto-Sprachgefühl” (LTBA 6.2:1-64).

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
51561660292012d-ŋwa|goat*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6060
2563606029252thenügoatAngami (Khonoma)651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2563616029254themvügoatAngami (Kohima)651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2563656029486tunyügoatChokri651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0