5.0 Culture, Artifacts, Religion > 5.11 Artifacts (unclassified as yet) > 5.11.11 Construction

#6073 PTB *duːŋ POST / COLUMN (provisional)

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

We suggest that #5919 PTB *s‑duŋ TREE / TRUNK / LOG / BEAM, #5779 PTB *tum*dum LOG / HUNK OF WOOD / SECTION OF SOMETHING LONG, #6073 PTB *duːŋ POST / COLUMN, #7425 PKar *thuNᴮ POLE be merged as a single etymon at the Proto-Tibeto-Burman level.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
51486660732012duːŋpost / column*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB5870
50022360731920tuŋ-I, tun-IIERECT / POST / VERTICAL*Chin81.2Kuki-Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC1920
44245060731927tūng hīerect (a post)Sizang681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC1920
44244860731926túŋ-I, tùn-IIerectThado681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC1920
44244760731925tung² > tun³put a thing uprightTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC1920
44244960731928tunghouse-post, any post erected in the groundCho (Mindat)691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC1920
44244560731947tûŋ-I, tǔn-IIerect, post, stand up (a post)Lai (Hakha)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC1920
44244660731924túng-I, tùn-IIerect (as ears, etc), to be verticalbe v.Lushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC1920
44244460731921ó-tô¹house-postLakher [Mara]711.2.3Maraic1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC1920
61937760732229tuŋSTEM, TRUNK / POST / TREE*Central Naga631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Bruhn 14 PCNDWB-PCNIII.2180
618807p,60732228t-tuŋSTEM, TRUNK*Ao631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Bruhn 14 PCNDWB-PCNII.0340
2497065400,6073270pang◦tongspindle (cotton)Ao (Chungli)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2516522658,6073270süng◦dongtreeAo (Chungli)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
6199702658,60732245səŋ¹tuŋ²treen.Ao (Chungli)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Bruhn 14 SuppCNDWB-CNSD0
2469086073,m270tong◦nüpost (of house)Ao (Chungli)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2595376073,m,m270tung◦nu◦senrainbowAo (Chungli)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL 1
620085p,60732226tə²-tuŋ²stem, trunkn.Ao (Chungli)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Bruhn 14 PCNDWB-PCNII.0340
66362658,6073275¹sɯŋ²tuŋtreeAo (Chungli)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT8260
246909p,6073273a◦tongpost (of house)Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2427552491,6073273net◦tongheddleAo (Mongsen: Longchang)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
243913m,6073273pang◦tongladderAo (Mongsen: Longchang)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2516542658,6073273sung◦tungtreeAo (Mongsen: Longchang)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2469106073,s273tong◦lapost (of house)Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2403506073,m273tong◦tendrumAo (Mongsen: Longchang)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
237119m,6073273tsübang◦tongbeamnAo (Mongsen: Longchang)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
450423p,p,60731963(NZP-) mə◦tuŋerect, uprightbe v.Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Coupe 07 AoARC-GMA0
4511761612,60731963im-tuŋroad (main) ('village' + 'stem/trunk')n.Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Coupe 07 AoARC-GMA0
4514022658,60731963sə̀ŋ◦tuŋtree ('wood' + 'stem, trunk')n.Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Coupe 07 AoARC-GMA0
4509576073,m1963tuŋ-tə̀nlog drum ('trunk' + 'sing')n.Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Coupe 07 AoARC-GMA 2
451301p,60731963[tə]-tuŋstem, trunkn.Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Coupe 07 AoARC-GMA0
620442p,60732231o¹-toŋ¹treen.Lotha Naga631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Bruhn 14 PCNDWB-PCNIII.2180
246759m,2361,6073963me◦khuku◦tongpipe (tobacco)Lotha Naga631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
251662p,6073963o◦tongtreeLotha Naga631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
617622p,60732220o◦tungtreeLotha Naga631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Murry 78LLC-ALV1270
316573p,6073961ó◦t̯ùŋtreeLotha Naga631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Acharya 75ACH19750
6633p,6073962¹o¹duŋtreeLotha Naga631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT8260
2516772658,60731364sing◦dongtreeSangtam631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
24691860731364tongpost (of house)Sangtam631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
66342658,60731363²siŋ¹duŋtreeSangtam631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT8260
2516842658,60731640sang◦tungtreeYacham-Tengsa631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2516852658,60731672sang◦tungtreeYimchungrü631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
66352658,60731671¹saŋ◦²duŋ [²]treeYimchungrü631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT8260
246916m,60731196a◦zung◦tungpost (of house)Ntenyi651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2516722658,60731196chang◦tongtreeNtenyi651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
246917m,60731335ke◦tungpost (of house)Rengma651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2038992658,60731034sa̱k⁵⁵thauŋ³⁵woodMaru [Langsu]446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC469.430

Chinese comparandum

柱 OC *d’i̯u, GSR #129h ‘pillar’; Schuessler 2007:628 *droʔ; B & S 2011: *m‑t‹r›oʔ; Mand. zhù.
拄 OC *ti̯u, GSR #129e ‘prop up, support’; Schuessler 2007:628 *troʔ; B & S 2011: *t‹r›oʔ; Mand. zhǔ.

Regarding OC ‑*ʔ vs. TB ‑*ŋ in the above etyma, cf. discussion in Schuessler 2007:32-33.


^ 1.
POST (of house) + COLOR
^ 2.
Ao drums are made from large, hollowed-out tree trunks (cf. Mills 1926).