6.0 Verbs of Motion, of Manipulation, and of Production > 6.21 Acquisitions

#6172 PTB *ŋas GET / RECEIVE / FIND

Reconstructed mesoroots below:
rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
51560361722012ŋaspossess / keep*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6060
50088761721920ŋaʔGET / ATTAIN / POSSESS*Chin81.2Kuki-Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC8560
44579761721930ngahattain, getPaite681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC8560
44579861721927ngāreceive, getSizang681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC8560
44579661721926ŋàareceive, getThado681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC8560
31478061721778nga?³receive; getvTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Bhaskararao 96 CDBPB-CLDB12700
44579561721925ngaʔ³receive, getTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC8560
17082261721597ŋaʔ³receive, getTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Bhaskararao 94 TCVPB-TCV0
44579961721929ngaaget, receiveKhumi691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC8560
44579261721947ŋaʔ-INVget, attainLai (Hakha)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC8560
44579361721923ŋàʔ-INVget, attainLai (Falam)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC8560
44579461721924ngàhpossess much, to have muchvLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC8560
50583561721991-ŋùseev.Ao (Chungli)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Temsunungsang 09 AoTT-APPA40
619585p,61722245a³-ŋu¹seev.Ao (Chungli)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Bruhn 14 SuppCNDWB-CNSD0
241952p,6172270a◦ngugetvAo (Chungli)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
248636p,6172270a◦nguseeAo (Chungli)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
241267p,6172270a◦ngufindvAo (Chungli)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
617944p,6172275³a¹ŋufind/get/seev.Ao (Chungli)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT414a0
24762061721364ngureceiveSangtam631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
24866861721364nguseeSangtam631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
24128961721364ngufindvSangtam631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2419666172,m1364ngu◦chigetvSangtam631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
24197261721640ngügetvYacham-Tengsa631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
241292p,61721672a◦ngüfindvYimchungrü631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
24762461721672ngüreceiveYimchungrü631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
24867761721672ngüseeYimchungrü631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2419506172,m252ngu◦legetvAngami (Khonoma)651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2475976172,m252ngu◦lereceiveAngami (Khonoma)651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2486356172254nguseeAngami (Kohima)651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2419516172,m254ngu◦liegetvAngami (Kohima)651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2475996172,m254ngu◦liereceiveAngami (Kohima)651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2419556172,m486ngo◦yigetvChokri651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2486446172750nguseeKhezha651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2325626172796ŋo̵see / lookv.Khezha651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Yabu 94 KhöSY-KhozhaQ3.4.90
2486456172790nguseeKhoirao641.3.3Zeme Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2486486172906ngouseeLiangmei641.3.3Zeme Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
24762561721694ngaureceiveZeme641.3.3Zeme Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
24867861721694ngauseeZeme641.3.3Zeme Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
24865761721137ngauseeMzieme641.3.3Zeme Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2476116172,m1137ngau◦lureceiveMzieme641.3.3Zeme Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
5335316172,m425ngas-upossess, keepChamling762.3.2Southern Kiranti1Winter 85WW-Cham0
4807961381,61721977hluŋ ŋas-crave forvr.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
48079561721977ŋas-entrapped, caught with net or gumva.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
627516172,m449ŋas-sacatch / trapChepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 72 CVocSIL-Chep3.B.300
41483361721845ŋa³²³get / gainv.Gazhuo466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1398.470
4088296172,m1845ŋa³²³oa³³get / acquirev.Gazhuo466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1263.470

Chinese comparandum

禦 OC *ngi̯o, GSR #60p ‘withstand, refractory, a match, opponent, stop, hinder, prevent’; Schuessler 2007:590 *ŋah; B & S 2011 *m‑qʰaʔ {m‑qʰ(r)aʔ}; Mand. .

The above comparandum 禦 belongs to a set of semantically related lexemes (shown in Schuessler 2007:590) which apparently comprise a large and complex word family in Chinese. In particular, note that Schuessler (ibid.) offers two entries 16 禦 and 17 禦, each of these entries with a separate range of glosses, related lexemes, and allofams.

For the sake of simplicity here, we referring to only a portion of the entry for 16 禦, in which Schuessler (ibid.) relates 禦 OC *ŋah to Written Tibetan mŋa ‘might, dominion’, mŋa'‑ba ‘having, owning, to be’. Schuessler adds that ”...the fundamental ST [Sino-Tibetan] meaning might have been ‘be in control’”.

For an extensive treatment (not offered here) regarding the large word family of which 禦 is a member, Schuessler (ibid.) should be consulted.