STEDT Etymon #675
1.0 The Body > 1.9 Reproductive System > 1.9.6 Womb
#675 PTB *m/l-ŋal WOMB / PLACENTA |
This etymon is well-represented in Himalayish (with the *m‑ prefix in WT) and in Qiangic (with a lateral prefix in Ergong and rGyalrong). The root-initial *ŋ‑ has become n‑ in several languages.
The first syllables of Meithei naw phəm ‘placenta’ and Tangkhul nao‑pam ‘womb’ are apparently not cognate, since *‑al > Meithei ‑al or ‑an (cf. *m‑kal ⪤ *s‑gal SMALL OF BACK > Meithei nam‑gal ~ nam‑gan) and > Tangkhul ‑ay (cf. *baːl FILTH / EXCREMENT > Tangkhul páy). S. Imoba 2004 (Manipuri to English Dictionary, p. 202) records ‑naw ‘small, little’, naw‑wà ‘baby’, nawsum ‘cradle’, and nawpu‑bə ‘gestation, pregnancy’.
| rn | analysis | lgid | reflex | gloss | gfn | language | grpid | grpno | grp | genetic | citation | srcabbr | srcid | rn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128331 | 675 | 378 | ŋal | womb | Bunan | 20 | 2.1.1 | Western Himalayish | 0 | Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu | SBN-BunQ | 10.4.8 | 0 | |
| 116417 | 675 | 1568 | mṅal | womb | Tibetan (Written) | 24 | 2.1.2.1 | Tibetan | 1 | Matisoff 87 BP | JAM-Ety | 0 | ||
| 116400 | m,675 | 913 | siŋ◦nā | womb | Limbu | 31 | 2.3.1 | Eastern Kiranti | 1 | Matisoff 87 BP | JAM-Ety | 0 | ||
| 50267 | 675,m | 1545 | ŋe◦le | womb | Thulung | 30 | 2.3.4 | Western Kiranti | 1 | Allen 75 | NJA-Thulung | 0 | ||
| 128122 | 1012,675 | 452 | so◦nalʔ | womb | Chepang (Eastern) | 28 | 2.4 | Kham-Magar-Chepang | 1 | Caughley 90 CheQ | RC-ChepQ | 10.4.8 | 0 | |
| 128667 | 675,m | 560 | lŋa⁵³ jo¹³ | womb | Ergong (Northern) | 35 | 3.3 | rGyalrongic | 1 | Sun H 91 ErNQ | SHK-ErgNQ | 10.4.8 | 0 | |
| 128668 | 675,1613 | 560 | lŋa⁵³ ɕip⁵³ | amniotic sac / bag of waters | Ergong (Northern) | 35 | 3.3 | rGyalrongic | 1 | Sun H 91 ErNQ | SHK-ErgNQ | 10.4.9 | 0 | |
| 13710 | 675,m | 559 | ɬŋɑ tɕho | pregnant | be v. | Ergong (Daofu) | 35 | 3.3 | rGyalrongic | 1 | Dai 89 Daof | DQ-Daofu | 10.4.14 | 0 |
| 130945 | p,675,1612 | 618 | tə◦lŋa ktɕʰim | amniotic sac / bag of waters | rGyalrong (NW) | 78 | 3.3.1 | rGyalrong | 1 | Sun H 91 rNW | SHK-rGNWQ | 10.4.9 | 0 | |
| 130944 | p,675,m,m | 618 | tə◦lŋa sa scçe | womb | rGyalrong (NW) | 78 | 3.3.1 | rGyalrong | 1 | Sun H 91 rNW | SHK-rGNWQ | 10.4.8 | 0 |