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#697 PTB *m-ka-n HEAVENS / SKY / SUN (provisional)

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5151446972012m-|ka-|nheavens / sky / sun*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB5940
3450372484,6971815nam¹³kha⁵⁵skynTibetan (Lhasa)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0001.020
196826971561mkhɑheaven / the heavensTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Chou 72ACST3610
3450362484,6971804nam mkhaɦskynTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0001.010
3046842484,6971578nam-mkhaskyTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Benedict 72 STCSTC148n4050
2598282484,6971564nam◦mkhaskyTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
3046852484,697,2484,697997nam-khan ~ nyam-khansunMagar282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Benedict 72 STCSTC148n4050
590202484,697,2484,697996nam-khan~ńam-khansunMagar282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB530
2691792484,697990nān◦khānsunMagar282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Hale 73 CSDAH-CSDPN01.0720
3450392484,697,24731813na³³nkhæ⁵³mu³⁵skynLyuzu343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0001.180
1800192484,697,24731147nɛ⁵⁵ŋkhɛ³³mu³³skyNamuyi343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC1.190
3450312484,697,24731844næ⁵⁵nkhæ³¹mu³¹skynNamuyi343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0001.460
3824502473,697,m1807(mɑ mqɑ) vəunder (the sky)prepDaofu353.3rGyalrongic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0727.120
3450382473,6971807mɑ mqɑskynDaofu353.3rGyalrongic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0001.120
3823962473,6971807mɑ mqɑin (the sky)prepDaofu353.3rGyalrongic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0726.120
3449962484,6971806nɐm khɐskynrGyalrong (Maerkang)783.3.1rGyalrong1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0001.110
1800412484,6971340nɐm khɐskyrGyalrong783.3.1rGyalrong1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC1.120
3970442484,697,m1806nɐm mkhɐ mdokblue (lit. 'sky color')rGyalrong (Maerkang)783.3.1rGyalrong1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1010.110
3319262484,6971797nɐm◦kʰeskyCaodeng783.3.1rGyalrong1Sun J 97 CaoJS-Caodeng0
3297652484,6971796nam khaHskyrGyalrong783.3.1rGyalrong1Nagano 97 GyQGyarong.Nag2.10
3326182484,697,m1799nɐm-kʰɐ mdokbluerGBenzhen783.3.1rGyalrong1Sun J 97 rGBJS-rGBenzhe0
3335702484,6971799nɐm-nkʰɐskyrGBenzhen783.3.1rGyalrong1Sun J 97 rGBJS-rGBenzhe0
20285697480tʻienheavenChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Chou 72ACST361a-c0
328555697,697481tʼien/tʼienheavenChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Karlgren 57 GSRGSR361a-c0
20284697480xienheavenChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Chou 72ACST3610

Chinese comparandum

乾 OC *g’i̯ɑn, GSR #140c ‘heavenly’; Schuessler 2007:425 *gran; B & S 2011: (*ɡran); Mand. qián.

Comment: In Chinese philosophy, 乾 qián refers to “heaven, the male principle”, the first of the 八卦 guà, i.e. the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes.