7.0 Adjectival Verbs > 7.1 Adjectives and attributives > 7.1.4 Sensations > 7.1.4.2 Feel/Tactile/Texture

#698 PTB *s-naːŋ HEAVY / THICK (of liquids) / VISCOUS

Several Loloish forms (e.g. Lahu Lancang nɛ⁵⁴ ‘thick (porridge)’, Black Lahu nê ~ né ‘chewy, elastic, viscous’, Lisu e⁴⁴nɯ³⁵ ‘turbid / muddy’, Lisu e⁵⁵na̱³³kha³⁵ ‘thick (porridge)’) might be reflexes of this root, although the vowel correspondences seem quite irregular.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
5155246982012s-|naːŋheavy / thick (of liquids) / viscous*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6040
6213966982080hnaːŋthick, viscous (of fluids)Lushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB3040
3980726981824n̥ə³¹thick (porridge)Achang (Longchuan)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1030.280
223023698200n̥ə³¹thickAchang (Longchuan)446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC844.410
328797698,698481ńi̯ɑng/ńźi̯ɑngheavy with dewChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Karlgren 57 GSRGSR730f0
20441698,698480ńi̯ɑŋ/ńźi̯ɑŋheavy (with dew)Chinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Chou 72ACST730f0
20442698,698480ńi̯ɑŋ/ńźi̯ɑŋrich growth (of grain)Chinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Chou 72ACST730h0
20533698,698,698,698480nuŋ~ńi̯uŋ/nuŋ~ńźi̯uŋthick / rich (sc. dew)Chinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Chou 72ACST1005i0

Chinese comparandum

瀼 OC *ńi̯ɑng, GSR #730f ‘heavy with dew’; Coblin 86:62 ST *(C)njang > OC *njang; Mand. ráng.
穰 OC *ńi̯ɑng, GSR #730h ‘rich growth (of grain), abundant’; Mand. ráng.
濃 OC *ni̯ung ~ nung, GSR #1005i ‘thick, rich (e.g. of dew)’; Schuessler 2007:404 *nroŋ ~ nôŋ; B & S 2011: (*nˁuŋ); Mand. nóng.
醲 OC *ni̯ung ~ nung, GSR #1005j ‘thick, strong (e.g. of drink)’; Schuessler 2007:404 *nroŋ ~ nôŋ; B & S 2011: (*nˁuŋ); Mand. nóng.