1.0 The Body > 1.5 Limbs, Joints, and Body Measures > 1.5.1 Hand, Arm, Wing

#714 PTB *m/s-pa WING / FEATHER

This relatively sparsely attested root occurs especially in Qiangic with likely but scattered cognates in Kuki-Chin and Newar. Both the nasal and sibilant prefixes show up in Qiangic.

There is a possible etymological connection with #1603 PTB *w(a/u) and #1168 PTB *pʷu. See HPTB p. 165 and TBRS #1. For the interplay between labial stops and semivowel in Tibeto-Burman, see Matisoff 2000 (“An Extrusional Approach to *p‑/w‑ Variation in Sino-Tibetan”).

This root seems quite distinct from the Indo-Aryan derived #706 IA *pak WING / ARM.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
449246p,7141957ḁ◦pʰawingChinbon691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1So-Hartmann 88 ChinHSH-SCL440
449806714,7091959pᵊ◦kʰiˀwingKhumi691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1So-Hartmann 88 ChinHSH-SCL440
449526p,7141958ḁ◦pʰeⁱwingMatu691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1So-Hartmann 88 ChinHSH-SCL440
172799714,741906pa◦kanwingLiangmei641.3.3Zeme Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
172808714,7111301ba◦thangwingPuiron641.3.3Zeme Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
172805714,7411347pa◦kanwingRongmei / Nruanghmei641.3.3Zeme Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
172819714,720,711531ba◦garang◦thongwingDimasa801.7.1.1Bodo1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
323815m,7141789kha◦pafeatherNewar272.2Newar1Genetti 90 NeQ2CG-NewariQ20
1432327141168pAfeatherNewar272.2Newar1Michailovsky 91 KrBM-PK7670
623047141174feather (of bird)Newar272.2Newar1Shakya 89SH-KNw8.1.50
516193714,m,7621166pa-pu-tiwingNewar272.2Newar1Hale 73 CSDAH-CSDPN930
168811714,m,7621168pa◦pu◦tifeatherNewar272.2Newar1Michailovsky 91 KrBM-PK7670
2346867141494phɪɦwingTangut [Xixia]333.1Tangut1Nishida 64 TanNT-SGK305-053 1
129002711,714594dɔ³⁵ nphɑ⁵³wingGuiqiong343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 GuiQSHK-GuiqQ0
188688711,714595dɔ³⁵nphɑ⁵³wingGuiqiong343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC171.170
360537711,7141811dɑ̃³⁵pha⁵⁵wingnGuiqiong343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0298.160
3605361603,7141810βə³³phæ⁵⁵wingnMuya343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0298.150
1886871603,7141136vɯ³⁵phɛ⁵⁵wingMuya [Minyak]343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC171.150
1297811603,7141135vɯ³⁵pʰɛ⁵⁵wing (of bird)Muya [Minyak]343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 MuyQSHK-MuyaQ6.1.90
360534735,7141808ɕo⁵⁵xpa⁵⁵wingnQueyu (Xinlong)343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0298.130
360533735,7141807ɕɑ spɑwingnDaofu353.3rGyalrongic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0298.120

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Tangut phɪɦ vowel due to brightening.