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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k)

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology
  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *(r-)mɑŋ~(r-)mɑːŋ (Chou, 1972); *mjəng (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k), *r/s-maŋ ⪤ mak (Matisoff, STEDT); *maŋ (Benedict, 1972; Coblin, 1986); *maŋ, *r-maŋ (Weidert, 1987); *r-maŋ (LaPolla, 1987); *(r-)maŋ (Michailovsky, 1991)

Verb

(s/r)-ma(ŋ/k)

  1. to dream; dream

Descendants
  • Old Chinese: 夢 (*C.məŋ-s (B-S); *mɯŋs (ZS), “to dream”)
    • Middle Chinese: 夢 (mɨuŋH)

    • →   Japanese:  夢 (む, ​mu)
            Korean:  몽 (夢, mong)
            Vietnamese:  mộng (夢)

      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 夢 (mèng, /mɤŋ⁵¹/)
      • Cantonese
        • Guangzhou: 夢 /mʊŋ²²/
  • Kamarupan
    • Kuki-Chin
      /*maŋ/ ("dream") (VanBik, 2009)
      • Central Chin
        • Lushai [Mizo]: mang (“dream”)
    • "Naga"
      • Northern Naga
        /*maŋ/ ("dream") (French, 1983)
      • Central Naga
        /*maŋ/ ("dream")
      • Tangkhulic
        /*maŋ/ ("dream") (Mortensen, 2012)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: *རྨང (rmang, “dream”) (> རྨང་ལམ (rmang lam, “(archaic) dream”))
      • Tamangic
        *ᴬmaŋ, ᴮmaŋ (“(to) dream”) (Mazaudon, 1994)
    • Mahakiranti
      • Kiranti
        /*maŋ/ ("to dream") (Michailovksy, 1991)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho
      • Jingpho [Kachin]: mang, yupmang (“dream”)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      *s-mak ⪤ s-maŋ (“dream”) (Matisoff, 1972); *s-makᴴ (“dream”) (Matisoff, 2003)
      • Burmish
        • Burmese: မက် (mak), အိပ်မက် (ipmak, “dream”), မှင် (hmang, “dream (in compounds); composure, poise”) (> မှင်တက်မိ (hmangtakmi.), မှင်မောင်း (hmangmaung:), မှင်သေ (hmangse))
      • Loloish: *C-makᴴ (“dream”) (Bradley, 1979)
        • Northern Loloish
          • Yi (Liangshan): ꂻ (muo, “to dream”)
        • Central Loloish
          • Lisu (Southern): ꓟꓬꓺ (mjɑ, “dream”)
  • Karen: *maŋᴮ (“dream”) (Luangthongkum, 2013)
    • Sgaw: မံမီၢ် (mimō̂, “to dream”)
  • Baic

See also
  • *r/s-mwəj (“to sleep, to dream”)
  • *s-mun (“dark, dim”), *muːŋ ~ r/s-muːk (“dark, dull, misty”) - from which this etymon is derived
  • *s-jip ~ s-jup (“to sleep”) - often forms a compound with this root
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