Tibetan evidence for Nungish metathesis
LaPolla (1987), in a valuable etymological investigation of Nungish, identifies two clear cases (LEECH and DREAM) and two possible cases (BRAID and AXE) where Nungish has metathesized an earlier prefix + C.1 Sun (1986:14) identifies four cases of metathesis in Nungish (and other languages), DREAM, F...
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| description | LaPolla (1987), in a valuable etymological investigation of Nungish, identifies two clear cases (LEECH and DREAM) and two possible cases (BRAID and AXE) where Nungish has metathesized an earlier prefix + C.1 Sun (1986:14) identifies four cases of metathesis in Nungish (and other languages), DREAM, FORGET, NAME, and PLOW. In this note I will present several more sets, involving comparisons between Nungish and Tibetan, which demonstrate a fairly prevalent process of metathesis in the development of Nungish. To the sets presented by LaPolla and Sun we can add four secure etymologies: BLADDER, TRIUMPH, ARROW, and DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. I will also discuss a few other sets where there is some reason to think we may be dealing with metathesis along with some other complicating processes. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1791892024-07-24T03:04:52Z Tibetan evidence for Nungish metathesis DeLancey, Scott University of Oregon Arts and Humanities LaPolla (1987), in a valuable etymological investigation of Nungish, identifies two clear cases (LEECH and DREAM) and two possible cases (BRAID and AXE) where Nungish has metathesized an earlier prefix + C.1 Sun (1986:14) identifies four cases of metathesis in Nungish (and other languages), DREAM, FORGET, NAME, and PLOW. In this note I will present several more sets, involving comparisons between Nungish and Tibetan, which demonstrate a fairly prevalent process of metathesis in the development of Nungish. To the sets presented by LaPolla and Sun we can add four secure etymologies: BLADDER, TRIUMPH, ARROW, and DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. I will also discuss a few other sets where there is some reason to think we may be dealing with metathesis along with some other complicating processes. Published version 2024-07-24T03:04:52Z 2024-07-24T03:04:52Z 1989 Journal Article DeLancey, S. (1989). Tibetan evidence for Nungish metathesis. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 12(2), 25-31. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.12.2.03 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179189 10.32655/LTBA.12.2.03 2 12 25 31 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1989 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf |
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| title_short | Tibetan evidence for Nungish metathesis |
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