tɤjmɤɣ

Japhug

Etymology

Probably cognate with Tibetan རྨོག (rmog, “helmet”), Chinese 帽 (OC *muːɡs, “hat”), with a frozen indefinite possessor prefix tɤ-; compare Breton tog-touseg (“mushroom”), literally “frog hat”.^[1]^[2] In this case, Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lmuk (“hat, helmet”) can be reconstructed.

STEDT prefers to instead derive this from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-məw (“mushroom”); compare Nuosu ꂥ (hmu), Burmese မှို (hmui).^[3] However, STEDT's etymology is unable to account for the appearance of the final ɣ in Japhug.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tɤ.jmɤɣ/

Noun

tɤjmɤɣ

(Kamnyu) mushroom

Derived terms

cɤjmɤɣ
jmɤtɤsti
jmɤɣni
kachijmɤɣ
kɤrŋijmɤɣ
nɤjmɤɣ
sijmɤɣ
sɯtɕɯnjmɤɣ
tɯqejmɤɣ
tɤjmɤɣrʑɯɣ
tɤqiaβjmɤɣ
tɤrmbjajmɤɣ
zwɤrqhɤjmɤɣ
ʑmbrijmɤɣ
βlɤmɤjmɤɣ

References

^ Zhang, Shuya, Jacques, Guillaume, Lai, Yunfan (2019) “A study of cognates between Gyalrong languages and Old Chinese”, in Journal of Language Relationship, volume 17, number 1, →DOI, page 80 of 73–92
^ Guillaume Jacques (2021) A grammar of Japhug‎^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 126
^ James A. Matisoff, editor (2015), “PTB *g/s-məw MUSHROOM / FUNGUS”, in The Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus

[1] Zhang, Shuya, Jacques, Guillaume, Lai, Yunfan (2019) “A study of cognates between Gyalrong languages and Old Chinese”, in Journal of Language Relationship, volume 17, number 1, →DOI, page 80 of 73–92

[2] Guillaume Jacques (2021) A grammar of Japhug‎^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 126

[3] James A. Matisoff, editor (2015), “PTB *g/s-məw MUSHROOM / FUNGUS”, in The Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus

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