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Japhug
Etymology
Cognate with Tshobdun tɐ́ŋɐ (“sun”).[1] Sometimes thought to be related to Tibetan ཉི་མ (nyi ma, “sun; day”), Burmese နေ (ne, “sun”) (hence from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nəj (“sun, day”)),[2] but Guillaume Jacques disputes this and instead proposes that it is related to qarŋe (“to be yellow”).[3]
Pronunciation
Noun
tɤŋe
- (Kamnyu) sun
- Synonym: ʁmbɣi
2019, Guillaume Jacques, quoting Chenzhen, “Illustrations of the IPA: Japhug”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 49, number 3, →DOI, page 447:kɯɕɯŋgɯ tɕe, iɕqʰa, akɯcʰoʁle cʰondɤre tɤŋe ni kɯ, nɤkinɯ, ɲɤ-sɤfɕɤra-ndʑɯ ɲɯ-ŋu- Long ago, the north wind and the sun were arguing.
References
- ^ Guillaume Jacques (2020 February 16) “Problèmes de comparatisme rgyalronguique (2): les correspondances vocaliques”, in Panchronica
- ^ James A. Matisoff, editor (2015), The Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus
- ^ Jacques, Guillaume (2004) Phonologie et morphologie du Japhug (rGyalrong) (in French), Paris: Université Paris-Diderot, page 304