So sometimes, like we all do, I get targeted advertising on websites. And sometimes, like an idiot, I lazily scroll through the products to see what they wish to offer me.
Usually there is nothing good. Nothing notable. BUT TODAY. TODAY THEY OFFER ME THIS LITTLE CHUNGLY BOY
LOOK AT HIM! I DONT EVEN HAVE A GUINEA PIG AND NOW I DESPERATELY WISH I DID! JUST SO I COULD BUY THIS PRODUCT!
According to Coupe 2020, Northern Sangtam has /tʙ̥ nm/, as in the following examples:
tʙ̥āŋ 'needle'
tʙ̥ʌ̀ 'fence'
tsútʙ̥ū-ɹʌ̄ 'relative-ANMLZ'
léktʙ̥ʰīŋ 'bat'
tʙ̥ʰék 'cut by placing a blade on flesh and making a long straight incision'
kʰítʙā 'hip joint'
lītʙʰʌ̀ 'arrow'
nàŋtʙ̥ìŋ 'deaf'
tʙ̥ʰāŋ 'drum'
kūtʙ̥úk 'grey'
kʰítʙ̥á̰k 'groin'
síŋ-tʙ̥ák 'plank (wood-flat)'
nmʌ̄tʃʌ̀-pà 'forget'
à-nmʌ̄ 'body hair'
à-nmʌ̀ 'spirit/soul'
More from the data, not mentioned in the paper itself:
tʙ̥ʌ̀ 'be relieved'
tʙ̥ʰʌ̀ 'unkempt'
tʙ̥ʰʎ 'plate'
ātʙ̥á 'mother'
àtʙ̥ʰíŋ 'fin'
There's also a dictionary, but the signup gate is obnoxiously heavy, by which I mean I don't have a burner phone and don't give websites real data. Thankfully, there's STEDT:
anbü atsa 'fine hair'
chomilatpü 'widower'
anilatpü 'sister (younger)'
anüyotpü 'bride'
apülatpü 'sister (elder)'
atpa 'mother'
atpachi 'quiet'
amtpo 'hair (of body)'
ketphü-uza 'sparrow'
nangtping 'deaf'
nitpü 'wife'
nitpü-khyo 'married'
tpha 'pull'
tphüting 'naked'
tpü 'fence'
tpü 'garden'
tsulatpü 'daughter'
anbü 'soul, spirit'
nbüchü 'forget'
nbükhüm 'shadow'
(The first two words are from Kumar; the rest are from Marrison. Words like tpü 'fence', nbüchü 'forget', and tphang 'drum' confirm the reading of <tp tph nb> as /tʙ̥ tʙ̥ nm/.)
Where are these consonants from? Bruhn 2014 reconstructs *p(j)aŋ 'deaf' and *a-pjak 'flat', suggesting *pj > *pt > *tp > tʙ̥ for nàngtpìng and -tpák - and Bruhn notes that PCN *-aŋ can give Sangtam -aŋ, -iŋ, or -e, so the correspondences look regular - but two words isn't strong evidence.
(Why does Bruhn's discussion of Sangtam ignore these segments? He transcribes nangtping as naŋ-tə-piŋ, writing that "[t]he strange db/tp cluster in both Sangtam transcriptions likely represents a fast-speech compression of a prefix + root collocation", but it doesn't.)
Lotha and Yimchungrü preserve pj-. Are there Lotha cognates? Let's see... the dictionary on archive.org, bizarrely, translates banns but not bat. The Lotha Bilingual Dictionary (PDF) has otsolov 'daughter', which reinforces the suggestion of a -tpü prefix (for feminine kin terms?) in Sangtam words like tsulatpü.
Lotha words that look potentially related:
nopüng 'deaf' (but presumably from *paŋ rather than *pjaŋ)
epi 'fence' (probably not)
epyakü 'flat' (e-pyak-ü?)
tssanpyok 'gray (n.)'
mhechoa 'forget' (note also nnmhechokhoko /nm̥etʃʰokʰoko/ 'memorable', unless this nn- is a prefix?)
ophi 'plate' (maybe?)
On second thought, let's just search STEDT again. Within the 1.3.1 Central Naga group, we have:
tʙ̥āŋ 'needle': Yimchungrü tüpean, Lotha opyam ~ opyim. Why do none of these finals match?
tʙ̥ʌ̀ 'fence': Chungli Ao atsü (*py > ts? unsure, but Bruhn reconstructs only *p(ʰ)w *t(ʰ)j *lj for Proto-Ao)
léktʙ̥ʰīŋ 'bat': Longchang Mongsen Ao alepti; Mangmetong Mongsen Ao aləptì (maybe a Wanderwort?)
kʰítʙā 'hip joint': Lotha repyak (the Sangtam word would have to be mistranscribed for this to make sense, which seems unlikely since the final syllable has a mid tone rather than a high)
nàŋtʙ̥ìŋ 'deaf': Yimchungrü nükhünpeang
tʙ̥ʰāŋ 'drum': maybe something could be done here with e.g. Maring phung, Khoirao tung, Tangkhul p(h)ung? But these are likely unrelated even to each other - PCN *tuŋ 'stem, trunk' (via 'log drum'?) and PKC *khuaŋ 'drum'.
nmʌ̄tʃʌ̀-pà 'forget': maybe a relation to PTB *b/m-la:p 'forget'? But I don't know if this would be at all regular.
tʙ̥ʰʎ 'plate': PTB *pu; Lotha Naga o1-phi1 'plate' or opfhu 'dish, pot'... but there's Lepcha fyu < *pu. IIRC Lepcha has preinitial *s- > medial yod (in some cases?), so given mhechoa < PTB *g/s-ma-t/n there could be something here? But probably not.
Overall, I don't see anything trivial and obvious, but based on 'needle', 'deaf', 'flat', and maybe 'hip joint', maybe they're from sequences of a labial initial and a medial yod?
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Hujoor k Waseele sey bare Peer Dastagir Gausul Warah Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani ,
A long time favourite of mine --- Why am I only writing about it now!?
Poffee Canteen has been around for a few years now and I first discovered it when I was asking around for some place new to go to for my birthday dinner last year.
My experience there felt so special and warm. I actually walked over there, built up a major sweat, just to ask the owner if I should make a reservation or not.
After telling me it wouldn’t be necessary, she asked me to take a seat, and gave me a pitcher of water. She told me to just take my time before going out in the eat again. I chatted her up for a bit before leaving, looking forward to coming again on my birthday.
* Thanks to a google user for posting this of the store front!!
On that day, we were greeted and set up a large table with no if ands or buts. The owner still had a very polite and positive attitude just like the day I came in. Honestly, its so great to be recognized when you go somewhere :)
--- Okay so finally, almost a year later, I went back ---
Going down the same dark-looking street, this shop sits at the end with almost no light in sight when you set out looking for it.
I noticed more dried flowers and hand-made things for sale outside and inside the tiny, well-decorated interior.
Right as I walked in “Long time no see!”
Oh my god, a year later, and she still remembers me XD
Honestly, I’m touched by the strangest things XD
I noticed the place is fuller than I remember anytime before, and with the hipster crowd you’d expect to be in this type of place.
Ordering the same thing I did before, the meat looks a bit darker, but the taste was as I remember --- just like a sloppy joe ... who doesn’t love that !?!?
With pairings similar to last time, yellow watermelon, a tofu dessert, and yoghurt with fruit or berries, I was satisfied with not only the service, interior design, but again with the food :)
I left wondering ... why has it been a year since I’ve been here!?!?!