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*guŋ

BODY / BACK
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*guŋ ‘body’p. 309

Notes

This etymon should be kept distinct from the similarly-shaped forms #206 PTB *(k/g)um BACK / BODY which occurs mostly in forms for ‘back’ and means ‘body’ only by extension, and #2252 PTB *(k/ʔ)uk BEND / CROOKED / RETURN / BACK / YEAR which also occurs in some forms meaning ‘back’. All three roots are etymologically unrelated.

Many Loloish forms have reflexes which might be attributed equally well to #2 PTB *s-kəw BODY / CHEST / THORAX / CORPSE or #206 PTB *(k/g)um BACK / BODY. In the absence of more precise research into Northern Yi rhyme correspondences, we are here adopting the rather arbitrary choice of attributing all Loloish forms meaning BACK to the present root.

See STC p. 182, n. 479; HPTB: 19, 309.

There is a good Chinese comparandum, 躬 .

Chinese comparandum

躬 OC *ki̯ông, GSR #1006e-f; Coblin 86: *kjəngw; B & S 2011 *kuŋ {k(r)uŋ}; Mand. gōng.

Reflexes & cognates137 reflexes · 21 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetankjəngw ~ gjəngw ‘body / person’Coblin 86: 46

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)5

*Tibeto-Burmangung (*A) ‘body / person’Coblin 86: 46
*Tibeto-Burmanguŋ ‘body / person’Chou 72: 1006e-f

1.1.2Deng1

1.2.4“Old Kuki”6

Moyonkuŋ ‘back’Kosha 90: 5.5

1.7.1.1Bodo4

Bodobiprefix◦kúm ‘back’Matisoff 87 BP
Bodobiprefix◦kúŋʔ ‘back’Weidert 87 TBTo: 828
Kokborokpʰiprefix-koŋ ‘back’Tripuri 88
Mechebiprefix◦kuŋ ‘back’Weidert 87 TBTo: 828

1.7.1.3Koch1

Atonggən ‘back’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Wanchokun-cumorpheme ‘back’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.3.1Jingpho5

Jingphogawng ‘body’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphogòŋ ‘physical body’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 53
Jingphomaprefix◦gawng ‘traditional cattle’Matisoff PC
Jingphonprefix-gawng ‘carcass / corpse’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphoǹprefix-gòŋ ‘corpse’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 53

4Nungic23

Anong (Rawang)guŋ ‘body / animal / self’Chou 72: 1006e-f
Anong (Rawang)guŋ ‘body, animal, self’Benedict 72 STC: 182n479
Nunggɔŋ³¹ɹɯ⁵⁵morpheme n‘spine / backbone’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0134.21
Rawanggɔŋ⁵³ ‘body’LaPolla 03: 82
Trung [Dulong]goŋ²³ti⁴⁴morpheme ‘backbone’Matisoff 87 BP
Trung [Dulong]ĭŋ⁵⁵ne⁵⁵ ‘we two’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 970.46
Dulongɑŋ³¹prefixguŋ⁵⁵mɯ³¹morphemedɑm⁵³morpheme n‘upper half of the body’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0735.20
Dulongɑŋ³¹prefixguŋ⁵⁵pɑŋ⁵⁵morpheme n‘lower half of the body’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0736.20
Dulongɑŋ⁵⁵prefixguŋ⁵⁵ n‘body’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0073.20

6.1Lolo-Burmese4

*Lolo-Burmesegoŋ ‘body / person’Chou 72: 1006e-f
*Lolo-Burmeseguŋ ⪤ goŋ n‘body’Benedict 72 STC: 182n479

6.1.1Burmish32

Burmese (Written)ăprefix◦kauŋ ‘body, animal body’Benedict 72 STC: 182n479
Burmese (Written)aprefix◦khaung ‘body’LaPolla 87: 21
Burmese (Written)aprefix◦koŋ³ ‘body’Luce 85: Y.86
Burmese (Written)ɑprefix◦kɑuŋ ‘body’Chou 72: 1006e-f
Burmese (Written)əprefix-kong ‘body, animal body’Coblin 86: 46
Burmese (Written)əprefix-koŋ ‘animal body, animal’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)əprefix-koŋ ‘dead body’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)ʔəprefix◦koŋ ‘body’Matisoff 87 BP
Burmese (Written)ʔəprefix◦koŋ ‘animal body, dead body’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 53
Langsu (Luxi)kauŋ³¹tau³⁵morpheme n‘body’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0073.31
Lashikuŋ³³ ‘torso / trunk’Dai 89 Lash: 1.6
Lashikuŋ³¹ ‘body’Dai 89 Lash: 1.1
Maru [Langsu]kauŋ³¹ tau³⁵morpheme ‘torso / trunk’Dai 89 Lang: 1.6
Atsi [Zaiwa]kuŋ ‘body / animal body’Chou 72: 1006e-f

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish12

Yi (Nanjian)kɑ⁵⁵ du̪³³morpheme ‘back (side)’Chen 85 YiJZ

6.2Naxi27

Laze (Xiangjiao)gv˧sɯ˧morpheme ‘back’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 321
Laze (Xiangjiao)gv˧sɯ˧morpheme ʂɑ˩morphemetu˥morpheme ‘backbone’[Source note] bones of the backMichaud 06 NaLaze: 442
Laze (Xiangjiao)gɤ˥ ɖɯ˧morphemeɖæ˥morpheme ‘top part of body’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 1553
Laze (Xiangjiao)ɖɯ˧morphemegv˧ɖɯ˧morphemedzi˧morpheme ‘body’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 232
Naxi (Western)gɯ³³sɯ³³morpheme ‘back (of body)’He 85
Naxigɯ³³sɿ³³morpheme n‘back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0091.45
Naxigɯ³³sɿ³³morpheme n‘spine / backbone’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0134.45
Naxi (Lijiang)gɯ³³tsɯ³³morpheme ‘back (of body)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 258.28

9.0.1Old Chinese5

Chinese (Old/Mid)ki̯ông/ki̯ung ‘body, person’Karlgren 57 GSR: 1006e-f
Chinese (Old/Mid)ki̯ôŋ/ki̯uŋ ‘body / person’STC 282.Chou 72: 1006e-f
Chinese (Old)ki̯ôŋ ‘body’Luce 85: Y.86
Chinese (Old)kjəngw ‘body / person’Coblin 86: 46

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Chinese (Middle)kjung ‘body, person’Coblin 86: 46

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1, *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC p.182, GSR, HPTB p.309
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1,
  title  = {{*guŋ 'BODY / BACK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1}
}