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STEDT #1107

*man

BACK (lower) / BUTTOCKS

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This etymon seems to partially overlap with #411 PTB *mu(n/ŋ) BUTTOCKS / TAIL / BACK, and should perhaps be merged with it in the future.

Reflexes & cognates18 reflexes · 8 subgroups

1.1.2Deng2

Darang [Taraon]ma:◦tõ#225 PTB *m-daŋ ‘BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS’ ‘buttock’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]maː◦tõ#225 PTB *m-daŋ ‘BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS’ ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)6

Lotha Nagaman◦ku#211 PTB *k(r)aw ⪤ *k(y)aw ‘BACK’TGTM *ᴬgo ‘BACK’ ‘back (body)’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagaman◦kvu#211 PTB *k(r)aw ⪤ *k(y)aw ‘BACK’TGTM *ᴬgo ‘BACK’ ‘back’Nienu 90 LotQ: 1.4

Lotha NagaMaN◦kvu#211 PTB *k(r)aw ⪤ *k(y)aw ‘BACK’TGTM *ᴬgo ‘BACK’ ‘back’Nienu 90 LotQ: 5.5

Lotha NagaMaN◦kvu#211 PTB *k(r)aw ⪤ *k(y)aw ‘BACK’TGTM *ᴬgo ‘BACK’ okupoemorpheme ‘lower back’Nienu 90 LotQ: 5.5.2

Lotha NagaMaN◦kvu#211 PTB *k(r)aw ⪤ *k(y)aw ‘BACK’TGTM *ᴬgo ‘BACK’ omhawoimorpheme ‘upper back’Nienu 90 LotQ: 5.5.1

Lotha NagaMaN◦kvu#211 PTB *k(r)aw ⪤ *k(y)aw ‘BACK’TGTM *ᴬgo ‘BACK’ ru#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘backbone / spine’Nienu 90 LotQ: 5.5.4

1.7.3.1Jingpho4

Jingphoshingmorpheme◦ma ‘back’Matisoff 87 BP

Jingphoshingmorpheme◦mang ‘back’Matisoff 87 BP

Jingphoʃin³³morphemema³³ ‘back (of body)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 258.47

Jingphoʃiŋ³³morpheme ma³³ ‘back (of body)’Liu 84

2.1.2Bodic2

Tsangla (Motuo)man¹³ tɕuŋ⁵⁵#3331 PTB *m/b-gyu(ŋ/k) ‘TAIL / BACKSIDE’ ‘buttocks’Zhang Jichuan 86

Tsangla (Motuo)man◦tɕuŋ#3331 PTB *m/b-gyu(ŋ/k) ‘TAIL / BACKSIDE’ ‘buttocks’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 262.7

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchačan̊#208 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘BACK (LOWER)’MesorootsPKC *yaaŋ ‘BACK / SPINE’Allofams4 #208 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘BACK (LOWER)’4 #212 PTB *dal ‘LOWER BACK / WAIST / LOINS’ màn ‘loins’Matisoff 87 BP

3.2Qiangic1

Qiang (Taoping)mɑ³¹ tʃhɿ³³#223 PTB *m-(t)syi(ŋ/k) ‘WAIST / LOWER BACK / LOINS’ ‘back (side)’Sun H 81 Qia

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Yi (Mile)mᴀ⁵⁵pʰi²¹#1361 PTB *d/s-pəy ‘WAIST / HIPS / LOWER BACK / BUTTOCKS / TAIL’ɣɯ²¹#220 PTB *ru ‘WAIST’ ‘buttocks’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 262.25

6.2Naxi1

Naxi (Lijiang)mɑ⁵⁵tɕy³¹morpheme ‘back (direction)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 52.28

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1107, *man ‘BACK (lower) / BUTTOCKS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1107

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: incl 200

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1107,
  title  = {{*man 'BACK (lower) / BUTTOCKS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1107},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1107}
}