Reconstruction analysis
handletwainitialt(w)rhymea(k/ŋ)coverT · NT
Intermediate reconstructions
Notes
The final -p in Meithei is probably due to assimilation to the preceding rounded vowel.
Reflexes & cognates33 reflexes · 8 subgroups
1.3.4Tangkhulic9
Huishuʔaprefix-kow#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’-nəmorpheme-luʔ ‘brain’Mortensen 12 Tk
Tangkhulaprefix◦nga#356 PTB *s-ŋa-k ‘FOREHEAD / COCKSCOMB’TGTM *ᴬŋo ‘FOREHEAD’PLB *ʔ-na² ‘FOREHEAD’◦tok ‘brain’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangkhulāprefix◦ŋa#356 PTB *s-ŋa-k ‘FOREHEAD / COCKSCOMB’TGTM *ᴬŋo ‘FOREHEAD’PLB *ʔ-na² ‘FOREHEAD’◦tok ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP
Tangkhul¹əprefix¹ŋə#356 PTB *s-ŋa-k ‘FOREHEAD / COCKSCOMB’TGTM *ᴬŋo ‘FOREHEAD’PLB *ʔ-na² ‘FOREHEAD’²tok ‘brain’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1034
1.4Meithei4
2.1.2Bodic4
Tsangla (Central)nyok#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’◦tang ‘brain’Egli-Roduner: 35 9
Tsangla (Motuo)ȵok¹³#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ taŋ⁵⁵ ‘brain’Zhang Jichuan 86
2.1.2.1Tibetan2
2.1.3Lepcha1
2.3.2Southern Kiranti10
Bantawataŋ|kï tshït (-k?#463 PTB *g-ts(y)u(k/ŋ) ⪤ *g-ts(y)i-k ‘BRAIN / MARROW’) ‘brain’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 19
Bantawataŋ◦kïcïk#463 PTB *g-ts(y)u(k/ŋ) ⪤ *g-ts(y)i-k ‘BRAIN / MARROW’ ‘brain’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 21
Bantawataŋ◦kïtshït#463 PTB *g-ts(y)u(k/ŋ) ⪤ *g-ts(y)i-k ‘BRAIN / MARROW’ ‘brain’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 21
2.3.3Central Kiranti2
2.3.4Western Kiranti2
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #1133,
*t(w)a(k/ŋ) ‘BRAIN / MARROW’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1133Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1133,
title = {{*t(w)a(k/ŋ) 'BRAIN / MARROW'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1133},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1133}
}