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STEDT #1133

*t(w)a(k/ŋ)

BRAIN / MARROW
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handletwainitialt(w)rhymea(k/ŋ)coverT · NT

Intermediate reconstructions

Tangkhulic*tlok ‘BRAIN’DRM#564

Notes

The final -p in Meithei is probably due to assimilation to the preceding rounded vowel.

Reflexes & cognates33 reflexes · 8 subgroups

1.4Meithei4

Meitheithop ‘brain (= 9.1 )’Singh 91 MeiQ: 2.5
Meitheithop ‘brain’Apparently with assimilation of *-k to the labial medial *-w-.Singh 91 MeiQ: 9.1
Meitheithop ‘brain’Marrison 67 Naga
Meitheithôp ‘cerebellum; cerebrum’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.4Western Kiranti2

Sunwarthuː ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP
SunwarthuːM ‘brain (!), feelings’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 90

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1133, *t(w)a(k/ŋ) ‘BRAIN / MARROW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1133
Data: 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}
}