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STEDT #1184

*s-li

FACE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Tamangish*ᴮlʰiː ‘FACE’

Notes

The stronghold of this root seems to be the Tamangic family, with possible cognates in Kiranti and Qiangic.

Reflexes & cognates30 reflexes · 3 subgroups

2.1.4Tamangish25

*TGTMᴮʰliː ‘face’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 36

*TGTMᴮʰliː ‘face’Mazaudon 94 These: 898

Gurung (Ghachok)liq ‘countenance’Matisoff 87 BP

Gurung (Ghachok)liq ‘face’Glover 72 GuVo: 2.A.21

Gurung (Ghachok)²li ‘face’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 36

Gurung²li ‘face’Mazaudon 94 These: 898

Manang (Gyaru)li¹ ‘face’Nagano 84 Man: 022

Manang (Ngawal)²li ‘face’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 36

Manang (Prakaa)²li ‘face’Mazaudon 94 These: 898

Manang (Prakaa)¹li ‘face’Hoshi 84: 0017

Tamang (Risiangku)²liː ‘face’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 36

Tamang (Risiangku)²liː n‘face’Mazaudon 91 TamQ: 3.1

Tamang (Risiangku)²liː ‘face’Mazaudon 94 These: 898

Tamang (Sahu)'liː ‘face’Matisoff 87 BP

Tamang (Sahu)²liː ‘face’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 36

Tamang (Taglung)liː ‘face’Mazaudon 94 These: 898

Tamang (Taglung)²liː ‘face’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 36

Thakali (Marpha)⁵⁵li ‘face’Mazaudon 94 These: 898

Thakali (Syang)hli ‘face’Mazaudon 94 These: 898

Thakali (Syang)²hli ‘face’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 36

Thakali (Syang)⁵³hli ‘face’Mazaudon 94 These: 898

Thakali (Tukche)li ‘face’Matisoff 87 BP

Thakali (Tukche)li ‘face’Hari 71a ThVo: 2.A.21

Thakali (Tukche)ᴴli ‘face’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 36

Thakali (Tukche)ᴴli ‘face’Mazaudon 94 These: 898

2.3.4Western Kiranti4

Bahingky#273 PTB *m/s-k(w)a-y ‘MOUTH / OPENING / SPREAD / DOOR / FACE / JAW’PKC *kaa ‘ENTRANCE / MOUTH’PKC *kaa ⪤ *khaa ‘CHIN / JAW (lower)’PCN *ka ‘GAPE, OPEN MOUTH’PTk *ka ‘OPEN (MOUTH)’PTk *kʰa ‘CHIN / JAW’PKar *kaᴮ ‘CHIN, JAW’◦li ‘face’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 59

Thulungŋa#1192 PTB *r-ŋwa-l ‘FACE / FRONT’Allofams3a #1192 PTB *r-ŋwa-l ‘FACE / FRONT’3b #2017 PTB *ŋar ‘TOPKNOT / FOREPART / FRONT SIDE’3c #2525 PTB *s-ŋa ‘BEFORE / FRONT’◦li ‘face’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 60

Thulungŋā#1192 PTB *r-ŋwa-l ‘FACE / FRONT’Allofams3a #1192 PTB *r-ŋwa-l ‘FACE / FRONT’3b #2017 PTB *ŋar ‘TOPKNOT / FOREPART / FRONT SIDE’3c #2525 PTB *s-ŋa ‘BEFORE / FRONT’◦lī ‘face’Matisoff 87 BP

Thulungŋa#1192 PTB *r-ŋwa-l ‘FACE / FRONT’Allofams3a #1192 PTB *r-ŋwa-l ‘FACE / FRONT’3b #2017 PTB *ŋar ‘TOPKNOT / FOREPART / FRONT SIDE’3c #2525 PTB *s-ŋa ‘BEFORE / FRONT’◦li ‘face, appearance’Allen 75

3.2Qiangic3

Namuyiku⁵⁵morphemely⁵⁵ ‘face’Sun H 91 NamQ: 3.1

Namuyiku⁵⁵morphemely⁵⁵ ‘face’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 236.19

Namuyiku⁵⁵morpheme ( lu̵⁵⁵ ) n‘face’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0082.46

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1184, *s-li ‘FACE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1184

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

References: ("PHM")

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1184,
  title  = {{*s-li 'FACE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1184},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1184}
}