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STEDT #1197

*s/l-ŋwa-y

FONTANELLE / SKULL
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleŋwaprefixs/linitialŋwrhymea-ycoverM · VW

Intermediate reconstructions

Tamangish*ᴮŋʰwa ‘FONTANEL’

Connections

HPTB*ra-y ⪤ *wa-y ‘fontanelle’p. 486

Notes

This root is distinct from both #356 PTB *s-ŋa-k FOREHEAD / COCKSCOMB and #1198 PTB *(r/w)a-y FONTANELLE.

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Tangkhul¹əprefix¹ŋə²tiŋmorpheme ‘brain’Weidert 87 TBTo: 218

2.1.4Tamangish6

*TGTMᴮʰŋwa ‘fontanel’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 33

2.3.4Western Kiranti2

Hayunɪː◦pimorpheme ‘fontanel’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 20
Hayunɪː◦pɪmorpheme ‘fontanel’Matisoff 87 BP

3.2Qiangic1

Qiang (Mawo)qaʴmorpheme rguæ ‘fontanel (soft spot in a baby's skull).’Sun H 91 MawQ: 2.3

3.3rGyalrongic1

Ergong (Northern)lŋa⁵³ jo¹³morpheme jɛ³³morpheme rwa⁵³morpheme ‘caul (membrane on newborn head’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 10.4.13

6.1.1Burmish2

Lashiwo̱⁵⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ nə̱:⁵³ ‘fontanel’Dai 89 Lash: 2.3
Maru [Langsu]au³⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ nɛ̱̃⁵⁵ ‘fontanel’Dai 89 Lang: 2.3

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1197, *s/l-ŋwa-y ‘FONTANELLE / SKULL’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1197
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1197,
  title  = {{*s/l-ŋwa-y 'FONTANELLE / SKULL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1197},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1197}
}