*(r/w)a-y

FONTANELLE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*ra-y ⪤ *wa-y ‘fontanelle’p. 486

Notes

This etymon resembles #1197 PTB *s/l-ŋwa-y FONTANELLE / SKULL but seems distinct from it.

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 7 subgroups

Meitheiləway ‘top of head / crown / pate’Singh 91 MeiQ: 2.2

Meitheilə·way ‘fontanel’Also means ‘skull’.The etymon appears here in “prefixized” form.Singh 91 MeiQ: 2.3

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]lɪ̯wụ² ‘skull’Sofronov 97

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGyalrongɕamorpheme rə ‘skull’Dai 89 Jiar: 2.4

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishra²/roŋ¹morpheme ‘fontanelle’Bradley 79 PLo: 103

6.1.2.2Central Loloish6

*Common Lahug'aˇ ‘fontanelle’Bradley 79 PLo: 103

Lahu (Shehleh)u:#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’◦g'a˯ ‘fontanelle’Bradley 79 Lahu: 103

Lahu (Nyi)u:#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’◦gaˇ ‘fontanelle’Bradley 79 Lahu: 103

Lahu (Black)ú#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’-g̈â ‘fontanel’Matisoff 87 BP

Lahu (Bakeo)uˇ#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’◦g'aˇ ‘fontanelle’Bradley 79 Lahu: 103

Lahu (Banlan)u:#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’◦g'aˇ ‘fontanelle’Bradley 79 Lahu: 103

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1198, *(r/w)a-y ‘FONTANELLE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1198

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

References: cf. HPTB p.486

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1198,
  title  = {{*(r/w)a-y 'FONTANELLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1198},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1198}
}