*ka

FRONT / FOREHEAD

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

The semantic association between FOREHEAD and FRONT PART is a natural one; cf. French front which has both meanings.

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 4 subgroups

2.1.2Bodic1

Tshona (Wenlang)ȵi⁵⁵morpheme kɑ⁵⁵ ‘front’Lu 86 CuoM

4Nungic3

Anongmɑ⁵⁵morpheme ʂu³¹morpheme kʰɑ⁵⁵ ‘front’Sun J 88 Ano

Nungmɑ⁵⁵morphemeʂu³¹morphemekhɑ⁵³ n/adv‘front’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0712.21

Anongmɑ⁵⁵morphemeʂu³¹morphemekhɑ⁵³ ‘front’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 51.44

5Tujia4

Tujiakha⁵⁵tha⁵⁵#358 PTB *ta-y ‘FOREHEAD’khɯe⁵⁵morpheme n‘forehead’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0077.49

Tujiakha⁵⁵tha⁵⁵#358 PTB *ta-y ‘FOREHEAD’khɯe⁵⁵morpheme ‘forehead’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 233.38

Tujia (Northern)kʰa⁵⁵ tʰa⁵⁵#358 PTB *ta-y ‘FOREHEAD’ kʰɨe⁵⁵morpheme ‘forehead’Tian 86

Tujiakʰa⁵⁵ tʰa⁵⁵#358 PTB *ta-y ‘FOREHEAD’ kʰɯe⁵⁵morpheme ‘forehead / brow’Chen 86 TuBQ: 3.2

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Hani (Caiyuan)ka³³ xu³¹morpheme ‘front’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1209, *ka ‘FRONT / FOREHEAD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1209

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1209,
  title  = {{*ka 'FRONT / FOREHEAD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1209},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1209}
}