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STEDT #1221

*k-lu

HEAD
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handleluprefixkinitiallrhymeucoverL · V

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*luu ‘HEAD’PKC #1024
Karenic*kləɁᴰ ‘HEAD’TL#141

Notes

Many languages (e.g. in the Chin group) reflect the simple form *lu. Other languages (e.g. Chang, Lotha, Naxi) show disyllabic forms, which are plausibly analyzed as sequences of #386 PTB *m/s-gaw HEAD and #1221 PTB *k-lu HEAD. In still other languages (e.g. Camling, Dumi, Milang), these two syllables have been compressed into one. For our present purposes, we are treating the latter two cases as reflecting the monosyllabized root, whether or not they are presently disyllabic.

The forms assigned to this root are distinct from Qiangic and Burmish compounds for HEAD where the last element descends from #690 PTB *s-lum ROUND.

This etymon is perhaps related to #11 PTB *lu-s BODY and/or to WB lu ‘person’ .

Chinese comparandum

首 OC *śi̯ôg, GSR #1102a-c ‘head’; Schuessler 2007:470 *lhuʔ; B & S 2011: *l̥uʔ-s; Mand. shǒu.

Reflexes & cognates144 reflexes · 25 subgroups

1.1.2Deng32

Darang [Taraon]kru-krãːmorpheme ‘earhole’Matisoff 87 BP
Darang [Taraon]kru-nyã:morpheme ‘disease of the ear’Anonymous xx Tar
Darang [Taraon]kru-pemorpheme ‘ear (ornaments of plug or disc)’Anonymous xx Tar
Darang [Taraon]kru-romorpheme ka:tyemmorpheme ‘fetch by the ear’Anonymous xx Tar
Darang [Taraon]kru-taːpmorpheme-laːgmorpheme ‘earhole’Matisoff 87 BP
Darang [Taraon]kuru-kamorpheme ‘scalp, head-skin’Matisoff 87 BP
Darang [Taraon]kuru-pom#388 PTB *(p/b)wa(ŋ) ‘HEAD’ ‘head’Final labial in Darang pom perhaps assimilation to the labial initial and rounded vowel.Matisoff 87 BP
Darang [Taraon]kɹu⁵³ ‘head’Sun H 80 MLD
Digaroku-ru ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP
Kaman [Miju]kɯu⁵³ ‘head’Sun H 80 MLD
Iduiprefix◦kri◦yamorpheme ‘head’Anonymous 62 Idu
Iduiprefix◦krui◦yamorpheme wimorpheme◦gamorpheme ‘headband’Anonymous 62 Idu
Iduiprefix◦ku◦jamorpheme ‘head (body part)’Pulu 78
Iduiprefix◦ku◦jamorpheme romorpheme◦kamorpheme◦pomorpheme ‘skull’Pulu 78
Iduiprefix◦ku◦jimorpheme ‘headache’Anonymous 62 Idu
Iduiprefix◦ku◦ɟimorpheme ‘headache’Pulu 78

1.2Kuki-Chin5

Anallu-čɛmorpheme ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP
Chinboklu-kɛmorpheme ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP
Ngawnlu ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP
Thanphumlu¹ ‘head’Luce 85: N.15

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin16

Awa Khumiăprefix◦lu² ‘head’Luce 85: N.15
Khumilu ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP
Khumiluú ‘head, front’VanBik 09 PKC: 1024
Matupilu⁴ ‘head’Luce 85: N.15
Mkaanglu̥◦pummorpheme ‘head’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 76
Nyhmoyelu̥◦kʰɔːŋmorpheme ‘head’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 76
Womatulu⁴ ‘head’Luce 85: N.15

1.2.2Central Chin17

Khualsimlu³ ‘head’Luce 85: N.15
Lai (Hakha)lu⁵ ‘head’Luce 85: N.15
Laizolu ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

1.3“Naga” Areal Group2

Maringlu ‘head’Brown 37 Indo

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group3

Meluriaprefix◦lü ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga
Ntenyiaprefix◦li ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga
Ntenyili◦singmorpheme ‘hair (of head)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group2

1.4Meithei1

Meitheilu◦kəŋmorpheme ‘skull’Singh 91 MeiQ: 2.4

1.5Mikir [Karbi]2

Mikir [Karbi]khilî-sômorpheme ‘head’Grüssner 79 BP: 55

1.6Mru1

Mrulu ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.1.1Bodo6

Bodokoró ‘head’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodokoró ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP
Bodoko·roʔ ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 903
Dimasakhoro ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga
Kokborokbəprefix=kʰroʔ ‘head’Tripuri 88
Lalung [Tiwa]kho·law ‘skull’Balawan 65: 15

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang2

Changkhulu ‘skull’Marrison 67 Naga
Changkʰu lu ‘skull’French 83: 461

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

2.3.2Southern Kiranti3

Chamlingtaprefix◦khle◦chuy*morpheme ‘brain’Winter 85: 35
Chamlingtaprefix◦khlo ‘head’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 88
Chamlingtaprefix◦khlo ‘head’Winter 85: 35

2.3.3Central Kiranti2

Dumidəprefix◦khlœ ‘head’Driem 93 Dumi

3.2Qiangic2

Xumily⁵⁵ pɐ³³morpheme ‘forehead / brow’Sun H 91 ShiQ
Xumily⁵⁵pɐ³³morpheme ‘forehead’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 233.20

6.2Naxi3

Naxiku³³ly³³ n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.45
Naxi (Western)kv³³ly³³ ‘head’He 85

7Karenic7

*KarenkləɁᴰ ‘head’Luangthongkum 13: 141
Bweku³³morphemeko³³ ‘head’Luangthongkum 13: 141
Kayahklɔ⁵⁵ ‘head’Luangthongkum 13: 141
KayankləɁ⁴⁵ ‘head’Luangthongkum 13: 141
Kayawkɨ³³~kə³³ ‘head’Luangthongkum 13: 141
Pa-O (Southern)kəɁ²¹tu³³morpheme ‘head’Luangthongkum 13: 141
Pa-O (Northern)kəɁ²¹tu⁵⁵morpheme ‘head’Luangthongkum 13: 141

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old)glu ‘head’GSR 123n.Matisoff 87 BP

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1221, *k-lu ‘HEAD’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1221
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1221,
  title  = {{*k-lu 'HEAD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1221},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1221}
}