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STEDT #1241

*kbal

HEAD / SKULL / FOREHEAD
Indo-Aryan

Reconstruction analysis

handlebalprefixkinitialbrhymealcoverP · L

Notes

From Indo-Aryan (cf. Vedic Sanskrit kapāla-, Turner #2744).

Reflexes & cognates40 reflexes · 13 subgroups

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Kokborokkɔ-pa ‘forehead’Tripuri 88
Lalung [Tiwa]khabalʔ ‘head’Balawan 65: 11

1.7.1.2Garo2

Garo (Bangladesh)ko-pal ‘forehead’[Source note] (<B).Burling 92 GaBa

2.1.1Western Himalayish5

Kanauribăl(h) ‘head / summit / mountain-peak’Bailey 11
Kanauribăl(h) ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP
Rajikəpal ‘forehead’[Source note] (IA).Krishan 2003: 424

2.1.2Bodic1

Kaikekabli ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2.1Tibetan2

Tibetan (Jirel)khāppārq ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP
Sherpakāpliq ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.5Dhimal1

Dhimalkapal* ‘forehead’King 94 DhBP

2.2Newar3

Newarkapā ‘forehead’Matisoff 87 BP
Newarkapāl ‘forehead’Matisoff 87 BP
Newarkɔpa: ‘forehead / brow’Shakya 89: 3.2

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Yakhakhappar ‘skull’Kohn 90: 2.4

2.3.3Central Kiranti1

Dumikhoplɨ ‘skull, esp. the top portion of the skull’Driem 93 Dumi

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang4

Kham'khappar ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP
Kham'khəppər ‘skull’Watters 89 KhQ: 2.A.15
Kham'kʰəppər ‘skull’Watters 89 KhQ: 2.A.15
Magarkhappar ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP

3.3rGyalrongic4

Ergong (Daofu)kɑɹ pɑ lɑ ‘forehead / brow’Dai 89 Daof: 3.2
Daofukɛ pə la n‘forehead’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0077.12
Ergong (Danba)kɛ pɛ la ‘forehead / brow’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 3.2
Ergong (Danba)kɛ pɛ la ‘forehead’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 233.14

X.1Non-TB5

Nepalikapāl ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP
Nepalikapāl ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP
Nepalikhappar ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP
Nepalikhappar, khopari n‘skull’Hale 73 CSD: 02a.15
Nepalikhopari ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1241, *kbal ‘HEAD / SKULL / FOREHEAD’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1241
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1241,
  title  = {{*kbal 'HEAD / SKULL / FOREHEAD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1241},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1241}
}