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STEDT #1242

*pil

HEAD

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlepilinitialprhymeilcoverP · L

Reflexes & cognates33 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

*Nagapil ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 429

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group17

Chokri(u)morpheme pi³¹ to³³morpheme ‘top of head / crown / pate’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 2.2

Chokri(u)morpheme pi⁵⁵ ‘head’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 2.1

Chokri(u)morpheme pi⁵⁵ tha³⁵#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘hair of head’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 2.7

Chokripi⁵⁵ tha³⁵#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘hair of head’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 8.1.1

Chokrithu³¹morpheme la³¹morpheme pi⁵⁵ ‘glans penis’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 10.3.2

Chokriumorpheme-pi-tha#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘hair’Marrison 67 Naga: 116

Chokriumorpheme◦pi ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Chokriumorpheme◦pi◦tha#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘hair (of head)’Marrison 67 Naga

Chokri⁵pi ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 429

Maooprefix◦pi ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Maoomorpheme◦pi ‘top (i.e. highest point)’Marrison 67 Naga

Maopi-shu#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘hair’Marrison 67 Naga: 116

Maopi◦shumorpheme ‘hair (of head)’Marrison 67 Naga

Mao²oprefix⁵pi ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 429

Rengmaremorpheme◦pe ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Rengmaremorpheme◦pe◦hümorpheme ‘hair (of head)’Marrison 67 Naga

Rengma (Southern)²nprefix¹pe ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 429

1.3.3Zeme Group9

Khoiraopi ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Liangmeichamorpheme◦pi ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Liangmeikamorpheme-pi ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 429

Maramaprefix◦pi ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeimáimorpheme-pî ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 429

Rongmei / Nruanghmeiməymorpheme pi ‘head’Matisoff 94 Rong

Rongmei / Nruanghmeipi ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Zeme⁵peu ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 429

Mziemepeu ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)spyi-bosuffix ‘crown of head’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.4Tamangish1

Chantyalpil◦temorpheme ‘glans penis’Noonan 92: 10.3.2

2.2Newar1

Newarpi◦limorpheme ‘caul’Shakya 89: 10.4.13

2.3.4Western Kiranti4

Bahingpi◦jamorpheme ‘head’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 87

Sunwar'pi◦yamorpheme ‘head’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 87

Sunwar'pi◦yāmorpheme ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Sunwar'pi◦yāmorpheme 'himmorpheme-cāmorpheme v‘nod (with head)’Hale 73 CSD: 02b1.64

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1242, *pil ‘HEAD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1242

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1242,
  title  = {{*pil 'HEAD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1242},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1242}
}