STEDT #1251
*m-kuː(k/ŋ)
KNEE / ANGLE
Reconstruction analysis
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Intermediate reconstructions
Reflexes & cognates134 reflexes · 23 subgroups
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)6
1.1.1.1Western Tani1
1.1.2Deng1
1.2Kuki-Chin3
1.2.1.1Northern Chin13
Sizangkūp ngū#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘knee’VanBik 09 PKC: 298
1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin15
1.2.2Central Chin13
1.2.3Maraic8
1.2.4“Old Kuki”4
Kom Remkemorpheme mərəmorpheme◦kʰup kəvemorpheme ‘knee hollow / popliteal region’Toba 91 KRQ: 6.2.2.2
1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)14
1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group15
1.3.3Zeme Group7
Puironki#338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’MesorootsPKC *kee ⪤ *khee ‘FOOT / LEG’Allofams1a #336 PTB *r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’1b #338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’◦kok ‘knee’Marrison 67 Naga
1.3.4Tangkhulic13
Kachaipʰi#343 PTB *pey ‘LEG / THIGH / FOOT’PKC *phay ‘THIGH / LEG’PCN *phej ‘THIGH’PTk *pʰej ‘FOOT / LEG’-kʰuk ‘knee’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.170
Kachaipʰi#343 PTB *pey ‘LEG / THIGH / FOOT’PKC *phay ‘THIGH / LEG’PCN *phej ‘THIGH’PTk *pʰej ‘FOOT / LEG’-kʰuk-kʰurmorpheme ‘knee hollow / popliteal region’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.172
Kachaipʰi#343 PTB *pey ‘LEG / THIGH / FOOT’PKC *phay ‘THIGH / LEG’PCN *phej ‘THIGH’PTk *pʰej ‘FOOT / LEG’-kʰuk-rɐmorpheme ‘knee cap / patella’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.171
1.4Meithei10
1.5Mikir [Karbi]1
Mikir [Karbi]keng#338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’MesorootsPKC *kee ⪤ *khee ‘FOOT / LEG’Allofams1a #336 PTB *r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’1b #338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’◦kung ‘knee’Matisoff 87 BP
1.6Mru1
1.7.1.3Koch1
Atongcha•#888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦khok n‘hollow side of the knee’van Breugel 08 Atong
1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte5
Nocteda#888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’ ku ‘knee’French 83: 508
Noctedak#700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’ ku ‘elbow’French 83: 508
Noctedak#700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦ku ‘elbow’Marrison 67 Naga
Nocteda#888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦ku ‘knee’Marrison 67 Naga
Nocte²da#888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’-kʌp ‘knee (hollow)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1098
1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang4
Changyik#696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’MesorootsPKC *yak ‘ARMPIT’TGTM *ᴬʰjaː ‘HAND’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’ kək ‘elbow’French 83: 508
Changyik#696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’MesorootsPKC *yak ‘ARMPIT’TGTM *ᴬʰjaː ‘HAND’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦kük ‘elbow’Marrison 67 Naga
Changyo#375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’ kək ‘knee’French 83: 508
Changyo#375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦kük ‘knee’Marrison 67 Naga
2.1.2Bodic1
2.1.2.1Tibetan1
2.1.4Tamangish2
2.3.4Western Kiranti5
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #1251,
*m-kuː(k/ŋ) ‘KNEE / ANGLE’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1251Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: incl 431. cf HORN
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1251,
title = {{*m-kuː(k/ŋ) 'KNEE / ANGLE'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1251},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1251}
}