*trwa

HEART / LIVER

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handletywainitialtywrhymeacoverT · V

Connections

Poss. allofam#1391

Notes

The medial *-r- in the reconstruction is motivated by the retroflex initials in Gurung and Magar, but other forms (Thulung, Yakha, Kulung, and Kham) reflect an apparent later development to a medial -y-.

Reflexes & cognates21 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmantywa ‘heart / liver’Matisoff 78 VSTB: (3)

1.4Meithei5

Meitheitha-môimorpheme ‘heart’Matisoff 78 VSTB: (3)

Meitheitham◦moimorpheme ‘heart’Marrison 67 Naga

Meitheithə◦moymorpheme ‘heart / locus of emotions’Singh 91 MeiQ: 14.2

Meitheithə◦moymorpheme ‘heart’Singh 91 MeiQ: 9.3

Meitheitʰəm◦moymorpheme ‘heart’Abbi 85

2.1.4Tamangish2

Gurunguiqmorpheme-ḍāː ‘liver’Matisoff 78 VSTB: (3)

Gurung (Ghachok)uiqmorpheme◦ɖaː ‘liver’Glover 72 GuVo: 1.53

2.3Kiranti1

*Kirantico ‘heart’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 91

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Yakhacuː◦waːmorpheme ‘heart’Kohn 90: 9.3

2.3.2Southern Kiranti3

Bantawaco◦wamorpheme ‘heart’Rai 84 BnDc: 16

Kulungcəu ‘heart’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 91

Kulungcəu ‘heart’Rai 75 Kul

2.3.3Central Kiranti3

Dumitsu◦basuffix ‘heart’Driem 93 Dumi

Khaling'cö ‘heart’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 91

Khaling'cō ‘heart’Matisoff 78 VSTB: (3)

2.3.4Western Kiranti3

Thulungtheo◦mbuk#164 PTB *d-puːk ‘BELLY / VITALS / HOLLOW OBJECT / CAVE’MesorootsPTani *puk ‘HEART’PTani *pɯk ‘CAVE’PCN *puk ‘STOMACH, BELLY’PTk *buk ‘BELLY / STOMACH’Allofams1 #6723 PTB *d-(p/b)u-k ‘BELLY / STOMACH / CAVE’1a #2104 PTB *pʷik ‘BELLY / STOMACH’1b #2106 PTB *wuk ‘BELLY / STOMACH’1c #164 PTB *d-puːk ‘BELLY / VITALS / HOLLOW OBJECT / CAVE’1d #2103 PTB *pʷu ‘BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY’1e #2102 PTB *wu ‘BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY’1g #2111 PTB *pwa(ŋ/n) ‘BELLY / CENTER’ ‘heart’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 90

Thulungthyo-mamorpheme bopmorpheme ‘heart’Matisoff 78 VSTB: (3)

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang4

Kham'yuh ‘heart’Matisoff 78 VSTB: (3)

Kham'yũːh ‘heart’Watters 89 KhQ: 1.52

Magarmimorpheme-chi#227 PTB *m/s-kri(y)-s ‘GALL (BLADDER) / BILE / SOUR’PCN *a-sə ‘BILE / GALL BLADDER’PTk *tʰi ‘BILE’-ṭa ‘gall bladder’Matisoff 78 VSTB: (3)

Magarmimorpheme-chi#227 PTB *m/s-kri(y)-s ‘GALL (BLADDER) / BILE / SOUR’PCN *a-sə ‘BILE / GALL BLADDER’PTk *tʰi ‘BILE’◦Ta ‘gall bladder’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1382, *trwa ‘HEART / LIVER’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1382

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1382,
  title  = {{*trwa 'HEART / LIVER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1382},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1382}
}