*k-liŋ

BALD

Proto-Lolo-Burmese · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

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Reflexes & cognates8 reflexes · 2 subgroups

6.1.1Burmish2

Achang (Xiandao)liŋ³⁵ ‘bald’Dai 89 Xian: 1392

Achang (Xiandao)u³¹#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ liŋ³⁵ kɔk³⁵#1224 PTB *kuk ‘HEAD / SKULL / WEAR ON THE HEAD’ ‘bald person’Dai 89 Xian: 246

6.1.2.2Central Loloish6

Jinuo (Baya/Banai)a⁴⁴prefix kli⁵⁵ ‘bald’Dai 89 JinA: 1436.1

Jinuo (Baka)a⁴⁴prefix kʰø⁵⁵ ‘bald’Dai 89 JinB: 1436

Jinuo (Baka)a⁴⁴ kʰø⁵⁵prefix lø⁵⁵ ‘bald’These disyllabic Jinuo forms are perhaps dimidiations (Boodberg’s coinage) of the original sesquisyllable *k-liŋ.Dai 89 JinB: 1436.1

Sani [Nyi]o⁵⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ læ³³ ‘bald person’Ma 89 SanQ: 370.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1430, *k-liŋ ‘BALD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1430

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

References: 2.3.1 cf. SMOOTH, *k- pfx?

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1430,
  title  = {{*k-liŋ 'BALD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1430},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1430}
}