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STEDT #15

*jyu

BODY
Indo-Aryan

Reconstruction analysis

handlejyuinitialjyrhymeucoverV

Notes

From Nepali jiu ‘body, life’, cf. Sanskrit jīvá ‘living creature’ < PIE *gwei-.

Reflexes & cognates20 reflexes · 8 subgroups

2.1.5Dhimal1

Dhimaljiu* ‘body’King 94 DhBP

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2

Chepangjyu.ʔaŋmorpheme n.‘body (<N jyu + aŋ)’Caughley 00 Chepang
Magarjyu ‘body’Matisoff 87 BP

X.1Non-TB4

Nepalijiu ‘body’Matisoff 87 BP
Nepalijiu-komorpheme rau̩morpheme n‘body hair’Hale 73 CSD: 02a.09
Nepalijiu-komorpheme rau̩morpheme ‘hair (body)’Matisoff 87 BP
Nepalisarirmorpheme, jiu n‘body’Hale 73 CSD: 02a.01

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #15, *jyu ‘BODY’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/15
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-15,
  title  = {{*jyu 'BODY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #15},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/15}
}