STEDT #1626

*tsaŋ

CLITORIS

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This root apparently occurs in three branches of TB: NE Indian Areal Group (Karbi), Himalayish (Limbu), and Lolo-Burmese (Bisu), with the consistent meaning of CLITORIS.

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]ingprefix◦chàng ‘clitoris’Grüssner 79 BP: 19

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti3

Limbunāpmorpheme-coŋ ‘clitoris’Matisoff 87 BP

Limbunepmorpheme◦caŋ ‘clitoris’Driem 88? LimA: 478

LimbunEpmorpheme◦tsɔŋ ‘clitoris’PTB *-aŋ seems to yield Limbu -o(ː)ŋ in other cases, e.g. BORN #70 PTB *braŋ BORN / BIRTH > Lb. poːŋ-maʔ.Michailovsky 89 Lm

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Bisutɔ#661 PTB *s-tu ‘VAGINA / VULVA’PTani *tɯ ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKC *tshuu ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKir *tu ‘VAGINA’◦tshìŋ ‘clitoris’Beaudouin 88 Bisu: 13

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1626, *tsaŋ ‘CLITORIS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1626

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1626,
  title  = {{*tsaŋ 'CLITORIS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1626},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1626}
}