STEDT #1632

r-ku ⪤ kru

NEST / UTERUS / AMNIOTIC SAC

Reconstruction analysis

handlekuprefixrinitialkrhymeucoverK · V

Notes

This root is set up on slender but rather convincing evidence, if we are willing to admit relationship via metathesis between Angami forms with kr-, and Qiangic forms with ɹaq-. (For another etymon that shows a similar metathesis of prefixal and medial -r-, cf. #1733 PTB *r/m-bu ⪤ *pru NEST / WOMB / PLACENTA, above. The semantic scope of the Qiangic forms extends to AMNIOTIC SAC. In many TB languages, as in English, the amniotic fluid is referred to simply by the word for WATER (cf. Eng. “Her water broke”), e.g. Maru ɣək³¹ ‘water; amniotic fluid’ (< #1013 PTB *rəy WATER / LIQUID / BODILY FLUID, below), Baima ʃuɛ³⁵ ‘amniotic fluid’ (< Chinese; cf. Mand. 水 shuǐ ‘water’).

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group2

Angami (Khonoma)peramorpheme◦kru ‘nest’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)kru ‘nest’Marrison 67 Naga

3.2Qiangic2

Qiang (Mawo)tʂə#2727 PTB *tsa-n ‘CHILD / GRANDCHILD / NEPHEW / NIECE’MesorootsPCN *tsaʔ ‘SON’PTk *tsa ‘CHILD / DIMINUTIVE’Allofams1 #428 PTB *tsa-n ⪤ *za-n ‘CHILD / SON / RELATIVES’1a #1012 PTB *za-n ‘CHILD’1b #2727 PTB *tsa-n ‘CHILD / GRANDCHILD / NEPHEW / NIECE’◦ɹaqu ‘womb’Sun J 86 Mawo

Qiang (Mawo)tʃəmorpheme ɹaqu ‘amniotic sac / bag of waters’Sun H 91 MawQ: 10.4.9

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGyalrong (Northern)tamorpheme◦po#1733 PTB *r/m-bu ⪤ *pru ‘NEST / WOMB / PLACENTA’PKC *ɓuu ‘NEST / DEN’◦tsomorpheme r̥qʰu ‘amniotic sac / bag of waters’Sun H 91 rNQ: 10.4.9

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1632, *r-ku ⪤ *kru ‘NEST / UTERUS / AMNIOTIC SAC’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1632

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

References: Qiangic only

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1632,
  title  = {{*r-ku ⪤ *kru 'NEST / UTERUS / AMNIOTIC SAC'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1632},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1632}
}