Reconstruction analysis
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Notes
This etymon seems always to occur as the last syllable in compounds. It is attested in Himalayish, Meithei and Karbi, with an isolated cognate in Kuki-Chin.
Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 5 subgroups
1.2.3Maraic1
Lakher [Mara]rao#488 PTB *k-(r/l)aw ‘THROAT / PALATE’ ka#494 PTB *ka ‘THROAT / NECK’ ri ‘windpipe / trachea’Matisoff 87 BP
1.4Meithei2
1.5Mikir [Karbi]3
Mikir [Karbi]chemorpheme◦thè#501 PTB *ti ‘WINDPIPE / TRACHEA / THROAT’ aprefix-rī ‘adam's apple / larynx’Grüssner 79 BP: 61
Mikir [Karbi]chemorpheme◦the#501 PTB *ti ‘WINDPIPE / TRACHEA / THROAT’ aprefix◦ri ‘windpipe / trachea’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]chemorpheme◦the#501 PTB *ti ‘WINDPIPE / TRACHEA / THROAT’ aprefix◦ri ‘larynx;’Matisoff 87 BP
2.1.4Tamangish3
Gurung (Ghachok)khāq#494 PTB *ka ‘THROAT / NECK’◦ri ‘throat’The glottal final in Gurung khāq suggests that #494 PTB *ka THROAT / NECK might stand in an allofamic relationship to #493 PTB *kak THROAT. Matisoff 87 BP
2.3.2Southern Kiranti2
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #1725,
*ri ‘THROAT’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1725Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: Tamang, Meithei, Mikir
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1725,
title = {{*ri 'THROAT'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1725},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1725}
}