STEDT
STEDT #1725

*ri

THROAT

Reconstruction analysis

handleriinitialrrhymeicoverL · V

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

1.5Mikir [Karbi]3

Mikir [Karbi]chemorphemethe#501 PTB *ti ‘WINDPIPE / TRACHEA / THROAT’ aprefixri ‘windpipe / trachea’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

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1725, *ri ‘THROAT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1725
Data: 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}
}