*gru

SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES

Reconstruction analysis

handlegruinitialgrrhymeucoverK · V

Notes

This root has so far only been found in two languages (Eastern Chepang and Qiang [Mawo]), although the phonosemantic fit is extremely good.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 2 subgroups

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2

Chepang (Eastern)gruʔ ‘swollen lymph nodes (in neck)’Caughley 90 CheQ: 4.1.2

Chepang (Eastern)gruʔ ‘swollen lymph nodes (of groin)’Caughley 90 CheQ: 5.9.1

3.2Qiangic2

Qiang (Mawo)pʰo#163 PTB *s-bʷa(m/p) ‘SWELL / SWOLLEN / FAT / THICK / ROUNDED PART’MesorootsPCN *pəm ‘SWELL, BE SWOLLEN’PLB *C-pwap ‘SWELL UP / BE SWOLLEN / STOUT / CALF OF LEG’Allofams1a #163 PTB *s-bʷa(m/p) ‘SWELL / SWOLLEN / FAT / THICK / ROUNDED PART’1b #1317 PTB *bwap ‘CALF / LEG’ ʁlo ‘swollen lymph nodes (in neck)’Sun H 91 MawQ: 4.1.2

Qiang (Mawo)pʰə#163 PTB *s-bʷa(m/p) ‘SWELL / SWOLLEN / FAT / THICK / ROUNDED PART’MesorootsPCN *pəm ‘SWELL, BE SWOLLEN’PLB *C-pwap ‘SWELL UP / BE SWOLLEN / STOUT / CALF OF LEG’Allofams1a #163 PTB *s-bʷa(m/p) ‘SWELL / SWOLLEN / FAT / THICK / ROUNDED PART’1b #1317 PTB *bwap ‘CALF / LEG’ ʁlu ‘swollen lymph nodes (of groin)’Sun H 91 MawQ: 5.9.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1857, *gru ‘SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1857

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

References: cf chap 1.5.2

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1857,
  title  = {{*gru 'SWOLLEN LYMPH NODES'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1857},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1857}
}