Reconstruction analysis
handlekəwprefixsinitialkrhymeəwcoverK · W
Connections
HPTB*s-kəw ‘body / corpse’p. 198
Notes
See also two similar but independent roots #1 PTB *guŋ BODY / BACK and #206 PTB *(k/g)um BACK / BODY.
Chinese comparandum
軀 OC *k’i̯u, GSR #122g ‘body’; Coblin 86: *khjug ~ khjugh; Mand. qū.
Reflexes & cognates124 reflexes · 21 subgroups
0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4
1.2.2Central Chin1
1.6Mru1
1.7.3.1Jingpho2
1.7.3.2Asakian2
2.1.2Bodic1
2.1.2.1Tibetan19
Tibetan (Written)gzugs#4 PTB *g-zuk ‘BODY’, sku ‘body’WT has a doublet (sku and sgo), with the relationship between them unclear. Chantyal gɦo is apparently a loanword from the latter variant.Marrison 67 Naga
Tibetan (Written)sgo-po#1902 PTB *-pu ⪤ *-pwa ‘SUFFIX (nominalizer; bulk-provider)’ ‘body’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)sku-braŋ#288 PTB *b/g-raŋ ‘CHEST’ ‘chest’WT sku may be freely prefixed to body part terms to convey a respectful meaning (cf. Jäschke 1881, p. 21).Matisoff 87 BP
2.1.4Tamangish2
3.1Tangut1
3.2Qiangic9
Ersugɑ⁵⁵ ma⁵⁵#17 PTB *s-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *si-maŋ ‘DEAD BODY’PCN *a-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’ ‘body’Sun H 91 ErsQ
Namuyigu⁵⁵mi⁵⁵morphemeja³³#2154 PTB *b(w)ay ‘LEFT (HAND)’PTk *joj ‘LEFT SIDE’PL *b-way² ‘LEFT’ta³³morpheme ‘side (left)’Sun H 91 NamQ: 1.3
Pumi (Qinghua)gə¹³ m̥u¹³#17 PTB *s-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *si-maŋ ‘DEAD BODY’PCN *a-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’ ‘body’Pumi m̥ reflects the *s- prefix.Lu 83 Pumi
3.3.1rGyalrong3
4Nungic7
6.1.1Burmish12
Burmese (Written)kui(y) ‘body / person’Written Burmese -y is a learned folk etymology (cf. Sanskrit).Chou 72: 122g
6.1.2Loloish1
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish26
Nesugɤ²¹ mu²¹#17 PTB *s-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *si-maŋ ‘DEAD BODY’PCN *a-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’ ‘body’Chen 86 Yi: 1.1
Yi (Dafang)bɯ²¹#1361 PTB *d/s-pəy ‘WAIST / HIPS / LOWER BACK / BUTTOCKS / TAIL’ gɯ³³ ‘back (of body)’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Dafang)bɯ²¹#1361 PTB *d/s-pəy ‘WAIST / HIPS / LOWER BACK / BUTTOCKS / TAIL’gɯ³³ ‘back (of body)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 258.22
Yi (Mile)gɯ²¹mo³³#17 PTB *s-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *si-maŋ ‘DEAD BODY’PCN *a-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’ ‘body’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 231.25
Yi (Mojiang)gɯ²¹mo²¹#17 PTB *s-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *si-maŋ ‘DEAD BODY’PCN *a-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’ ‘body’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 231.26
Yi (Xide)ko²¹-po³³#1902 PTB *-pu ⪤ *-pwa ‘SUFFIX (nominalizer; bulk-provider)’ ‘human body, flesh’Chen 79 YiCh
6.1.2.2Central Loloish20
Ahigɯ²¹ mo³³#17 PTB *s-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *si-maŋ ‘DEAD BODY’PCN *a-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’ ‘body’Luo 90: 1.1
Sani [Nyi]kɯ³³ pɤ³³#1902 PTB *-pu ⪤ *-pwa ‘SUFFIX (nominalizer; bulk-provider)’ ‘body’Ma 89 SanQ: 325.2
Sani [Nyi]kɯ³³ pɯ³³#1902 PTB *-pu ⪤ *-pwa ‘SUFFIX (nominalizer; bulk-provider)’ mɪ²¹morpheme ‘filthy (body)’Wu 84: 28.1
Sani [Nyi]kɯ³³pɤ³³#1902 PTB *-pu ⪤ *-pwa ‘SUFFIX (nominalizer; bulk-provider)’ ‘body’Chen 86 Yi: 1.1
Yi (Sani)kɯ³³pɤ³³#1902 PTB *-pu ⪤ *-pwa ‘SUFFIX (nominalizer; bulk-provider)’ n‘body’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0073.39
Sani [Nyi]kɯ³³pɯ³³#1902 PTB *-pu ⪤ *-pwa ‘SUFFIX (nominalizer; bulk-provider)’mɪ²¹morpheme ‘bodily dirt’Wu 84
7Karenic1
8Bai7
9.0.1Old Chinese6
9.0.2Middle Chinese3
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #2,
*s-kəw ‘BODY / CHEST / THORAX / CORPSE’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: Ch. Chars.; STC p.184, GSR, HPTB p.198
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2,
title = {{*s-kəw 'BODY / CHEST / THORAX / CORPSE'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2}
}