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STEDT #2002

*twat

FOREHEAD / SKULL

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

It is possible that all the non-Tibetan forms are in fact borrowings from Tibetan.

Reflexes & cognates25 reflexes · 6 subgroups

2.1.2Bodic2

Baimathɛ¹³ pɑ⁵³suffix ‘forehead / brow’Sun H 91 Baim: 3.2

Tsangla (Motuo)tʰot◦pasuffix ‘skull’Sun H 80 MLD

2.1.2.1Tibetan10

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)tʰod-pæsuffix ‘forehead’Sun J 85 Amdo: 279

Tibetan (Batang)the⁵⁵ pa⁵⁵suffix ‘forehead / brow’Dai 89 Bata: 3.2

Spitithod◦pasuffix ‘skull’Bodh 91: 2.4

Tibetan (Written)thod pasuffix n‘forehead’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0077.01

Tibetan (Written)thod.pasuffix ‘forehead’Sun J 85 TbGl: 279

Tibetan (Written)thod◦pasuffix ‘forehead’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)thod◦pasuffix ‘skull’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)tʻod-pasuffix ‘forehead’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)tʻod-pasuffix ‘skull; (colloq) forehead, brow’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Xiahe)tho pasuffix n‘forehead’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0077.04

2.1.4Tamangish1

Tamang (Risiangku)¹tʰot◦pasuffix n‘skull’Mazaudon 91 TamQ: 2.4, 2.2

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti2

Limbutowā◦bāsuffix ‘forehead’Matisoff 87 BP

Limbutwaː◦basuffix ‘forehead’Michailovsky 89 Lm

3.2Qiangic7

Muyathə⁵⁵pæ⁵³suffix n‘forehead’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0077.15

Muya [Minyak]thɯ⁵⁵pɛ³³suffix ‘forehead’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 233.15

Muya [Minyak]tʰɯ⁵⁵pɛ³³suffix ‘forehead / brow’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 3.2

Qiang (Mawo)thu◦pasuffix ‘skull’Sun J 86 Mawo

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]the⁵⁵pɐ⁵⁵morphemeli⁵⁵morpheme ‘forehead’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 233.16

Queyu (Xinlong)thɛ⁵⁵pe⁵⁵morpheme n‘forehead’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0077.13

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]tʰe⁵⁵ pɐ⁵⁵morpheme li⁵⁵morpheme ‘forehead / brow’Sun H 91 ZhaQ: 3.2

3.3.1rGyalrong3

rGyalrong (Eastern)tʰok◦pɐsuffix ‘skull’Sun H 91 rEQ: 2.4

rGyalrong (NW)tʰot por̥morpheme ‘skull’Sun H 91 rNW: 2.4

rGyalrong (Northern)tʰot◦pasuffix ‘skull’Sun H 91 rNQ: 2.4

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2002, *twat ‘FOREHEAD / SKULL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2002

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

References: JTS

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2002,
  title  = {{*twat 'FOREHEAD / SKULL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2002},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2002}
}