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STEDT #2004

*kwam

SKULL

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlekwaminitialkwrhymeamcoverK · N

Reflexes & cognates8 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphopung#388 PTB *(p/b)wa(ŋ) ‘HEAD’-kum ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP

Jingphopung#388 PTB *(p/b)wa(ŋ) ‘HEAD’◦kun ‘skull’Marrison 67 Naga

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)uk#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’◦khoṅ:#387 PTB *s-kawŋ ‘HOLLOW / HOLLOW OBJECT / HEAD’◦khwaṁ ‘skull’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)ʔû#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ (-khôŋ#387 PTB *s-kawŋ ‘HOLLOW / HOLLOW OBJECT / HEAD’)-khwam ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.2.2Central Loloish2

Lisuwu¹#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’-hkaw⁴ ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP

Lisu (Central)wu¹#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’-hkaw⁴ ‘skull’Fraser 22

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Akhau˯#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ du˯#1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ k'm˯ (k'm˯) ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP

8Bai1

Bai (Jianchuan)tɯ̱²¹#359 PTB *tuk ⪤ *twak ‘HEAD / SKULL / NECK’ po̱²¹#388 PTB *(p/b)wa(ŋ) ‘HEAD’ kua̱⁴⁴ tɯ̱²¹morpheme ‘skull’Zhao 90: 2.4

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2004, *kwam ‘SKULL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2004

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2004,
  title  = {{*kwam 'SKULL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2004},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2004}
}