*grap

SKULL

Reconstruction analysis

handleʔkrapinitialʔkrrhymeapcoverH · T

Notes

This root occurs as the second element in compounds that begin with #385 PTB *d-bu-s HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE in two languages, although much more confirmation is needed to set it up for TB as a whole.

Reflexes & cognates2 reflexes · 2 subgroups

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]ʔu#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’ ɣɪ̯ə̣ ‘skull’Dai 89 Xixi: 2.4

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lahu (Black)ó#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’-kôʔ ~ ó#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’-kwêʔ ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP: DL:122

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2005, *grap ‘SKULL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2005

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2005,
  title  = {{*grap 'SKULL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2005},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2005}
}