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STEDT #2031

*g-dwaŋ

FACE / FRONT PART
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handledwaŋprefixginitialdwrhymecoverT · N

Notes

This morpheme occurs in compounds for SHIN since the shin is the front part of the leg.

Reflexes & cognates30 reflexes · 5 subgroups

2.1.2Bodic5

Tsangla (Motuo)doŋpasuffix ‘face’Sun H 80 MLD
Tsangla (Motuo)doŋpasuffix ‘face’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 236.7
Tsangla (Motuo)toŋ¹³ pa⁵⁵suffix ‘face’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tsangla (Tilang)doŋ-pasuffix ‘face’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tshona (Wenlang)doŋ³⁵ pɑ⁵⁵suffix ‘face’Lu 86 CuoM

2.1.3Lepcha2

Lepcha(aprefix-) tʻon̊ tikmorpheme ‘shin’Matisoff 87 BP
Lepchadon̊ ‘face’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2031, *g-dwaŋ ‘FACE / FRONT PART’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2031
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: usually 2nd element in cpds
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2031,
  title  = {{*g-dwaŋ 'FACE / FRONT PART'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2031},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2031}
}