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STEDT #2032

*kul

FACE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlekulinitialkrhymeulcoverK · L

Notes

This root has so far only been found in Himalayish languages.

Chinese comparandum

䫀 OC (*kən), GSR (not in #416) ‘upper part of cheek/jaw’; Coblin 86:112 ST *kul > OC *kenx; Schuessler 2007: (*kə̂nʔ); B & S 2011: (*kˁənʔ); Mand. gěn.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetankul~gul ‘neck’also contains *m-g(u/i)lCoblin 86: 112

2.1.2Bodic1

2.3Kiranti1

*BSDTKkul◦imorpheme (?) ‘face’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 59

2.3.4Western Kiranti4

Sunwarkul ‘face’Matisoff 87 BP
Thulungkəl ‘face’Allen 75

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old)kenx ‘neck’also contains *m-g(u/i)lCoblin 86: 112

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Chinese (Middle)kən: ‘neck’also contains *m-g(u/i)lCoblin 86: 112

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2032, *kul ‘FACE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2032
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("PHM")
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2032,
  title  = {{*kul 'FACE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2032},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2032}
}