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STEDT #2034

*ts(y/w)ak

FACE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlecakinitialcrhymeakcoverTS · T

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*tʃak ‘FACE’PCN #249

Reflexes & cognates21 reflexes · 11 subgroups

1NE Indian Areal Group1

Mijigɯm#630 PTB *gam ‘JAW / CHIN / MOLAR’◦jaʔ ‘cheek / face’Simon 79 Miji

1.1.1.1Western Tani3

Galocog◦lo#238 PTB *g-r(w/y)a(ŋ/k) ‘BONE / SKELETON’PTani *loŋ ‘BONE’ ‘jaw’Das Gupta 63 Gal

Miri, Hillcok◦lo#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘jaw’Simon 76 Miri

Tagincok◦pya#264 PTB *m-b(y/r)aŋ ‘CHEEK’PKC *ɓiaŋ ‘CHEEK’ ‘jaw’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2

Damuɕok-roː#238 PTB *g-r(w/y)a(ŋ/k) ‘BONE / SKELETON’PTani *loŋ ‘BONE’ ‘jawbone’Sun J 93 Tani

Milangcok-kumorpheme-golo#274 PTB *m-gal ‘JAW’ ‘jaw’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)7

*Central Nagatʃak Bruhn 14 PCN: III.249

Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦jak ‘face’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦jak-mei v‘wash (face)’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)tə³prefix-tʃak³ n.‘face’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.249

Sangtamaprefix◦tsaʔ ‘face’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrüchak ‘face’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrüjak ‘face’Kumar 73 Yim: 95

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Rengmasho◦phamorpheme ‘jaw’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.2Bodic1

Tsangla (Motuo)namorpheme◦tza ‘face’Sun H 80 MLD

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written/Western?)kʻurmorpheme-tʻsog n‘cheek’Jäschke 1881: p. 42

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti2

Yakhanaː#1192 PTB *r-ŋwa-l ‘FACE / FRONT’Allofams3a #1192 PTB *r-ŋwa-l ‘FACE / FRONT’3b #2017 PTB *ŋar ‘TOPKNOT / FOREPART / FRONT SIDE’3c #2525 PTB *s-ŋa ‘BEFORE / FRONT’ cik ‘face’Kohn 90: 3.1

Yakhanaː#1192 PTB *r-ŋwa-l ‘FACE / FRONT’Allofams3a #1192 PTB *r-ŋwa-l ‘FACE / FRONT’3b #2017 PTB *ŋar ‘TOPKNOT / FOREPART / FRONT SIDE’3c #2525 PTB *s-ŋa ‘BEFORE / FRONT’ cik◦muŋ#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘beard / moustache’Kohn 90: 8.1.2

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Yi (Xide)ʂa³³-mɿ⁵⁵#681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’MesorootsPCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PLB *s-myak ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ ‘face’Chen 79 YiCh

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Sani [Nyi]bɑ²¹#268 PTB *m/s-ba ‘CHEEK / JAW / CHIN’PLB *ba² ‘CHEEK’PKar *Ɂbɔᴬ ‘NECK, CHEEK’n̩⁴⁴#681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’MesorootsPCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PLB *s-myak ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’zɑ²¹ ‘cheek’Chen 86 Yi: 3.11

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2034, *ts(y/w)ak ‘FACE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2034

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2034,
  title  = {{*ts(y/w)ak 'FACE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2034},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2034}
}