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STEDT #2048

dzyay ⪤ tsyay

CHEEK / JAW / CHIN

NE Indian Areal Group

Reconstruction analysis

handledžayinitialdžrhymeay ⪤ tšcoverTS · WTS

Notes

This root is apparently valid, but requires further confirmation.

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.4Meithei6

Meitheicay◦ruŋ#2045 PTB *s-ruŋ ‘ROUNDED PART’ ‘cheekbone’Singh 91 MeiQ: 3.11.1

Meitheichai◦rung#2045 PTB *s-ruŋ ‘ROUNDED PART’ ‘jaw’Marrison 67 Naga

Meitheichâi◦rung#2045 PTB *s-ruŋ ‘ROUNDED PART’ ‘jaw’Matisoff 87 BP

Meitheikha#273 PTB *m/s-k(w)a-y ‘MOUTH / OPENING / SPREAD / DOOR / FACE / JAW’PKC *kaa ‘ENTRANCE / MOUTH’PKC *kaa ⪤ *khaa ‘CHIN / JAW (lower)’PCN *ka ‘GAPE, OPEN MOUTH’PTk *ka ‘OPEN (MOUTH)’PTk *kʰa ‘CHIN / JAW’PKar *kaᴮ ‘CHIN, JAW’◦jai ‘cheek’Marrison 67 Naga

Meitheikha#273 PTB *m/s-k(w)a-y ‘MOUTH / OPENING / SPREAD / DOOR / FACE / JAW’PKC *kaa ‘ENTRANCE / MOUTH’PKC *kaa ⪤ *khaa ‘CHIN / JAW (lower)’PCN *ka ‘GAPE, OPEN MOUTH’PTk *ka ‘OPEN (MOUTH)’PTk *kʰa ‘CHIN / JAW’PKar *kaᴮ ‘CHIN, JAW’◦jâi ‘cheek’Matisoff 87 BP

Meitheikhə#273 PTB *m/s-k(w)a-y ‘MOUTH / OPENING / SPREAD / DOOR / FACE / JAW’PKC *kaa ‘ENTRANCE / MOUTH’PKC *kaa ⪤ *khaa ‘CHIN / JAW (lower)’PCN *ka ‘GAPE, OPEN MOUTH’PTk *ka ‘OPEN (MOUTH)’PTk *kʰa ‘CHIN / JAW’PKar *kaᴮ ‘CHIN, JAW’◦jay ‘cheek’Singh 91 MeiQ: 3.11

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2048, *dzyay ⪤ *tsyay ‘CHEEK / JAW / CHIN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2048

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

References: ("KMR")

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2048,
  title  = {{*dzyay ⪤ *tsyay 'CHEEK / JAW / CHIN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2048},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2048}
}