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STEDT #2051

*tsyi(p/m)

CHEEK / CHIN

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletšipinitialtšrhymeip ⪤ tšcoverTS · TS

Notes

This root seems solid, despite its rather sparse attestation. Note the alternation between the homorganic final stop and nasal.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Yimchungrümü#1187 PTB *s-ma-y ‘FACE / CHEEK / FRONT / AHEAD / FIRST’PKC *hmaay ‘FACE / FRONT’PKC *hmaa ‘FRONT / FIRST’PKC *hmaay-saa ‘AHEAD / FIRST’PCN *hmaj ‘FACE / SURFACE’PTk *maj ‘FACE’◦chhip ‘cheek’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

Pattani [Manchati]cʰim◦ʈi#2055 PTB *tri ‘JAW / CHIN’ ‘chin’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH

Pattani [Manchati]tsim◦Thi#2055 PTB *tri ‘JAW / CHIN’ ‘chin’Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 3.12

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Thulungpho#277 PTB *pow ‘CHEEK’◦sip ‘cheek’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 25

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2051, *tsyi(p/m) ‘CHEEK / CHIN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2051

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2051,
  title  = {{*tsyi(p/m) 'CHEEK / CHIN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2051},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2051}
}