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STEDT #2055

*tri

JAW / CHIN

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

A few forms (Newar wakudhi(k), Pwo [Bassein] bòʔ phàʔ thèʔ ) point to a possible *-k suffix with this root.

Reflexes & cognates27 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Lotha Nagaoprefix◦kan#630 PTB *gam ‘JAW / CHIN / MOLAR’◦drü ‘jaw’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Bodotu#280 PTB *s-tu(n/m) ‘CHIN / CHEEK’◦tri ‘chin’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.1Western Himalayish4

Bunanka#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’◦ṭi ‘jaw’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 3.13

Bunanəlmorpheme◦kyomorpheme◦tsi ‘chin’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 3.12

Pattani [Manchati]cʰim#2051 PTB *tsyi(p/m) ‘CHEEK / CHIN’◦ʈi ‘chin’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH

Pattani [Manchati]tsim#2051 PTB *tsyi(p/m) ‘CHEEK / CHIN’◦Thi ‘chin’Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 3.12

2.1.2Bodic6

Tsangla (Motuo)kam¹³#630 PTB *gam ‘JAW / CHIN / MOLAR’ ti⁵⁵ ‘chin’Zhang Jichuan 86

Tsangla (Motuo)ro#1265 PTB *ra ‘MOUSTACHE / BEARD / CHIN’◦zi ‘chin’Sun H 80 MLD

Tsangla (Motuo)ro#1265 PTB *ra ‘MOUSTACHE / BEARD / CHIN’◦zi ‘chin’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 247.7

Tsangla (Tilang)gam#630 PTB *gam ‘JAW / CHIN / MOLAR’-tʰi ‘chin’Zhang Jichuan 86

Tshona (Wenlang)gɑm³⁵#630 PTB *gam ‘JAW / CHIN / MOLAR’ di⁵⁵ ‘chin’Lu 86 CuoM

Motuo Menbaro#1265 PTB *ra ‘MOUSTACHE / BEARD / CHIN’ zi n‘chin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0088.07

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Batang)dʐã⁵⁵#262 PTB *s-gram ‘CHEEK / FACE / JAW’ zi⁵⁵ ‘chin’Dai 89 Bata: 3.12

2.1.4Tamangish4

Thakali (Tukche)mohmcimorpheme nɔmorpheme◦ʈi sɔmorpheme 'ŋi#2052 PTB *ney ‘CHEEK / CHIN’ ŋi#2052 PTB *ney ‘CHEEK / CHIN’ ‘jaw’Hari 71a ThVo: 2.A.20

Thakali (Tukche)mohm#2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’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’◦ci ‘chin’Matisoff 87 BP

Thakali (Tukche)mohm#2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’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’◦ci ‘chin’Hari 71a ThVo: 2.A.22

Thakali (Tukche)mohmmorpheme◦cimorpheme namorpheme◦Ti samorpheme 'ngi#2052 PTB *ney ‘CHEEK / CHIN’◦ngi#2052 PTB *ney ‘CHEEK / CHIN’ ‘jaw’Matisoff 87 BP

2.2Newar4

Newarcwoeyamorpheme wāk#632 PTB *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’PTani *fiː ‘TOOTH’PKC *haa ‘TOOTH’PCN *p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PTk *ha ‘TOOTH’PNN *swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’PLB *swa² ‘TOOTH’PL *swa² ‘TOOTH’◦dhi: ‘upper jaw / maxilla’Shakya 89: 3.13.2

Newarkoeyāmorpheme wāk#632 PTB *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’PTani *fiː ‘TOOTH’PKC *haa ‘TOOTH’PCN *p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PTk *ha ‘TOOTH’PNN *swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’PLB *swa² ‘TOOTH’PL *swa² ‘TOOTH’◦dhi: ‘lower jaw / mandible’Shakya 89: 3.13.1

Newarwak#632 PTB *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’PTani *fiː ‘TOOTH’PKC *haa ‘TOOTH’PCN *p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PTk *ha ‘TOOTH’PNN *swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’PLB *swa² ‘TOOTH’PL *swa² ‘TOOTH’◦dhi: ‘jaw’Shakya 89: 3.13

Newarwa#632 PTB *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’PTani *fiː ‘TOOTH’PKC *haa ‘TOOTH’PCN *p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PTk *ha ‘TOOTH’PNN *swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’PLB *swa² ‘TOOTH’PL *swa² ‘TOOTH’◦ku#2057 PTB *s-kow ‘CHIN’◦dhi(k) ‘jaw’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.4Western Kiranti3

Thulungyo#2053 PTB *g(y/w)ar ‘CHEEK / CHIN / JAW’◦ji ‘chin’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 32

Thulungyo#2053 PTB *g(y/w)ar ‘CHEEK / CHIN / JAW’◦ji ‘chin’Matisoff 87 BP

Thulungyo#2053 PTB *g(y/w)ar ‘CHEEK / CHIN / JAW’◦ji ‘chin’Allen 75

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Nesuȵɪ̱²¹#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’ tʂʅ⁵⁵ ‘chin’Chen 86 Yi: 3.12

7Karenic2

Pwo (Bassein)bòʔ#268 PTB *m/s-ba ‘CHEEK / JAW / CHIN’PLB *ba² ‘CHEEK’PKar *Ɂbɔᴬ ‘NECK, CHEEK’◦phàʔsuffix◦thèʔ ‘cheek’Jones 61: 469

Sgaw (Bassein)bɔʔ#268 PTB *m/s-ba ‘CHEEK / JAW / CHIN’PLB *ba² ‘CHEEK’PKar *Ɂbɔᴬ ‘NECK, CHEEK’◦pasuffix◦thìʔ ‘cheek’Jones 61: 469

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2055, *tri ‘JAW / CHIN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2055

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2055,
  title  = {{*tri 'JAW / CHIN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2055},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2055}
}