STEDT
STEDT #208

*dzyaŋ

BACK (LOWER)
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handleǰaŋinitialrhymecoverN

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*yaaŋ ‘BACK / SPINE’PKC #1186

Connections

Allofams

Notes

This etymon bears a strong resemblance to #408 PTB *g-raŋ ⪤ *k-laŋ BUTTOCKS / ANUS / HIPS, but the semantic center of gravity of the two roots is quite different, so that we are considering them to be separate etyma at the moment.

Reflexes & cognates45 reflexes · 16 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinyaaŋ ‘BACK / SPINE’VanBik 09 PKC: 1186

2.2Newar4

Newarjḁ ‘lower back’Matisoff 87 BP
Newarjḁ ‘lower back / loins / lumbar region’Matisoff 87 BP
Newarjɔ̃ ‘lower back’Shakya 89: 5.5.2
Newarjɔ̃ ‘waist’Shakya 89: 5.6

2.3.3Central Kiranti1

Khaling'yā#212 PTB *dal ‘LOWER BACK / WAIST / LOINS’Allofams4 #208 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘BACK (LOWER)’4 #212 PTB *dal ‘LOWER BACK / WAIST / LOINS’ adj‘back’Hale 73 CSD: 12c.17

2.3.4Western Kiranti4

Thulungcaŋsari ‘lower back / loins / lumbar region’Matisoff 87 BP
Thulungcəŋ ‘back (of body), behind, past’Allen 75
Thulunghemorphemeyoŋwasuffix ‘waist’Allen 75

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang5

Khamormorpheme'jḁ ‘lower back / loins / lumbar region’Matisoff 87 BP
Khamormorpheme'jə̃ː ‘back (body)’Watters 89 KhQ
Magarjāng ‘upper back’Matisoff 87 BP
Magarjāng ‘back’Matisoff 87 BP

4Nungic1

Anongʔi⁵⁵prefixzɑŋ³¹khɑ⁵³morpheme ‘back (direction)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 52.44

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #208, *dzyaŋ ‘BACK (LOWER)’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/208
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-208,
  title  = {{*dzyaŋ 'BACK (LOWER)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #208},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/208}
}