Reconstruction analysis
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Notes
The typical word for earwax in TB languages is a compound EAR + SHIT. Cf., e.g. Lotha E No chu ‘earwax’, where the last syllable is from #572 PTB *kləy BODY DIRT / EXCREMENT. It is quite possible that some of the forms grouped under the present etymon may have a similar origin.
Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 4 subgroups
2.3.2Southern Kiranti2
2.3.3Central Kiranti1
Khaling'nge#811 PTB *r/g-na ‘EAR / HEAR / LISTEN’PKC *naa ⪤ *hnaa ‘EAR’PCN *hnaʔ ‘EAR’PCN *a-hŋaj ‘HEAR, LISTEN’PTk *na ‘EAR’PTk *na ‘HEAR’PNN *na ‘EAR’PL *(C)-na² ‘EAR’PKar *-hnaᴮ ‘LISTEN TO’PKar *naᴮ ‘EAR’◦co◦khli#572 PTB *kləy ‘BODY DIRT / EXCREMENT’PKC *mik-khlii ‘TEARS’PCN *a-khləjʔ ‘FECES, EXCREMENT’TGTM *ᴬkli ‘FECES,SHIT’PKar *khrejᴮ ‘BODY DIRT’ ‘earwax’Matisoff 87 BP
2.3.4Western Kiranti2
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #2089,
*tsyu ‘EARWAX’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2089Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2089,
title = {{*tsyu 'EARWAX'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2089},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2089}
}