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*g/b-liŋ ⪤ *g/b-lyaŋ

BACK / SPINE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleg/b-liinitiallrhymeiŋ⪤g/b-lcoverL · VNL

Intermediate reconstructions

Northern Naga/Konyakian*kʰeːŋ ‘BACK (BODY)’
Tamangish*ᴬʰli ‘BACK / BACKSIDE’

Connections

See alsoLOWER BACK/HIPS
Poss. allofams#1374, *dzyaŋ ‘BACK (LOWER)’

Notes

The Lepcha form glyan̊ provides the best evidence for the allofam with the *-yaŋ rhyme.

Reflexes & cognates69 reflexes · 22 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetangljaɣ ‘backbone / skeleton’Coblin 86: 138

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

Tagineŋmorpheme◦kiŋ◦galo#233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘backbone / spine’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani5

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]gí◦jímorpheme tatkinmorpheme ‘backbone / spine’Matisoff 87 BP
Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]umorpheme-gíng ‘lower back / loins / lumbar region’Matisoff 87 BP

1.1.2Deng18

Darang [Taraon]pling gla:morpheme ‘carry on back’Anonymous xx Tar
Darang [Taraon]pling-numorpheme ‘rear (back)’Anonymous xx Tar
Darang [Taraon]plɯn⁵³ ‘back’Sun H 80 MLD
Darang [Taraon]plɯn⁵³ ‘back (of body)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 258.49
Darang [Taraon]plɯu⁵³ ‘back (direction)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 52.49
Kaman [Miju]glɑ̆u⁵³ ‘back’Sun H 80 MLD
Kaman [Miju]glɑ̆u⁵³ ‘back (of body)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 258.48
Kaman [Miju]glɑ̆u⁵³ ‘back (direction)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 52.48
Idui⁵⁵prefixpin⁵⁵dio⁵⁵morpheme ‘back (direction)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 52.50
Iduiprefix◦pin◦domorpheme ‘back’Pulu 78
Iduplɯn⁵³ ‘back’Sun H 91 IduQ: 5.5
Iduplɯn⁵³ ‘back (of body)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 258.50
Yidui⁵⁵prefixpin⁵⁵dio⁵⁵morpheme n/adv‘back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0713.25
Yiduplɯn⁵³ n‘back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0091.25

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Moyonkhen ‘back basket (women's)’French 83: 453

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group3

Ntenyiaprefix◦ke◦sümorpheme ‘back (body)’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ki◦chemorpheme ‘back (body)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian2

*Northern NagaC̥-geŋ ‘waist’French 83: 574-5
*Northern Nagakʰeːŋ ‘back (body)’French 83: 453

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Wanchotaprefix◦ki ‘back (body)’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.2Bodic1

Baimagiɛ¹³ zɿ⁵³morpheme ‘back’Sun H 91 Baim: 5.5

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchaglyan̊ ‘backbone / spine’Matisoff 87 BP

2.2Newar3

Newarliu◦nemorpheme ‘back’Shakya 89: 1.4
Newarlyu◦nemorpheme adj‘back’Hale 73 CSD: 12c.17
Newarlyu◦nemorpheme ‘behind’Hale 73 CSD: XIIC

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang8

Chepangging ‘lower back / loins / lumbar region’Matisoff 87 BP
Chepanggiŋ ‘back (lower)’Caughley 72 CVoc: 2.A.31
Chepang (Eastern)giŋ◦khurʔmorpheme ‘hunchback’Caughley 90 CheQ: 5.5.6
Magarli◦semorpheme adj‘back’Hale 73 CSD: 12c.17

7Karenic3

Bwe-blʋ n‘backbone / spine’Henderson 97 Kar
Bwephlú-kámorpheme ‘back part of the inside’Henderson 97 Kar
Karen (Sgaw/Yue)plo³¹ ‘back (body)’Dai 89 KarA: 118

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old)gljagx ‘backbone / skeleton’Coblin 86: 138

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Chinese (Middle)ljwo: ‘backbone / spine’Coblin 86: 138

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Chinese (Mandarin)lü ‘backbone / spine; pitch-pipe’Karlgren 57 GSR: 76a-c

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #209, *g/b-liŋ ⪤ *g/b-lyaŋ ‘BACK / SPINE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/209
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: incl old 210,1374. GSR 76a-c, WSC p. 138 *gljagx
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-209,
  title  = {{*g/b-liŋ ⪤ *g/b-lyaŋ 'BACK / SPINE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #209},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/209}
}