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STEDT #2111

*pwa(ŋ/n)

BELLY / CENTER
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlepoŋ/ninitialprhymeoŋ/ncoverP · N

Connections

Allofams
Poss. allofam*m-dzyaŋ ‘LEAN’

Notes

This root strongly resembles #674 PTB *pʷam WOMB / PLACENTA / BELLY / STOMACH / NEST, but we are keeping it separate for now.

Reflexes & cognates59 reflexes · 14 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanpon ⪤ poŋ ‘belly-stomach’Matisoff 78 VSTB: 3

1.1.2Deng11

Darang [Taraon]tʰɯ³¹morpheme boŋ³⁵ ‘center’Sun H 80 MLD
Iduahãmorpheme◦pũ ‘abdomen’Pulu 78
Iduehãmorpheme◦pũ ‘belly’Pulu 78
Iduehamorpheme◦pũ ‘abdomen’Anonymous 62 Idu
Idukʰemorpheme-ãprefix◦põ ‘belly’Anonymous 62 Idu
Idukʰɹa³¹morphemepoŋ³⁵ ‘belly / abdomen (outer bulge)’Sun H 91 IduQ: 5.7

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Puironbon ‘belly’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Tangkhulāmorpheme◦paimorpheme◦phon ‘belly-stomach’Matisoff 78 VSTB: 3

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish13

Pyenpawng-pawng ‘belly-stomach’Matisoff 78 VSTB: 3
Bisupɔ̀ŋ-basuffix ‘belly-stomach’Matisoff 78 VSTB: 3
Bisupɔ̀ŋ◦bamorpheme ‘stomach’Bradley 9x Bisu
Bisupɔ̀ŋ◦basuffix ‘belly’Beaudouin 88 Bisu: 13
Bisupɔ̀ŋ◦pɔ̀ŋ ‘stomach’Beaudouin 88 Bisu: 15
Mpipuŋ⁶ ‘belly, stomach’Srinuan 76
Mpipuŋ⁶ ‘stomach / belly’Srinuan 76
Sangkongu³¹morpheme poŋ³³ ‘belly, stomach’Li Yongsui 91 Sang

7Karenic16

*Karenphom ‘stomach’Weidert 87 TBTo: 857

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2111, *pwa(ŋ/n) ‘BELLY / CENTER’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2111
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: from VSTB p. 126; incl 260
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2111,
  title  = {{*pwa(ŋ/n) 'BELLY / CENTER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2111},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2111}
}