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*riːl

INTESTINES / BOWELS / BELLY / STOMACH
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handlerilinitialrrhymeiːlcoverL · L

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*ril ⪤ *rul ‘INTESTINES / BOWELS / ENTRAILS’PKC #952
Central Naga (Ao Group)*a-(h)rə ‘INTESTINES’PCN #101
Tangkhulic*ril ‘INTESTINES’DRM#504

Connections

HPTB*riːl ‘belly / stomach / intestines’pp. 44, 385, 387, 412, 413, 426
HPTB*s-ril ‘choose / be fastidious’p. 410
Poss. allofam#573

Reflexes & cognates78 reflexes · 12 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanriːl ‘belly / stomach / intestines’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 610

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinril ⪤ rul ‘INTESTINES / BOWELS / ENTRAILS’VanBik 09 PKC: 952

1.2.1.1Northern Chin12

Kuki-Chingil ‘intestines / bowels’Haokip 98: 9.11
Kuki-Chingil◦lenmorpheme ‘large intestine’Haokip 98: 9.11.1
Kuki-Chingil◦ngatmorpheme ‘small intestine’Haokip 98: 9.11.2
Sizangngīl ‘belly’VanBik 09 PKC: 952
Thadogíl ‘intestine’VanBik 09 PKC: 952
Thadogìl ‘intestine’Thirumalai 72: 58
Tiddimŋgɪl¹ ‘bowels’Luce 85: N.23
Tiddimɣɪl¹ ‘bowels’Luce 85: N.23

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin5

Cho (Mindat)khi gui ‘intestines, bowels’VanBik 09 PKC: 952
Khumituyvií ‘small intestine’VanBik 09 PKC: 952
Matuŋ̩xil ‘intestines’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 87
Matupiχʀiːl⁴ ‘bowels’Luce 85: N.23
Mkaangxɨ ‘intestines’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 87

1.2.2Central Chin9

Khualsimriːl³ ‘bowels’Luce 85: N.23
Lai (Hakha)rîl ‘intestines, bowels, entrails’VanBik 09 PKC: 952
Lai (Falam)rǐl ‘intestines, bowels’VanBik 09 PKC: 952
Lai (Hakha)ril⁵ ‘bowels’Luce 85: N.23
Lushai [Mizo]rîl ‘intestines’Marrison 67 Naga
Lushai [Mizo]rîl ‘intestines / bowels’Matisoff 87 BP
Lushai [Mizo]ríl n‘bowels, entrails, intestines’VanBik 09 PKC: 952
Lushai [Mizo]ril n‘bowels; entrails’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 347
Lushai [Mizo]riːl¹ ‘bowels’Luce 85: N.23

1.2.3Maraic7

Lakher [Mara]rì n‘intestines, the bowels’VanBik 09 PKC: 952
Lakher [Mara]ri-pimorpheme ‘large intestine’Matisoff 87 BP
Meraʀi⁶ ‘bowels’Luce 85: N.23
Tha'oarɪl¹ ‘bowels’Luce 85: N.23
Xongsaiŋgɪl³ ‘bowels’Luce 85: N.23

1.2.4“Old Kuki”6

Kom Reməri kʰəmorpheme ‘small intestine’Toba 91 KRQ: 9.11.2
Kom Reməri rəŋmorpheme ‘large intestine’Toba 91 KRQ: 9.11.1
Sorbungʔəríi ‘intestines; bowels’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.302
Sorbungʔəríi◦lookpaamorpheme ‘large intestine’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.303
Sorbungʔəríi◦nèepaamorpheme ‘small intestine’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.304

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)16

*Central Nagaaprefix-(h)rə ‘INTESTINES’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.101
*Aotprefix-(aprefix-)hɹə ‘INTESTINES’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.304
Ao (Chungli)taprefix◦r ‘intestines’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)tprefix◦aɹ² n.‘intestines’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.304
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)taprefix◦rü ‘intestines’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-hɹə n.‘bowels’Coupe 07 Ao
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-hɹə n.‘intestines’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagae¹prefix-rə¹ n.‘intestines’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.101
Lotha Nagaeprefix◦rrü ‘intestines’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagaeprefix◦rü ‘intestine’Murry 78: 63
Lotha NagaEprefix◦ru ‘intestines / bowels’Nienu 90 LotQ: 9.11
Lotha Nagaēprefix◦rə̄ ‘intestine’Acharya 75
Lotha NagaRu◦phuiimorpheme ‘anus / rectum’Nienu 90 LotQ: 9.12
Lotha NagaRu◦phvumorpheme ‘buttocks’Nienu 90 LotQ: 5.10.1
Sangtamghü ‘intestines’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group12

Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix rie³³ ‘intestines / bowels’Nienu 90 AngQ: 9.11
Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix rie³¹ bo⁵⁵morpheme ‘large intestine’Nienu 90 AngQ: 9.11.1
Angami (Kohima)uprefix◦rie ‘intestines’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokri(u)prefix ra³³ ‘intestines / bowels’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 9.11
Chokri(u)prefix ra³³ ne³³morpheme ‘small intestine’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 9.11.2
Chokri(u)prefix ra³¹ bo³⁵morpheme ‘large intestine’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 9.11.1
Khezhakemorpheme◦ri ‘intestines / bowels’Yabu 94 Khö: 9.11
Sema [Sumi]akemorpheme◦ghi ‘intestines’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]akimorpheme◦ghi aghuloumorpheme ‘intestine (small)’Achumi 98: 9.11.2
Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦khomorpheme◦ghe ‘intestine (large)’Achumi 98: 9.11.1
Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦kimorpheme◦ghi ‘intestines / bowels’Achumi 98: 9.11
Sema [Sumi]kimorpheme◦ghi◦nolimorpheme ‘intestines / bowels’Achumi 98: 9.11

1.3.4Tangkhulic10

Huishuʔaprefix-ri ‘small intestine’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.295
Kachaiʔamorpheme-kʰəmorpheme-rɐ ‘intestines / bowels / stomach’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.275
Tangkhulāmorpheme◦khamorpheme◦ri ‘intestines / bowels’Matisoff 87 BP
Tangkhulāmorpheme◦ri◦rāmorpheme ‘intestines / bowels’Matisoff 87 BP
Tusomkəmorpheme-tuəmorpheme-pimorpheme-ʔɯkʰmorpheme-rɯe ‘small intestine’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.288
Tusomʔɯkʰmorpheme-rɯe ‘intestine’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.286
Tusomʔɯkʰmorpheme-rɯe-kʰacmorpheme-ʃumorpheme-pimorpheme ‘large intestine’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.287
Ukhrulʔamorpheme-kʰəmorpheme-ri ‘intestines’Mortensen 12 Tk
Ukhrulʔakmorpheme-ri ‘intestines’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.4Meithei3

Meitheithimorpheme◦boŋmorpheme-thimorpheme◦rin ‘intestines / bowels’Singh 91 MeiQ: 9.11
Meitheiəcəwbəmorpheme thiboŋmorpheme-thimorpheme◦rin ‘large intestine’Singh 91 MeiQ: 9.11.1
Meitheiəpikpəmorpheme thiboŋmorpheme-thimorpheme◦rin ‘small intestine’Singh 91 MeiQ: 9.11.2

1.6Mru1

Mruria ‘bowels’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2127, *riːl ‘INTESTINES / BOWELS / BELLY / STOMACH’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2127
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2127,
  title  = {{*riːl 'INTESTINES / BOWELS / BELLY / STOMACH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2127},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2127}
}