*ki

MOUTH / LIP

NE Indian Areal Group

Reconstruction analysis

handlekiinitialkrhymeicoverK · V

Notes

This tentatively offered root is so far quite weakly attested.

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.1“North Assam”2

Sulung [Puroik]kə³³morphemekiɛ³³ ‘lip’Sun H 93 SulQ

Sulung [Puroik]kə³³morphemekiɛ³³ ‘lip’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 243.52

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group2

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ki◦chi#686 PTB *si(ŋ/k) ‘MOUTH / LIP’ ‘mouth’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ki◦chi#686 PTB *si(ŋ/k) ‘MOUTH / LIP’ ‘mouth’Achumi 98: 3.7

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Khoiraome#467 PTB *s-muːr ‘MOUTH / LIP / HOLD IN MOUTH / CHEW / FACE / GILLS’PKC *hmuur ‘LIP / BEAK / MOUTH / TIP’PCN *mən ‘MOUTH’PTk *mor ‘MOUTH’◦ki ‘lip’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2133, *ki ‘MOUTH / LIP’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2133

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: ("KMR") only in Sema, Khoirao

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2133,
  title  = {{*ki 'MOUTH / LIP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2133},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2133}
}