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STEDT #214

*s-ha(k/ŋ)

LOWER BACK / CROTCH
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlehakinitialhrhymeak ⪤ s-hcoverH · VTS

Connections

See alsoWAIST/GROIN

Notes

The Limbu form points to a medial -y-, which is perhaps due to the influence of the *s- prefix, as in Lepcha (cf. Benedict 1943).

Reflexes & cognates18 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.1.2Deng1

Iduaprefix◦hak◦aprefix◦la#3341 PTB *b-la ‘GROIN / CROTCH’ ‘groin’Pulu 78

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Moyondar#212 PTB *dal ‘LOWER BACK / WAIST / LOINS’Allofams4 #208 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘BACK (LOWER)’4 #212 PTB *dal ‘LOWER BACK / WAIST / LOINS’◦hʌŋ ‘crotch / fork of legs’Kosha 90: 5.9

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Tangkhulsāhāk ‘groin’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2Bodic1

Kaikehang ‘waist’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti6

Limbuek ‘back’Matisoff 87 BP
Limbuek◦sīmorpheme ‘backbone / spine’Matisoff 87 BP
Limbueːk◦simorpheme ‘backbone’Michailovsky 89 Lm
Yakhahak◦maːsuffix ‘crotch / fork of legs’Kohn 90: 5.9
Yakhahek◦saŋmorpheme ‘back’Kohn 90: 5.5

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #214, *s-ha(k/ŋ) ‘LOWER BACK / CROTCH’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/214
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: formerly s-ha(k/ŋ); *s- restored (3/25/95)
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-214,
  title  = {{*s-ha(k/ŋ) 'LOWER BACK / CROTCH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #214},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/214}
}