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STEDT #215

*gyu-k ⪤ *dzyu-k

WAIST

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*gyukᴸ ⪤ *džukᴸ ‘WAIST’

Connections

HPTB*gyuk ‘waist’p. 357
Allofam#216

Notes

Written Burmese has a doublet krô ~ kyô ‘back’ ⪤ kyok ‘back of an animal’, kyok-kap ‘kidney’, indicating that the final velar stop was sometimes treated as a suffix and dropped.

It is sometimes difficult to say to which of these allofams a Loloish or Qiangic open-syllable reflex belongs.

The Bisu doublet kjɔ̀ ~ tšɔ̀ clearly justifies the allofamic reconstruction with both a palatalized velar and a palatal affricate initial.

Reflexes & cognates180 reflexes · 20 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.1.1.1Western Tani2

Apatanimorpheme-gja ‘waist’Sun J 93 Tani

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group3

Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix thu³¹morpheme jo¹¹ ‘buttocks’Nienu 90 AngQ: 5.10.1
Chokri(u)prefix tho³¹morpheme jo¹¹ ‘buttocks’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 5.10.1

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphosingmorpheme-jenmorpheme~joi shang#222 PTB *k/m-sya(ŋ/n) ‘WAIST’ ‘waist (poetic)’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Bantawadhangmorpheme-kok ‘kidney’Rai 84 BnDc: 26

3.2Qiangic25

Ersudʒu⁵⁵ ‘kidney’Sun H 91 ErsQ
Ersudʒu⁵⁵ ‘waist’Sun H 91 ErsQ
Ersudʒu⁵⁵ ‘waist’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 261.18
Guiqiongʐo³⁵ ‘kidney’Sun H 91 GuiQ
Guiqiongʐo³⁵ ‘waist’Sun H 91 GuiQ
Guiqiongʐo³⁵ ‘waist’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 261.17
Lyuzudʐu̵³⁵ n‘waist’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0098.18
Namuyidʐu³³ ‘waist’Sun H 91 NamQ: 5.6
Namuyidʐu³³ ‘kidney’Sun H 91 NamQ: 9.6
Namuyidʐu³³ ‘waist’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 261.19
Namuyidʐu³¹mi³¹morphemeda⁵morpheme n‘waist’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0098.46
Pumi (Qinghua)dʒə¹³ ‘waist’Lu 83 Pumi
Pumi (Taoba)dʑi³⁵ ‘waist’Lu 83 Pumi
Pumi (Taoba)dʑɨ ³⁵ ‘waist’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 261.10

3.3rGyalrongic3

Ergong (Daofu)dʑɑu zgrəmorpheme ‘hunchback’Dai 89 Daof: 5.5.6

4Nungic1

Rawangdʑuʔ ‘waist’LaPolla 03: 109

6.1Lolo-Burmese3

*Lolo-Burmesegyokdžok ‘waist’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 6
*Lolo-Burmesegyokᴸjokᴸ ‘waist / small of back’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 13
*Lolo-Burmesegyukᴸdžukᴸ ‘waist’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 592

6.1.1Burmish27

Achang (Lianghe)lɑ³¹morpheme ʑɑu⁵⁵ ‘waist’Dai 85 AcJZ
Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)tɕɔ⁵⁵ ‘back (of body)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 258.40
Burmese (Written)kjɔ³ ‘back (of body)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 258.39
Burmese (Written)krô n‘back ( cf. kyok )’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)kyô n‘back ( cf. kyok )’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)kyok ‘smallpox, cowpox’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)kyok ‘back of an animal ( cf. krô, kyô )’Benedict 76 WBur
Tavoyan ‘back’Okell 71

6.1.2Loloish4

*Loloishgyaw² / apᴸmorpheme ‘waist’Bradley 79 PLo: 118
Lolophodʐo̱³¹ tɕi̱⁵⁵morpheme ‘small of back’Dai 89 Lolo: 5.5.3
PNLdžokᴸ ‘waist’Chen 86 CS: 90.

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish47

Lalodjòq ‘waist’Björverud 94
Lalodʐo̱² ‘waist’Chen 86 CS: 90.
Lalodʐo²¹ ‘waist’Chen 86 Yi: 5.6
Liphodʐu̱² ‘waist’Chen 86 CS: 90.
Luquandʐɔ 55 ‘waist’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 6
Nasudžu 42 ‘waist’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 6
Nasudʐo̱⁵⁵ ‘waist’Chen 86 CS: 90.
Nasudʐo̱⁵⁵ ‘waist’Chen 86 Yi: 5.6
Nesudzu² ‘waist’Chen 86 CS: 90.
Nesudʐu̱²¹ ‘waist’Chen 86 Yi: 5.6
Nosudʑu̱⁵⁵ ‘waist’Chen 86 CS: 90.
Nusu (Central)dzu̱⁵⁵ ‘waist’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Central)dʑu̱⁵³ ‘waist’Dai 89 NusB: 121.
Nusu (Northern)dʑu̱⁵³ ‘waist’Sun J 86 Nusu
Yi (Dafang)dzɔ¹³ ‘waist’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Liangshan)ʥu⁵⁵ ‘waist’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Nanjian)dzo²¹ ‘waist’Chen 85 YiJZ

6.1.2.2Central Loloish39

Ahidzu 44s ‘waist’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 6
Ahidʐu̱² ‘waist’Chen 86 CS: 90.
Ahiʈʻu²¹morpheme tʂo̱⁵⁵ gu̱²¹morpheme ‘groin / loins (i.e. hips to thighs)’Luo 90: 1.10
Ahiʈʻu²¹morpheme tʂo̱⁵⁵ gu̱²¹#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’ ‘hipbone’Luo 90: 5.8.2
Jinuoa³³prefixtʃo⁵⁵ ‘waist’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 261.34
Jinuo (Baya/Banai)a⁴⁴prefix tʃo⁵⁵ ‘waist’Dai 89 JinA: 124
Jinuo (Baka)a⁴⁴prefix tʃu⁵⁵ ‘waist’Dai 89 JinB: 124
Jinuoa⁴⁴prefixtʃo⁵⁵ n‘waist’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0098.44
Jinuo (Youle)ɑ³³prefix tʃo⁵⁵ ‘waist’Gai 86
Kucongtsɔ31 ‘waist’Dai 09 Kucong
Lahu (Shehleh)caw˰ ‘waist / back (lower)’Bradley 79 Lahu: 118
Lahu (Nyi)caw˰g'awˇmorpheme ‘waist / back (lower)’Bradley 79 Lahu: 118
Lahu (Black)cɔ̀ʔ ‘lower back / loins / lumbar region’Matisoff 87 BP
Lahu (Black)cɔ̀ʔ ‘waist / small of back’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 13
Lahu (Black)tsɔʔ²¹ ‘waist’Chang 86
Lahu (Black)tsɔʔ²¹ qɔ⁵³morpheme ‘back (of body)’Chang 86
Lahu (Black)tsɔʔ²¹ qɔ⁵³morpheme ‘back (of body)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 258.33
Sani [Nyi]dʐo² ‘waist’Chen 86 CS: 90.
Sani [Nyi]dʐo²² ‘waist’Chen 86 Yi: 5.6
Sani [Nyi]dʐo̱²¹ ‘waist’Wu 84
Sani [Nyi]dʐu 22s ‘waist’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 6

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish17

Akhajo LS ‘waist’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 6
Akhajo˰ ‘waist’Matisoff 87 BP
Bisukjɔ̀ ~ tšɔ̀ ‘waist’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 6
Silaa21prefix tɕɔ̰21 ‘waist’Kato 08 Lao: 30

6.2Naxi1

Naxi (Yongning)dʑə³³mi³³morpheme ‘waist’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 261.29

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #215, *gyu-k ⪤ *dzyu-k ‘WAIST’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/215
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p. 357
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-215,
  title  = {{*gyu-k ⪤ *dzyu-k 'WAIST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #215},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/215}
}