Reconstruction analysis
handler/s-keinitialkrhymeet/ncoverK · NT
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Notes
Written Tibetan has both an r- and an s- prefix, with the former apparently metathesized to a glide in other languages (Apatani, Tshona, Tamang).
The Tangut form may reflect the nasal allofam, although its cognacy is by no means certain.
The first member of the Apatani doublet har-č(ʰ)eʔ ‘groin’ and kʰrjɯ-po ‘waist’ has a palatal affricate initial, similar to the Lepcha and Hpun forms, leading one to wonder whether two separate roots are involved.
Reflexes & cognates78 reflexes · 14 subgroups
1.1.1.1Western Tani2
1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1
1.3.3Zeme Group1
1.7.1.1Bodo3
Bodokit◦láŋ#408 PTB *g-raŋ ⪤ *k-laŋ ‘BUTTOCKS / ANUS / HIPS’ ta#406 PTB *s/m-ta ‘BACKSIDE / HIPS’◦ri#413 PTB *s-li ‘HIPS / BUTTOCKS / ANUS’ ‘hip-bone’Bhat 68 Boro
2.1.1Western Himalayish3
2.1.2Bodic5
2.1.2.1Tibetan28
Tibetan (Batang)kɛ⁵⁵ tʂhi⁵³#223 PTB *m-(t)syi(ŋ/k) ‘WAIST / LOWER BACK / LOINS’ ‘small of back’Dai 89 Bata: 5.5.3
Tibetan (Batang)kɛ⁵⁵ tʂhi⁵³#223 PTB *m-(t)syi(ŋ/k) ‘WAIST / LOWER BACK / LOINS’ ‘waist’Dai 89 Bata: 5.6
Tibetan (Jirel)ke◦tāq#212 PTB *dal ‘LOWER BACK / WAIST / LOINS’Allofams4 #208 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘BACK (LOWER)’4 #212 PTB *dal ‘LOWER BACK / WAIST / LOINS’ ‘waist’Matisoff 87 BP
2.1.3Lepcha3
2.1.4Tamangish23
2.3.2Southern Kiranti3
3.1Tangut2
6.1.1Burmish1
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1
7Karenic5
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #217,
*krya(t/n) ‘WAIST / LOINS’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/217Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: mostly HIM; cf. ken/t #412
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-217,
title = {{*krya(t/n) 'WAIST / LOINS'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #217},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/217}
}