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*k(w)a(ŋ/k)

WAIST / HIPS / BUTTOCKS / TAIL / BACK

Reconstruction analysis

handlekwaŋ/initialkwrhymea(ŋ/k)coverK · NT

Connections

See alsoBUTTOCKS

Reflexes & cognates129 reflexes · 31 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]eprefix-kong ‘buttock’Cf. Lahu ɔ̀-šɛ ‘special portion; prime cut’ [DL 207] ⪤ ɔ̀-šɛ̄-phâ (-ma) man’s (woman’s) body [DL 207] perhaps allofam of #34 PTB *sya-n FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL.Matisoff 87 BP
Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]înprefix-kok ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

1.2.2Central Chin7

Lushai [Mizo]kawng ‘lower back / loins / lumbar region’Matisoff 87 BP
Lushai [Mizo]kawng-hrenmorpheme v‘loin cloth’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2521
Lushai [Mizo]kawngfênmorpheme ‘loincloth’Marrison 67 Naga
Lushai [Mizo]kawnghrenmorpheme ‘belt (girdle)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.2.4“Old Kuki”6

Kom Remkoŋ ‘waist’Toba 91 KRQ: 5.6
Kom Remkoŋ inmorpheme kʰurmorpheme ‘hunchback’Toba 91 KRQ: 5.5.6
Kom Remkoŋ kəsinmorpheme ‘small of back’Toba 91 KRQ: 5.5.3
Kom Remtʰuiteŋamorpheme koŋ ‘lower back’Toba 91 KRQ: 5.5.2

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Sema [Sumi]aimorphemeku ‘hip’Marrison 67 Naga

1.4Meithei6

Meitheikhwang ‘waist’Marrison 67 Naga
Meitheikhwanglimorpheme ‘belt (girdle)’Marrison 67 Naga
Meitheikhwangphimorpheme ‘loincloth’Marrison 67 Naga
Meitheikhwaŋ ‘waist’Singh 91 MeiQ: 5.6
Meitheikʰwaŋ ‘waist’Abbi 85
Meitheiniŋmorphemegoŋ ‘pelvis / pelvic girdle’Singh 91 MeiQ: 5.8

3.2Qiangic20

Pumi (Taoba)kua³⁵n̥ã⁵³morpheme ‘buttocks’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 262.10

4Nungic1

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)kɔŋ⁵⁵ ‘back (of body)’Sun H 82 Dul

5Tujia1

Tujiase²¹morpheme ku²¹ ti⁵⁵morpheme ‘hips’Chen 86 TuBQ: 5.8.1

6.1.1Burmish10

Maru [Langsu]ɔ³¹morpheme mɛ³¹morpheme kauŋ³¹ tɔ̃⁵⁵morpheme ‘lower back’Dai 89 Lang: 5.5.2

8Bai11

Bai (Bijiang)ẽ⁵⁵morpheme quɑ̱⁴⁴ ‘waist’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Bijiang)ẽ⁵⁵morphemequɑ⁴⁴ ‘waist’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 261.37
Bai (Dali)ji³⁵morphemekuɑ⁴⁴ ‘waist’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 261.35
Bai (Dali)ji⁵⁵morpheme kuɑ̱⁴⁴ ‘waist’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Jianchuan)ji⁵⁵morpheme kua̱⁴⁴ ‘waist’Zhao 90: 5.6
Bai (Jianchuan)ji⁵⁵morpheme kuɑ̱⁴⁴ ‘waist’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Jianchuan)ji⁵⁵morphemekuɑ̱³³ n‘waist’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0098.48
Bai (Jianchuan)ji⁵⁵morphemekuɑ⁴⁴ ‘waist’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 261.36
Bai (Jianchuan)ko̱⁴⁴morpheme kã̱⁴² «ne̱²¹»morpheme ‘groin / loins’Zhao 90: 1.10

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Chinese (Mandarin)gangmernmorpheme ‘anus’Sun J 85 ChGl: 18

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #219, *k(w)a(ŋ/k) ‘WAIST / HIPS / BUTTOCKS / TAIL / BACK’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/219
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-219,
  title  = {{*k(w)a(ŋ/k) 'WAIST / HIPS / BUTTOCKS / TAIL / BACK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #219},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/219}
}