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STEDT #220

*ru

WAIST
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handleruinitialrrhymeucoverL · V

Connections

Allofam*ru² ‘FRONT / BEFORE’
See alsoFRONT
Poss. allofam#1260

Notes

This root is promising, but further confirmation would be welcome.

Contra DL:1130, there does not seem to be a connection between this root and #2102 PTB *wu BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY.

Reflexes & cognates15 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)3

Lotha Nagae¹prefix-ru¹ n.‘waist’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Lotha Nagaeprefix◦rü ‘waist’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha NagaEprefix◦ru ‘waist’Nienu 90 LotQ: 5.6

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphoshəprefix◦yū ‘hip (joint)’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #220, *ru ‘WAIST’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/220
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-220,
  title  = {{*ru 'WAIST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #220},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/220}
}