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STEDT #221

*kray

WAIST / LOWER BACK / LOINS

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

Poss. allofams*krya(t/n) ‘WAIST / LOINS’, *(k/g)yal ‘BACK (lower) / BUTTOCKS / HIPS’

Reflexes & cognates32 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.1.2Deng10

Darang [Taraon]ta:prefix◦khrí ‘loin’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]ta:#1373 PTB *s-daːy ‘WAIST / BELT / ZONE / FLAT EXPANSE’PKC *taay ‘WAIST’PLB *N-day³ ‘LEVEL EXPANSE / PLAIN’◦khrí ‘waist’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]tai#1373 PTB *s-daːy ‘WAIST / BELT / ZONE / FLAT EXPANSE’PKC *taay ‘WAIST’PLB *N-day³ ‘LEVEL EXPANSE / PLAIN’◦khrí ‘waist’Matisoff 87 BP

Darang [Taraon]taprefix◦khrí ‘loins’Matisoff 87 BP

Darang [Taraon]taprefix◦khrí ‘loin’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]ɑ³¹prefix tʰɯ⁵⁵morpheme kɹɯ³⁵ ‘waist’Sun H 80 MLD

Darang [Taraon]ɑ³¹prefixthɯ⁵⁵morphemekɹɯ³⁵ n‘waist’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0098.22

Darang [Taraon]ɑ³¹prefixthɯ⁵⁵morphemekɹɯ³⁵ ‘waist’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 261.49

Iduaprefix◦tʰumorpheme-ku ‘waist’Anonymous 62 Idu

Iduaprefix◦tʰumorpheme◦kru ‘waist’Pulu 78

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]chamorpheme-khai ‘hip’Matisoff 87 BP

1.2.4“Old Kuki”2

Moyonjæmorpheme◦khí ‘groin / loins / hips’Kosha 90: 1.10

Moyonjæmorpheme◦khí ‘hips’Kosha 90: 5.8.1

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group9

Angami (Khonoma)che ‘back (body)’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix chie⁵⁵ se⁵⁵morpheme ru³¹#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘backbone / spine’Nienu 90 AngQ: 5.5.4

Angami (Kohima)uprefix◦chie ‘back (body)’Marrison 67 Naga

Chokri(u)prefix che³⁵ se³⁵morpheme ro³¹#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘backbone / spine’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 5.5.4

Chokriche³⁵ ro³¹#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘vertebrae (of spine)’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 8.4.2

Chokriuprefix◦che ‘back (body)’Marrison 67 Naga

Khezhake#209 PTB *g/b-liŋ ⪤ *g/b-lyaŋ ‘BACK / SPINE’PNN *kʰeːŋ ‘BACK (BODY)’TGTM *ᴬʰli ‘BACK / BACKSIDE’◦che ‘back (body)’Marrison 67 Naga

Khezhakemorpheme◦chè ‘waist’Yabu 94 Khö: 5.6

Maochü#215 PTB *gyu-k ⪤ *dzyu-k ‘WAIST’PLB *gyukᴸ ⪤ *džukᴸ ‘WAIST’◦khei ‘waist’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Zememi#1002 PPC *r-mi(y)-n ‘PERSON / MAN’PTani *miː ‘MAN (homo)’PKC *mii ‘PERSON / MAN / PEOPLE’PCN *a-[h]məjʔ ‘PERSON, HUMAN’PTk *mi ‘MAN / HUMAN’PNN *C̥-məy ‘MAN (generic)’TGTM *ᴬmi ‘MAN’◦chai ‘back (body)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic2

Tangkhulkhai◦shāŋ#3358 PTB *saŋ ‘BUTTOCK’ ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulraŋ#408 PTB *g-raŋ ⪤ *k-laŋ ‘BUTTOCKS / ANUS / HIPS’◦kai ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphoǹprefix◦krāi ~ nìŋmorpheme-krāi n.‘narrow part of a tool near the handle’Matisoff 87 BP: 101

Jingphoshingmorpheme-krai ‘small of waist’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.4Tamangish3

Gurung (Ghachok)kre ‘lower back / loins / lumbar region’Matisoff 87 BP

Gurung (Ghachok)kre ‘back (lower)’Glover 72 GuVo: 2.A.31

Gurung¹kre ‘back (lower)’also contains *krya(t/n)Mazaudon 94 These: 75

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Chepang (Eastern)kray◦kimorpheme◦meʔ#1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’MesorootsPTani *me ~ *mjo ‘TAIL’PKC *C-may ‘TAIL’PLB *ʔ-m(r)ay² ‘TAIL’PL *ʔmri² ‘TAIL’Allofams1 #1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’1a #5545 PTB *r-mey ‘TAIL’◦tatmorpheme ‘tailbone / coccyx’Caughley 90 CheQ: 5.10.2

3.2Qiangic1

Xumitɕhe⁵⁵ sə̃³³#222 PTB *k/m-sya(ŋ/n) ‘WAIST’ ‘kidney’Sun H 91 ShiQ

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #221, *kray ‘WAIST / LOWER BACK / LOINS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/221

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-221,
  title  = {{*kray 'WAIST / LOWER BACK / LOINS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #221},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/221}
}