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*k/m-sya(ŋ/n)

WAIST
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlek/n-šprefixkinitialšrhymea(ŋ/k)/ncoverS · NT

Reflexes & cognates24 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.3.4Tangkhulic3

Tangkhulkashan ‘waist’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangkhulkashān ‘waist’Matisoff 87 BP
Tangkhulśan ‘waist’Bhat 69 TNV: 100

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Lalung [Tiwa]aprefix◦san◦dimorpheme ‘hip’Balawan 65: 3

1.7.3.1Jingpho7

Jingphonprefix-shang ‘loins / small of back’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphonprefix-shang ‘waist / loins / small of back’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphon̩³¹prefix ʃaŋ³³ ‘waist’Liu 84
Jingphon³¹prefixʃaŋ³³ n‘waist’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0098.19
Jingphon³¹prefixʃaŋ³³ ‘waist’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 261.47
Jingphonprefix◦shang ‘waist’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.2Asakian4

Ganankăsʻɑ̃² ‘back’Luce 85: K.60
Kadu (Kantu)kăsʻɑŋ² ‘back’Luce 85: K.60
Kadukăsʻɑŋ² ‘back (body)’Luce 85: R.19
Sak (Bawtala)ăprefix◦kăsʻaᴜ̃² ‘back’Luce 85: K.60

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]nprefix◦džu ‘loins’Nishida 64 Tan: 191

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #222, *k/m-sya(ŋ/n) ‘WAIST’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/222
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-222,
  title  = {{*k/m-sya(ŋ/n) 'WAIST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #222},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/222}
}