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*m-(t)syi(ŋ/k)

WAIST / LOWER BACK / LOINS
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletšiinitial(t)šrhymei-n/kcoverTS · VNT

Notes

Several reflexes of this root have final -n instead of -ŋ. More research is required to ascertain whether this variation is merely allofamic or whether two separate etyma are involved.

The nasal prefix is reflected in Jingpho, Rengma, Tangut, and perhaps Rongmei.

Reflexes & cognates97 reflexes · 29 subgroups

1NE Indian Areal Group1

Mijigɯmorpheme◦tsiʔ ‘waist’Simon 79 Miji

1.1“North Assam”2

Sulung [Puroik]ko³³morphemetɕiŋ³³ ‘buttocks’Sun H 93 SulQ
Sulung [Puroik]ko³³morphemetɕiŋ³³ ‘buttocks’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 262.52

1.1.1.1Western Tani4

Bengnikiːmorpheme-čik kɯmorpheme-lɯkmorpheme ‘waist / girth’Sun J 93 Tani
Galo`kiimorpheme◦cik n.‘slender (waist)’GLDC 09 Galo
Miri, Hillkimorpheme◦cik ‘waist’Simon 76 Miri

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Damuce-koːmorpheme ‘waist’Sun J 93 Tani

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

Maringsin ‘waist’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group11

Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix cʰie⁵⁵ ‘back’Nienu 90 AngQ: 5.5
Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix cʰie⁵⁵ ‘waist’Nienu 90 AngQ: 5.6
Angami (Kohima)uprefix◦chhe ‘waist’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokri(u)prefix cʰe³⁵ ‘back’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 5.5
Chokri(u)prefix cʰe³⁵ ‘waist’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 5.6
Chokriuprefix◦che ‘waist’Marrison 67 Naga
Meluriaprefix◦khümorpheme◦shi ‘waist’Marrison 67 Naga
Ntenyiaprefix◦khümorpheme◦shü ‘waist’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengmanse ‘waist’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphoməprefix◦shi ‘loins / small of back’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2Bodic17

Tsangla (Central)shamorpheme◦chi◦nangmorpheme ‘hips / waist’Egli-Roduner: 33 14
Tsangla (Central)tsing◦angmorpheme◦(tsing) ‘back’Egli-Roduner: 33 9
Tsangla (Motuo)tshiŋ ‘back (of body)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 258.7
Tsangla (Motuo)tshiŋ ‘back (direction)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 52.7
Tsangla (Motuo)tshiŋ ‘later (in time)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 992.7
Tsangla (Motuo)tsʰiŋ ‘back’Sun H 80 MLD
Tsangla (Motuo)tsʰiŋ⁵⁵ ‘back (side)’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tsangla (Motuo)tsʰiŋ⁵⁵ ‘back (of body)’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tsangla (Motuo)ɕa⁵⁵morpheme ɕi⁵⁵ naŋmorpheme ‘waist’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tsangla (Motuo)ɕamorpheme◦tɕhi◦naŋmorpheme ‘waist’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 261.7
Tsangla (Motuo)ɕamorpheme◦tɕʰi◦naŋmorpheme ‘waist’Sun H 80 MLD
Tsangla (Tilang)tsiŋ ‘back (side)’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tsangla (Tilang)ɕamorpheme-tɕi-naŋmorpheme ‘waist’Zhang Jichuan 86
Motuo Menbaɕamorpheme tɕhi naŋmorpheme n‘waist’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0098.07

2.3Kiranti1

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Yakhamimorpheme◦siŋ ‘back’Kohn 90: 5.5

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Khamchi̩◦taomorpheme adj‘back’Hale 73 CSD: 12c.17

3.1Tangut2

Tangut [Xixia]ndzi̯eɯ ‘waist’Dai 89 Xixi: 5.6
Tangut [Xixia]z̀i̯ẹ² ‘backbone / spine’Sofronov 97

3.2Qiangic5

Several of these Qiangic forms were assigned to #215 PTB *gyu-k ⪤ *dzyu-k WAIST in HPTB:358, although it now seems preferable to include them under the present etymon.

Qiang (Mawo)dzə zdimorpheme ɣu#220 PTB *ru ‘WAIST’ ‘haunches (of animal)’Sun H 91 MawQ: 5.8.3

3.3rGyalrongic2

Ergong (Northern)dʑiɣ³³ ‘haunches (of animal)’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 5.8.3

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish3

Laloke⁵⁵morpheme u²¹morpheme ɕi⁵⁵ ‘back’Chen 86 Yi: 1.4

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Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #223, *m-(t)syi(ŋ/k) ‘WAIST / LOWER BACK / LOINS’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/223
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-223,
  title  = {{*m-(t)syi(ŋ/k) 'WAIST / LOWER BACK / LOINS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #223},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/223}
}