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STEDT #225

*m-daŋ

BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

See alsoSIT/BUTTOCKS
Poss. allofam*(d/t)am ‘HIPS / WAIST / SMALL OF BACK / BUTTOCKS / TAIL’

Notes

We recognize three quite similar etyma in this semantic area: the present root #225 PTB *m-daŋ BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS, #3322 PTB *tu(k/ŋ) BACK (of body), and #5639 PTB *du TAIL / BUTTOCKS / BACK. In the case of phonologically eroded languages (e.g. Loloish, Qiangic, Baic), it is sometimes difficult to decide among them. Several Loloish languages have distinct reflexes for at least two of them, e.g. Lahu tɔ̀ ‘lower back / loins / lumbar region’ < #225 PTB *m-daŋ BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS vs. ɔ̀-mɛ̄-tu ‘tail’ < #5639 PTB *du TAIL / BUTTOCKS / BACK; Written Burmese taŋ-pâ ‘buttock’ < #225 PTB *m-daŋ BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS vs. khâ-tuiŋ ‘lower back / loins / lumbar region’ < #3322 PTB *tu(k/ŋ) BACK (of body). Two Southern Loloish binomes are particularly problematic (Akha dɔ̀-dàŋ ‘buttocks’ and Sangkong toŋ³¹ taŋ⁵⁵ ‘buttocks’), where the first syllables are from #225 PTB *m-daŋ BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS, while the second syllables are of uncertain origin despite their superficial resemblance to #225 PTB *m-daŋ BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS.

Reflexes & cognates211 reflexes · 28 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani2

Apatanikomorpheme-ta ‘buttocks’Sun J 93 Tani

1.2Kuki-Chin2

Analtɔ ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP
Ngawntɔ ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Tiddimtɔ ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)tɔ ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP
Laizotɔ ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Kom Remtʰoŋ ‘anus / rectum’Toba 91 KRQ: 9.12

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]aprefix◦phu#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’◦tang ‘back of head’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Kokborokkʰimorpheme-toŋ ‘tail’Tripuri 88

1.7.3.1Jingpho11

Jingphodang ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphodàŋ ‘buttocks’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 54

2.1.2Bodic4

Tshona (Wenlang)teŋ⁵⁵ ‘buttocks’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)teŋ⁵⁵pɛʔ⁵³morpheme ‘buttocks’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 262.6
Cuona Menbateŋ⁵⁵pɛʔ⁵³morpheme n‘buttocks’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0099.06

3.3rGyalrongic3

Ergong (Danba)ɦɛmorpheme thɯ ‘buttocks’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 262.14
Ergong (Danba)ɦɛmorpheme tʰɯ ‘buttocks’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 5.10.1
Ergong (Danba)ɦɛmorpheme tʰɯ ‘haunches’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 5.8.3

4Nungic1

Anongɖɛ³¹morphemeguŋ³¹#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’ʈhɑŋ⁵⁵ ‘back (of body)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 258.44

6.1.1Burmish25

Bolapju⁵⁵morpheme tɔ̃⁵⁵ kuŋ³⁵morpheme ‘hunchback’Dai 89 Bola: 248
Hpun (Northern)lɛmorpheme thaŋ ‘back’Henderson 86 Hpun
Lashita̱ŋ⁵⁵ kɔ:i⁵⁵morpheme khjo³³morpheme ‘groin / loins’Dai 89 Lash: 1.10
Maru [Langsu]tɔ̃⁵⁵ kɔ̱i³¹morpheme khjɔ³¹morpheme ‘groin / loins’Dai 89 Lang: 1.10
Atsi [Zaiwa]thaŋ⁵¹ ‘back (side)’Xu 84 Zaiwa
Atsi [Zaiwa]thaŋ⁵¹ ‘back (direction)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 52.42

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish31

Nesuda²¹ pɤ̱²¹morpheme ‘hips’Chen 86 Yi: 5.8.1
Noesudo²¹pu⁵⁵morpheme ‘hips’Chen 86 Yi: 5.8.1
Nusu (Central)dɔ̃³³ ‘back (body)’Dai 89 NusB: 115.
Nusu (Central)dɔ̃³⁵ ‘back (of body)’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Southern)dɔ̃⁵⁵ ‘back (of body)’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Northern)də̃³¹ ɑ̃³⁵morpheme ‘back (of body)’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Central/Zhizhiluo)la³⁵morpheme tʰɔ̃³¹ ‘back’Dai 89 NusA: 1026.
Nusu (Southern)la³⁵morpheme tʰɔ̃³⁵ ‘back (side)’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Central)lo³³morpheme tʰɔ̃³¹ ‘back’Dai 89 NusB: 1026.
Nusu (Central)lɑ³⁵morpheme tʰɑ̃³¹ ‘back (side)’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Bijiang)lɑ³⁵morphemethɑ̃³¹ ‘back (direction)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 52.45
Nusu (Bijiang)lɑ³⁵morphemethɑ̃³¹ ‘later (in time)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 992.45
Nusu (Northern)lɛ³¹morpheme tə̃⁵⁵ ‘back (side)’Sun J 86 Nusu

6.1.2.2Central Loloish14

Lahu (Black)tɔ̀ ‘lower back / loins / lumbar region’Matisoff 87 BP
Lahu (Black)tɔ̀-pɛ̄morpheme(-nimorpheme) ‘girth’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish61

Akhadaw˯ byoemorpheme ‘anus’Matisoff 87 BP
Akhadaw˯◦dah˯morpheme ‘buttock (semi-polite)’Matisoff 87 BP
Akhadaw˯◦mehˇmorpheme ‘buttock (hum., polite)’Matisoff 87 BP
Akhadɔ̀ ‘tail’Hansson 89 AHKP: 248
Akha (Yunnan)dɔ̀ phɛ̀morpheme ‘root, base’Hansson 89 AHKP: 217
Akha (Yunnan)dɔ xhm̀morpheme ‘buttocks’Hansson 89 AHKP: 247
Akha (Thai)dɔ̀-dàŋmorpheme ‘buttocks’Hansson 89 AHKP: 391
Akha (Thai)dɔ̀-phɛ̀morpheme ‘root, base’Hansson 89 AHKP: 249
Akha (Thai)dɔ̀-phɛmorpheme ‘root, base’Hansson 89 AHKP: 249
Akha (Thai)dɔ̀-xhm̀morpheme ‘buttocks’Hansson 89 AHKP: 391
Hani (Lüchun)dɔ̀ phɛ̀morpheme ‘root, base’Hansson 89 AHKP: 249
Hani (Wordlist)ddaoq- ‘sit on heels’Hansson 89 AHKP: 250
Hani (Wordlist)ddaoq◦peiqmorpheme ‘root, base’Hansson 89 AHKP: 249
Mpitoŋ² ‘buttocks’Hansson 89 AHKP: 247
Sangkongtoŋ³¹ taŋ⁵⁵morpheme ‘buttocks’Li Yongsui 91 Sang

6.2Naxi4

Na (Yongning)do˧bv˧morpheme ‘buttocks’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)do˧bæ˧morpheme ‘thigh’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Naxido²¹pa⁵⁵suffix n‘buttocks’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0099.45
Naxi (Lijiang)do³¹pɑ⁵⁵suffix ‘buttocks’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 262.28

7Karenic1

Bwekámorpheme◦thó n‘buttocks’Henderson 97 Kar

8Bai11

Bai (Jianchuan)tõ³¹ kua̱⁴⁴#237 PTB *g-ra-t ‘BONE’ ɕui³³morpheme jɯ̱̃⁴²morpheme ‘backbone / spine’Zhao 90: 5.5.4

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #225, *m-daŋ ‘BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/225
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: incl 402, 1141
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-225,
  title  = {{*m-daŋ 'BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #225},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/225}
}