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STEDT #2254

*r-guːŋ

EDGE / SIDE / SHIN

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*r-guːŋ ‘edge / shin’pp. 127, 287

See also#583

Reflexes & cognates26 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanr-guŋ ‘back (of a blade), edge, side, shin’Benedict 72 STC: 395

*Tibeto-Burmanr-guːŋ ‘edge / shin’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 592

1NE Indian Areal Group1

Mijilaimorpheme-gjuŋ ‘shin’Simon 79 Miji

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

Bengnirjuk#6570 PTani *rjok ‘MACHETE / DAO’-gɯŋ ‘back of knife’Sun J 93 Tani

1.1.2Deng2

Iduiprefix◦simorpheme◦gõ◦mbomorpheme ‘backbone’Pulu 78

Iduiprefix◦sũŋmorpheme-gu◦mbõmorpheme ‘backbone’Anonymous 62 Idu

1.5Mikir [Karbi]8

Mikir [Karbi]arprefix◦koŋ ‘shin’Benedict 72 STC: 395

Mikir [Karbi]keng#338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’MesorootsPKC *kee ⪤ *khee ‘FOOT / LEG’Allofams1a #336 PTB *r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’1b #338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’ arprefix-kong ‘shin bone’Matisoff 87 BP

Mikir [Karbi]kèng#338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’MesorootsPKC *kee ⪤ *khee ‘FOOT / LEG’Allofams1a #336 PTB *r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’1b #338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’ arprefix◦kòng ‘shin bone / tibia’Grüssner 79 BP: 41

Mikir [Karbi]keng#338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’MesorootsPKC *kee ⪤ *khee ‘FOOT / LEG’Allofams1a #336 PTB *r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’1b #338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’-kung ‘lower leg’Matisoff 87 BP

Mikir [Karbi]kèng#338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’MesorootsPKC *kee ⪤ *khee ‘FOOT / LEG’Allofams1a #336 PTB *r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’1b #338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’-kûng ‘shin’Grüssner 79 BP: 42

Mikir [Karbi]kung ‘bank (edge)’Marrison 67 Naga

Mikir [Karbi]kùŋ ‘side / edge / border’Weidert 87 TBTo: 746

Mikir [Karbi]kuŋ ‘side, edge, border, brim, bank, rim’Benedict 72 STC: 395

1.7.1.1Bodo5

Bodogiŋ ‘side’Benedict 72 STC: 395

Dimasabumorpheme◦rguŋ ‘margin, edge, rim; blunt edge of a knife’Benedict 72 STC: 395

Dimasadimorpheme◦rgong ‘bank (edge)’Marrison 67 Naga

Dimasarugung ‘near’Marrison 67 Naga

Dimasaruguŋ ‘near, by the side of’Benedict 72 STC: 395

1.7.1.2Garo5

Garodźamorpheme-ri-kiŋ ‘shin’Matisoff 87 BP

Garodžamorpheme-rikiŋ ‘shin’Benedict 72 STC: 395

Garorikiŋ ‘edge’Benedict 72 STC: 395

Garo (Bangladesh)ja'morpheme-rik-ing ‘shin’[Source note] (lit: leg-edge)Burling 92 GaBa

Garo (Bangladesh)ja•morpheme-rik-ing n‘shin’Burling 03 Garo: 6.237-II:idx

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern NagaC̬-guːŋ ‘shin’French 83: 545

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang2

Changyomorpheme kuŋ ‘shin’French 83: 545

Wanchoswamorpheme koŋ ‘shin’French 83: 545

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphonprefix-guŋ ‘back (of blade);edge, side’Benedict 72 STC: 395

Jingphon³¹prefixguŋ³¹ n.‘back of knife’Dai 83 Jing: 582

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2254, *r-guːŋ ‘EDGE / SIDE / SHIN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2254

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

References: cf. STC#395, HPTB pp.127, 287

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2254,
  title  = {{*r-guːŋ 'EDGE / SIDE / SHIN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2254},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2254}
}