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STEDT #2326

*koy

BEND / CURVED / LAP / BOSOM

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*kooy ‘CURVE / CROOKED’PKC #271

Connections

HPTB*koy ‘bend / curved’p. 228

Notes

The basic meaning of this well established root is BEND / BENT / CURVED, the semantic extension into LAP / BOSOM evidently having arisen from the curved appearance of the body when holding an object closely.

Chinese comparandum

跪 OC *g’wiɑ, GSR #29f ‘bow, kneel’; B & S 2011: *Cə.ɡojʔ {[Cə.ɡ](r)ojʔ}; Mand. guì

Reflexes & cognates64 reflexes · 18 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burmankoy v.‘bend’Weidert 87 TBTo: 318

*Tibeto-Burmankoy ‘bend / curved’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 084

*Tibeto-Burmankoy ‘bend / curved’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 596

*Tibeto-Burmankoy ‘bent / curved / coiled’Benedict 72 STC: 307

1.1.2Deng1

Idue⁵⁵morphemetʂʰo⁵³morphemeku³⁵ ‘bosom’Sun H 91 IduQ: 1.9

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinkooy ‘CURVE / CROOKED’VanBik 09 PKC: 271

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

Paitekawi be v.‘crooked’VanBik 09 PKC: 271

Siyinkăuyi ⪤ koi ‘crooked, bent’Benedict 72 STC: 307

Sizangkoi hī be v.‘crooked’VanBik 09 PKC: 271

Thadokôoy-INV ‘crooked’VanBik 09 PKC: 271

Tiddimkoːi¹ be v.‘crooked’VanBik 09 PKC: 271

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Cho (Mindat)m-kawi v‘make something curve’VanBik 09 PKC: 271

Khumikakaawy ‘curved thing, curled thing, spiral thing’VanBik 09 PKC: 271

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)kòoy-I, kǒoy-II be v.‘curved, crooked’VanBik 09 PKC: 271

Lai (Falam)kôoy-I, kóoy-II be v.‘crooked, curved’VanBik 09 PKC: 271

Lushai [Mizo]kawi ‘crooked’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]kàwi-I, kàwih-II be v.‘crooked, bent, curved, not straight, kinked’VanBik 09 PKC: 271

Lushai [Mizo]koi vi‘crooked’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2601

Lushai [Mizo]koi ‘crooked, bent’Benedict 72 STC: 307

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Kom Remrəmorpheme◦koˇ◦cuŋmorpheme ‘lap’Toba 91 KRQ: 1.8

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Tangkhulkhəy ‘bend’Bhat 69 TNV: 85

1.4Meithei1

Meitheikhoːy ‘fishhook’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 084

1.7.1.1Bodo4

Dimasagumorpheme◦gui ‘bent’Benedict 72 STC: 307

Dimasasumorpheme◦gui v.‘bend’Benedict 72 STC: 307

Kokborokkʰu-rimorpheme ‘lap’Tripuri 88

Lalung [Tiwa]kho◦remorpheme ‘lap / side’Balawan 65: 16

2.1.4Tamangish1

Chantyalko◦limorpheme ‘lap’Noonan 92: 1.8

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Kulunggo◦gopˍmorpheme ‘lap (of body)’Rai 75 Kul

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2

Chepang (Eastern)kos ‘bosom’Caughley 90 CheQ: 1.9

Khamgõy ‘lap’Watters 89 KhQ

3.2Qiangic2

Qiang (Mianchi)khuè liàmorpheme ‘curved, crooked’Evans 99 Qiang: 1451

Qiang (Mianchi)khuè liàmorpheme ‘curved, crooked’Evans 99 Qiang: 2437

5Tujia1

Tujiali⁵⁵morpheme kʰo⁵⁵ tsʰũ⁵⁵morpheme ‘bosom’Chen 86 TuBQ: 1.9

6.1.1Burmish33

Burmese (Rangoon)kwe⁵³ v.‘turn (a corner)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1807.27

Burmese (Rangoon)kwe⁵⁵ v.‘curved, become / bent’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1700.27

Burmese (Rangoon)kwe⁵⁵ɑ̃u²²morphemeloʔ⁴morpheme v.‘bend’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1701.27

Burmese (Rangoon)nɑ⁵³#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’phɑ⁵⁵morphemekwĩ⁵⁵ n‘ring in cow's nose used to lead it about’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0600.27

Burmese (Written)khwe ‘curve / curl / coil’Weidert 87 TBTo: 318

Burmese (Written)khwè ‘flat ring / ferrule’Weidert 87 TBTo: 318

Burmese (Written)khwe ‘curve, coil’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)khwê ‘flat ring, ferrule’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)khwè ‘flat ring, ferrule’Benedict 72 STC: 307

Burmese (Written)khwe v.‘curve, curl, coil, wind into a ring; a coil’Benedict 72 STC: 307

Burmese (Written)kwé ‘bend / round / be curved’Weidert 87 TBTo: 318

Burmese (Written)kwè v.‘bend / curve’Weidert 87 TBTo: 318

Burmese (Written)kwê ‘bend, curve’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)kwé ‘bend round, be curved’Benedict 72 STC: 307

Burmese (Written)kwè v.‘bend, curve’Benedict 72 STC: 307

Burmese (Written)kwe³ v.‘curved, become / bent’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1700.26

Burmese (Written)kwe³ɔŋ²morphemelup⁴morpheme v.‘bend’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1701.26

Burmese (Written)kwe¹ v.‘turn (a corner)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1807.26

Burmese (Written)kweʼ ‘bend round, be curved’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)əprefix-khwe n.‘coil’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)əprefix-khwê ‘flat ring, ferrule’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)əprefix-kwê ‘thing that is curved’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)əprefix-kweʼ ‘curve, corner’Benedict 76 WBur

Langsu (Luxi)kɔ̱i³¹ v.‘curved, become / bent’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1700.31

Langsu (Luxi)lɔ̱ʔ⁵⁵morphemekɔ̱i³¹ v.‘bend’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1701.31

Lashita̱ŋ⁵⁵#289 PTB *m-twa(k/ŋ) ‘CHEST / BREAST / RIB’PTk *tʰik ‘LUNG / CHEST’ kɔ:i⁵⁵ ‘lap’Dai 89 Lash: 1.8

Leqi (Luxi)kɔːi⁵⁵ ‘curved / crooked / bent’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1004.33

Leqi (Luxi)kɔːi⁵⁵ v.‘curved, become / bent’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1700.33

Leqi (Luxi)lɔʔ⁵⁵morphemekɔːi⁵⁵ v.‘bend’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1701.33

Maru [Langsu]tɔ̃⁵⁵#1193 PTB *m-dum ‘LAP / BOSOM’ kɔ̱i³¹ ‘lap’Dai 89 Lang: 1.8

Atsi [Zaiwa]koi⁵⁵ ‘curved / crooked / bent’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1004.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]koi⁵⁵ v.‘curved, become / bent’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1700.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]lo̱ʔ⁵⁵morphemeko̱i⁵⁵ v.‘bend’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1701.30

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Yi (Xide)m̥u⁵⁵morpheme-kʰu̱³³ ‘bosom’Chen 79 YiCh

8Bai2

Bai (Jianchuan)kʰuæ³¹ pi⁵⁵#1361 PTB *d/s-pəy ‘WAIST / HIPS / LOWER BACK / BUTTOCKS / TAIL’ ‘lap’Zhao 90: 1.8

Bai (Jianchuan)kʰuæ³¹ pi⁵⁵#1361 PTB *d/s-pəy ‘WAIST / HIPS / LOWER BACK / BUTTOCKS / TAIL’ ‘thigh’Zhao 90: 6.2.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2326, *koy ‘BEND / CURVED / LAP / BOSOM’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2326

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

References: cf. STC#307, GSTC #84, HPTB p.228

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2326,
  title  = {{*koy 'BEND / CURVED / LAP / BOSOM'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2326},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2326}
}