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*s-rus

BONE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlerusprefixsinitialrrhymeuscoverL · S

Connections

HPTB*s/m/g-rus ‘bone’pp. 44, 48, 102, 387, 435, 437, 442, 465, 477

Reflexes & cognates149 reflexes · 24 subgroups

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumihiu ‘bone’Matisoff 87 BP

1.2.3Maraic1

Zotunghru ‘bone’Matisoff 87 BP

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

Maringtharu ‘bone’Marrison 67 Naga

1.4Meithei12

Meitheikok#1224 PTB *kuk ‘HEAD / SKULL / WEAR ON THE HEAD’-kimorpheme səru ‘skull’Meithei -ki is a genitive particle.Singh 91 MeiQ: 2.4
Meitheileŋbanmorpheme-gimorpheme səru ‘collar bone / clavicle’Singh 91 MeiQ: 5.2
Meitheiniŋmorpheme-gimorpheme səru ‘hipbone’Singh 91 MeiQ: 5.8.2
Meitheiphəygənmorpheme-gimorpheme səru ‘thigh bone / femur’Singh 91 MeiQ: 6.2.1.1
Meitheisaru ‘bone’Matisoff 87 BP
Meitheisharu ‘bone’Marrison 67 Naga
Meitheisəru polaŋmorpheme ‘skeleton’Singh 91 MeiQ: 8.4.1

1.6Mru2

Mruhut ‘bone’Matisoff 87 BP
Mruʃɛ³ʀoʔ² ‘bone’Luce 85: T.36

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

Pattani [Manchati]rʰuʂpasuffix ‘bone’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH

2.1.2Bodic3

Kaikeshuru ‘skeleton’Matisoff 87 BP
Kaikeshuru ‘bone’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.4Tamangish1

Chantyaldɦar#212 PTB *dal ‘LOWER BACK / WAIST / LOINS’Allofams4 #208 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘BACK (LOWER)’4 #212 PTB *dal ‘LOWER BACK / WAIST / LOINS’-yemorpheme ɦaar ‘hipbone’Noonan 92: 5.8.2

2.3.2Southern Kiranti5

Bantawasa-wasuffix ‘bone’Rai 84 BnDc: 64
Chamlingsaruwamorpheme ‘bone’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 18
Chamlingsaruwa*suffix ‘bone’Winter 85: 32
Kulungkhamorphemecalu ‘elbow’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 57
Kulungkhamorphemecalu ‘elbow’Rai 75 Kul

2.3.3Central Kiranti11

Dumiriːŋɨm-saːlu ‘hipbone, hip’morpheme · morphemeDriem 93 Dumi
Dumirɨtrammorpheme-saːlu ‘vertebral bone, an individual vertebra.’Driem 93 Dumi
Dumisaːlu ‘bone’Driem 93 Dumi
Dumitsepmorphemesaːlu ‘fibula ("calf-bone")’Driem 93 Dumi
Khaling'solu ‘skeleton’Matisoff 87 BP
Khaling'solu ‘bone’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.4Western Kiranti2

Thulung'ser ‘bone’Allen 75

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang9

Chepanghrus ‘bone’Matisoff 87 BP
Chepanghrus n.‘bone; hard matter in animal, tree’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepang (Eastern)waʔghorhmorphemehrus ‘collar bone / clavicle’Caughley 90 CheQ: 5.2
Magarhyu ‘bone’Matisoff 87 BP

3.2Qiangic13

Namuyiʂa⁵⁵qa⁵⁵morpheme ‘bone’Sun H 91 NamQ: 8.4
Namuyiʂa⁵⁵qa⁵⁵morpheme n‘bone’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0133.46
Pumi (Jiulong)ʐɑ¹¹qɑ⁵⁵morpheme n‘bone’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0133.10
Pumi (Lanping)ʐɑ⁵⁵qɑ¹³morpheme n‘bone’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0133.09
Pumi (Qinghua)ʐɑ⁵⁵ qɑ¹³morpheme ‘bone’Lu 83 Pumi
Qiang (Taoping)ʐɑ³¹ kie³³morpheme ‘bone’Sun H 81 Qia
Qiang (Yadu)ʐek pɑtʂmorpheme ‘bone’Dai 89 Qian: 165
Queyu (Xinlong)rge⁵⁵morphemena⁵⁵morphemeʃə ⁵⁵rə⁵⁵ n‘spine / backbone’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0134.13
Queyu (Xinlong)ʃə⁵⁵rə⁵⁵ n‘bone’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0133.13
Xumiɕæ⁵⁵əʴ³³ n‘bone’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0133.17
Xumiɕɛ⁵⁵ əʴ³³ ‘bone’Sun H 91 ShiQ

3.3rGyalrongic9

Ergong (Northern)rdʑə⁵³morpheme ŋɛr³³morpheme ɕʰɛ³³ rə³³ ‘shin bone / tibia’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 6.2.3.1
Ergong (Daofu)tɕhə rei ‘bone’Dai 89 Daof: 8.4
Ergong (Northern)vla⁵³morpheme ɕʰɛ³³ rə³³ ‘thigh bone / femur’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 6.2.1.1
Ergong (Northern)ɕʰɛ³³ rə³³ ‘bone’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 8.4
Ergong (Daofu)ʔphuəmorpheme tɕhə rei ‘thigh bone / femur’Dai 89 Daof: 6.2.1.1

3.3.1rGyalrong52

rGyalrong (Eastern)taprefixdammorpheme ʃɐre ‘shin bone / tibia’Sun H 91 rEQ: 6.2.3.1
rGyalrongprefix mŋamorpheme ɕɛ rə ‘knee cap / patella’Dai 89 Jiar: 6.2.2.1
rGyalrongprefix pʰətmorpheme pamorpheme ɕɛ rə ‘thigh bone / femur’Dai 89 Jiar: 6.2.1.1
rGyalrongprefix səmmorpheme msɛmmorpheme ɕɛ rə ‘ankle bone’Dai 89 Jiar: 6.2.5.1
rGyalrong (NW)prefixkrə#307 PTB *s-g(r)u ‘ELBOW / CUBIT’ʁumorpheme ɕɛr̥ ‘elbow bone’Sun H 91 rNW: 6.1.4.1
rGyalrong (Northern)prefixmorpheme mbrokmorpheme ɕɛru ‘shin bone / tibia’Sun H 91 rNQ: 6.2.3.1
rGyalrong (NW)prefixmorpheme mke#481 PTB *s/m-key-k ‘NECK’ ɕɛr̥ ‘ankle bone’Sun H 91 rNW: 6.2.5.1
rGyalrong (NW)prefixmorpheme mki#481 PTB *s/m-key-k ‘NECK’ ɕɛr̥ ‘shin bone / tibia’Sun H 91 rNW: 6.2.3.1
rGyalrong (Northern)prefixmorpheme səmsəmmorpheme ɕɛru ‘ankle bone’Sun H 91 rNQ: 6.2.5.1
rGyalrong (Northern)prefixr̥pamorpheme ɕɛru ndzommorpheme ‘collar bone / clavicle’Sun H 91 rNQ: 5.2
rGyalrong (NW)prefixr̥totmorpheme ɕɛr̥ ‘shoulder blade / scapula’Sun H 91 rNW: 5.3.1
rGyalrong (Northern)prefixstalamorpheme ɕɛru ‘thigh bone / femur’Sun H 91 rNQ: 6.2.1.1
rGyalrong (NW)prefixxpimorpheme ɕɛr̥ ‘thigh bone / femur’Sun H 91 rNW: 6.2.1.1
rGyalrong (Eastern)wupʰətpamorpheme ʃɐre ‘thigh bone / femur’Sun H 91 rEQ: 6.2.1.1
rGyalrongɕa rə ‘bone’Dai 89 Jiar: 8.4
rGyalrong (NW)ɕɛr̥ morpheme mbəmorpheme ‘cartilage / grist’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.4.4
rGyalrong (NW)ɕɛr̥ kəmdimorpheme ‘skeleton’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.4.1
Caodengʃɐ́-ru ‘bone’Sun J 97 Cao
rGyalrong (Eastern)ʃɐre kəmdemorpheme ‘skeleton’Sun H 91 rEQ: 8.4.1
rGyalrong (Eastern)ʃɐre kənəpu ‘cartilage / grist’morpheme · morphemeSun H 91 rEQ: 8.4.4
rGyalrongphutmorpheme pamorpheme sha ru ‘thigh bone’Nagano 97 GyQ: 6.2.11
rGBenzhenprefix-zgənmorpheme ʃɐ-rə ‘spine’Sun J 97 rGB
rGBenzhenʃɐ-rə ‘bone’Sun J 97 rGB

4Nungic3

Rawangdaŋ³¹morpheme khɔŋ³¹morpheme ʃɑ³³ rɯ³³ ‘spine, backbone’LaPolla 03: 151
Anongśărö ‘bone’Matisoff 87 BP
Rawangʃɑ³³ rɯ³³ ‘bone’LaPolla 03: 149

6.1.1Burmish9

Bolaʃă³⁵u³¹ ‘bone’Dai 89 Bola: 159
Burmese (Written)ʔamorphemeʔrûi ‘bone’Hansson 89 AHKP: 370
Lashiwo̱⁵⁵#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’ ʃǒ⁵⁵prefix jou³³ ‘skull’Dai 89 Lash: 2.4
Lashiʃǒ⁵⁵ jou³³ ‘bone’Dai 89 Lash: 8.4
Lashiʃǒ⁵⁵ jou³³ ‘skeleton’Dai 89 Lash: 8.4.1
Maru [Langsu]ʃɔ̆³⁵ ɣuk⁵⁵ ‘skeleton’Dai 89 Lang: 8.4.1
Maru [Langsu]ʃɔ̆³⁵ɣuk⁵⁵ ‘bone’Maru -k is secondary.Dai 89 Lang: 8.4

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishšəro² ‘bone’Weidert 87 TBTo: 173

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish5

Hani (Dazhai)sa³¹ jø³¹ ‘bone’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Hani (Gelanghe)ɕa³¹ jø³¹ ‘bone’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Hani (Shuikui)ʃɔ³¹ ji³¹ ‘bone’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

6.2Naxi2

Naxi (Eastern)ʂa³³ɣə̃r³³ ‘bone’He 85
Naxi (Western)ʂo³³lo³³ ‘bone’He 85

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #234, *s-rus ‘BONE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/234
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: combine?
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-234,
  title  = {{*s-rus 'BONE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #234},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/234}
}