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STEDT #252

*p(u/i)-k

BRAIN

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlepuinitialprhymeu-ksuffixkcoverP · VT

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*pVk-ni? ‘BRAIN’JS-HCST: 151

Reflexes & cognates34 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.1.1Tani1

*TanipVk-ni? ‘brain’Sun reconstructs a binome here, but the second element in the Tani forms seems to descend from #5554 PTB *s-nyam THINK / BRAIN.Sun J 93 HCST: 43

1.1.1.1Western Tani14

Apatanipù-ñú ‘brain’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanipu-ñu rhyme! ‘brain’Sun J 93 HCST

Apatanipuñ-ñu ‘brain’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatani¹pu²ñu (²) ‘brain’Weidert 87 TBTo: 619

Bengnipuk-ni ‘brain’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengnipuk-ni ‘brain’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarpɯ niː n‘brains’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0132.24

Bokarpɯ-niː ‘brain’Sun J 93 HCST

Bokarpɯ-niː ‘brain’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokar Lhobapɯniː ‘brain’Sun H 80 MLD

Galo`pinii n.‘brain’GLDC 09 Galo

Galopɯnɯ ‘brain’Das Gupta 63 Gal

Galoˉpɯñɯ ‘brain’Weidert 87 TBTo: 619

Taginpoknyi ‘brain’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani5

Padam [Abor]pin-ño rhyme! ‘brain’Sun J 93 HCST

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]pîn-nyo ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]pun-nî ‘brain’Note assimilation of Abor-Miri medial consonants.Matisoff 87 BP

Milangpaɲi ‘brain’Tayeng 76 Mil

Mishing [Miri]pun-ni ‘brain’Sun J 93 HCST

1.1.2Deng3

Darang [Taraon]pí-ním#5554 PTB *s-nyam ‘THINK / BRAIN’ ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP

Darang [Taraon]pí◦ním#5554 PTB *s-nyam ‘THINK / BRAIN’ ‘brain’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pɯ³¹ ȵɯm⁵⁵#5554 PTB *s-nyam ‘THINK / BRAIN’ ‘brain’Sun H 80 MLD

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Liangmeipa-bǐ̱ŋmorpheme ‘brain’Weidert 87 TBTo: 218

2.2Newar6

Newarnhe#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦pu ‘brain’Weidert 87 TBTo: 619

Newar (Kathmandu)nhe#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦pu ‘brain’Genetti 90 Kath

Newarnhe#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦pu ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP

Newarnhe#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦pu ‘brain’Shakya 89: 9.1

Newarnhye#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦pu ‘brain (= 9.1 )’Shakya 89: 2.5

Newar (Dolakhali)ni#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦pu ‘brain’Genetti 90 Dola

2.3.4Western Kiranti2

Hayuekmorpheme◦pu◦timorpheme n‘brain’Michailovsky 89 H2: 84.33

Hayuekmorpheme◦pu◦timorpheme ‘brain’The zero-initial in ek- is unexplained (perhaps < *yik?).Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #252, *p(u/i)-k ‘BRAIN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/252

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-252,
  title  = {{*p(u/i)-k 'BRAIN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #252},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/252}
}