STEDT
STEDT #2542

*hwak

BELOW

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*ʔok ‘below / under’p. 377

Notes

This root is undoubtedly related to #1364 PTB *hwaŋ BELOW / BUTTOCKS / LOWER BACK, but is here treated separately in view of the considerable semantic difference between the two.

Chinese comparandum

OC *g’u, GSR #115a ‘behind, after’; Schuessler 2007:280 *gôʔ~*ɦôʔ; B & S 2011: *ɢˁoʔ {[ɢ]ˁ(r)oʔ}; Mand. hòu.

Reflexes & cognates49 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanʔok ‘below / under’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 583

1.7.3.1Jingpho3

3.2Qiangic1

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]wɐ³⁵pa⁵³suffix n‘underneath’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 58.16

3.3rGyalrongic1

Ergong (Danba)vu dɯumorpheme n‘underneath’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 58.14

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmeseʔok ‘lower side / below’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 173

6.1.1Burmish12

Achang (Longchuan)uʔ³¹pa³¹suffix; a³¹prefixthe³¹morphemepa³¹suffix n‘underneath’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 58.41
Langsu (Luxi)ɔ³¹ prep‘under (the table)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0725.31
Langsu (Luxi)ɔ³¹ prep‘under (the sky)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0727.31
Langsu (Luxi)ɔ³¹mɛ³¹morpheme prep‘below / under’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0732.31
Maru [Langsu]ɔ³¹ n‘underneath’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 58.43
Atsi [Zaiwa]a²¹prefixo̱⁵¹ma⁵⁵morpheme n‘underneath’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 58.42
Atsi [Zaiwa]o̱⁵¹ prep‘under (the table)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0725.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]o̱⁵¹ prep‘under (the sky)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0727.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]o̱⁵¹mai²¹morpheme prep‘below / under’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0732.30

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Laloùq-ʃímorpheme ‘further down’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 378

6.1.2.2Central Loloish14

Jinuopɔ⁴²morphemeo³³ n‘underneath’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 58.34
Jinuopɔ⁴⁴morphemeo⁵⁵ prep‘below / under’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0732.44
Lahu (Black)hɔ́ ‘below / side (lower)’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 368
Lahu (Black)hɔ́ ‘lower side / below’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 173
Lisuo̱³¹si̱³³morpheme prep‘below / under’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0732.40
Lisuo̱³¹si³³morphemethi³¹morphemethe³³morpheme n‘lower half of the body’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0736.40
Lisu (Central)wu⁵-paw¹morpheme ‘below’Fraser 22
Lisu (Central)wu⁵-pē¹morpheme ‘below’Fraser 22
Lisu (Central)wu⁵-si¹morpheme-mu³morpheme ‘lower (opp. of higher)’Fraser 22
Lisu (Northern)ɔʔ²¹pæ³³morpheme ‘below; under’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔʔ²¹pɔ⁵⁵morpheme ‘below; under; underneath (also wɔʔ²¹pɔ⁵⁵, ɣɔʔ²¹pɔ⁵⁵)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔʔ²¹si³³morpheme ‘below; under’Bradley 94 Lisu

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish11

Akha (Thai)dàqmorpheme oq phɔmorpheme ‘below’Hansson 89 AHKP: 503
Akhawu5-paw1morpheme ‘lower side / below’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 173
Bisuʔaŋprefix-ʔɔk ‘lower side / below’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 173
Hani (Lüchun)àprefix ú phomorpheme ‘below’Hansson 89 AHKP: 503
Hani (Dazhai)a³¹prefixu̱³³ n‘underneath’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 58.31

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2542, *hwak ‘BELOW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2542
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#110; related to #1364?
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2542,
  title  = {{*hwak 'BELOW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2542},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2542}
}