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STEDT #267

*k(w)aŋ

CHEEK / JAW / CHIN / FACE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlekwaŋinitialkwrhymeaŋcoverK · N

Notes

This morpheme often occurs as the second element in compounds.

Reflexes & cognates40 reflexes · 18 subgroups

1.1.2Deng1

Idueprefix◦koŋ◦gomorpheme ‘jaw(upper)’Pulu 78

1.2.3Maraic1

Lothvo (Hiranpi)hră⁴#266 PTB *gra ‘CHEEK / JAW’kuə³ ‘jaw / chin’Luce 85: P.1

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)2

Lotha Nagao¹prefix-kaŋ³ n.‘jaw’[Source note] lower range variantBruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagao¹prefix-kaŋ¹ n.‘jaw’[Source note] upper range variantBruhn 14 SuppCN

1.7.1.1Bodo6

Bodomu#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’◦kaŋ ‘face’Matisoff 87 BP

Dimasamu#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’◦khang ‘face’Marrison 67 Naga

Kokborokkʰaŋ-ga#273 PTB *m/s-k(w)a-y ‘MOUTH / OPENING / SPREAD / DOOR / FACE / JAW’PKC *kaa ‘ENTRANCE / MOUTH’PKC *kaa ⪤ *khaa ‘CHIN / JAW (lower)’PCN *ka ‘GAPE, OPEN MOUTH’PTk *ka ‘OPEN (MOUTH)’PTk *kʰa ‘CHIN / JAW’PKar *kaᴮ ‘CHIN, JAW’ ‘cheek’Tripuri 88

Kokborokmə#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’-kʰaŋ ‘face’Tripuri 88

Kokborokši#1214 PTB *səy ‘FRONT / BEFORE’-kaŋ ‘front’Tripuri 88

Lalung [Tiwa]mo#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’◦khang ‘face’Balawan 65: 39

1.7.1.2Garo3

Garo (Bangladesh)mik#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’-kang ‘face, front, front end of something such as a flashlight or sweater; top (of a banana leaf)’Burling 92 GaBa

Garo (Bangladesh)mik#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’-kang n‘face; front’Burling 03 Garo: 6.22-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)mik#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’-kang-osuffix pp‘front; in front of’Burling 03 Garo: 1.11-II:idx

1.7.1.4Deori1

Deori/Deurikāŋ ‘jaw’unknown

2.1.1Western Himalayish3

Kanaurichetmorpheme◦kaṅ ‘chin’Sharma, D.D. 88 Kn: 37

Kanaurichĕtmorpheme◦köṅ n‘chin’Bailey 11

Kanaurichĕtmorpheme◦köṅ ‘chin’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2Bodic1

Tsangla (Central)khar#2053 PTB *g(y/w)ar ‘CHEEK / CHIN / JAW’◦khang ‘cheekbone’Egli-Roduner: 32 9

2.1.4Tamangish1

Manang (Gyaru)gwan³ da²morpheme ‘jaw’Nagano 84 Man: 021

2.2Newar1

Newarnye#2052 PTB *ney ‘CHEEK / CHIN’◦ta:morpheme kwẽ ‘cheekbone’Shakya 89: 3.11.1

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Yakhanam#825 PTB *nam ‘EAR’◦ci#2037 PTB *(t)si ‘FACE / CHEEK’◦yəŋ#2045 PTB *s-ruŋ ‘ROUNDED PART’ seŋ#2049 PTB *tsyaŋ ‘JAW’◦kwɔːk ‘cheekbone’Kohn 90: 3.11.1

2.3.2Southern Kiranti2

Bantawakhong-tang#286 PTB *l/m-da(n/ŋ) ‘CHIN / CHEEK’ ‘jaw’Rai 84 BnDc: 41

Bantawakhong◦tang#286 PTB *l/m-da(n/ŋ) ‘CHIN / CHEEK’ ‘jaw’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 33

2.3.4Western Kiranti2

Hayuglo#2053 PTB *g(y/w)ar ‘CHEEK / CHIN / JAW’◦goŋ n‘cheek’Michailovsky 89 H2: 84.194

Hayuglo#2053 PTB *g(y/w)ar ‘CHEEK / CHIN / JAW’◦goŋ ‘cheek’Matisoff 87 BP

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang4

Chepangkwang ‘jaw’Matisoff 87 BP

Chepangkwaŋ n.‘jaw’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangkwaŋ ‘jaw’Caughley 72 CVoc: 2.A.20

Chepang (Eastern)kwaŋ ‘jaw’Caughley 90 CheQ: 3.13

3.2Qiangic4

Qiang (Mawo)quŋ ‘face’Sun J 86 Mawo

Qiang (Mawo)quŋ ‘face’Sun H 81 Qia

Qiang (Mawo)quŋ ‘face’Sun H 91 MawQ: 3.1

Qiang (Mawo)quŋ ‘face’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 236.8

6.1.1Burmish3

Langsu (Luxi)mjɔʔ³¹#681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’MesorootsPCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PLB *s-myak ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’khuŋ³⁵ n‘face’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0082.31

Maru [Langsu]mjoʔ³¹#681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’MesorootsPCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PLB *s-myak ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ khuŋ³⁵ ‘face’Dai 89 Lang: 3.1

Maru [Langsu]mjɔʔ³¹#681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’MesorootsPCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PLB *s-myak ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’khuŋ³⁵ ‘face’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 236.43

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Akha (Yunnan)mjaq#681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’MesorootsPCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PLB *s-myak ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ xhàŋ ‘face’Hansson 89 AHKP: 253

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #267, *k(w)aŋ ‘CHEEK / JAW / CHIN / FACE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/267

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-267,
  title  = {{*k(w)aŋ 'CHEEK / JAW / CHIN / FACE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #267},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/267}
}