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STEDT #277

*pow

CHEEK
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlepoinitialprhymeocoverP · V

Notes

This etymon usually occurs as the first syllable in compounds, where the second syllable is from #284 PTB *(t)s-wa(s/r) CHEEK / BUTTOCK / CHIN.

Reflexes & cognates13 reflexes · 8 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

Apatanibu-morpheme ‘jaw (lower)’Sun J 93 Tani

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Ao (Chungli)teprefixpomorpheme ‘jaw’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #277, *pow ‘CHEEK’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/277
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-277,
  title  = {{*pow 'CHEEK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #277},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/277}
}