*kap

JAW / CHEEK / CHIN

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlekapinitialkrhymeapcoverK · T

Connections

Chinese comparandum

Cf. comparanda for #6186 PTB *gyap NARROW / CROWDED.

Reflexes & cognates19 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphoshaprefix◦kap ‘jaw’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphoshəprefix◦kàp ‘jaw’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Spiti)gap◦sómorpheme ‘lower jaw’Sharma, S.R. 79 Sp

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Chamlingra#1265 PTB *ra ‘MOUSTACHE / BEARD / CHIN’◦khap◦tON*#3316 PTB *twaŋ ‘TOOTH / MOLAR’ ‘molar’Winter 85: 30

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Thulungyamorpheme◦kap◦tamorpheme ‘lower jaw’Allen 75

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2

Khamkhap ‘jawbone’Watters 89 KhQ

Khamkʰap ‘jawbone’Watters 89 KhQ

6.1.1Burmish2

Achang (Longchuan)phă³¹morpheme kap³⁵ ‘gills’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Xiandao)pʰă³¹#268 PTB *m/s-ba ‘CHEEK / JAW / CHIN’PLB *ba² ‘CHEEK’PKar *Ɂbɔᴬ ‘NECK, CHEEK’ kap³⁵ ‘cheekbone’Dai 89 Xian: 106.2

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Nasuȵe²¹morpheme ko̱²¹ ‘jaw’Chen 86 Yi: 3.13

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #278, *kap ‘JAW / CHEEK / CHIN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/278

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-278,
  title  = {{*kap 'JAW / CHEEK / CHIN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #278},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/278}
}