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*s-tu(n/m)

CHIN / CHEEK

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handletun/mprefixsinitialtrhymeu(n/m)coverT · N

Notes

The medial -y- in the Lepcha form is a regular reflex of the s-prefix (see Benedict 1943,
“Secondary infixation in Lepcha”).

Reflexes & cognates24 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani4

Apatanipin#264 PTB *m-b(y/r)aŋ ‘CHEEK’PKC *ɓiaŋ ‘CHEEK’-to ‘jaw (upper)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnimu#5662 PTani *-moː ‘FACE / CHEEK’-pumorpheme rup#2047 PTB *b-rup ‘CHEEK / JAW’-tin ‘cheek’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarru#2047 PTB *b-rup ‘CHEEK / JAW’-tin ‘cheekbone’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokar Lhobaru#2047 PTB *b-rup ‘CHEEK / JAW’◦tin ‘cheekbone’Sun H 80 MLD

1.1.2Deng1

Darang [Taraon]tʰɯ³¹ tiɑ⁵⁵#286 PTB *l/m-da(n/ŋ) ‘CHIN / CHEEK’ ‘chin’Sun H 80 MLD

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Rengmanjonmorpheme◦tun ‘cheek’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.1Bodo3

Bodogunmorpheme◦tu◦ri#287 PTB *li ‘CHIN / DIMPLE’ ‘chin; snout’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodogunmorpheme◦tu◦ri#287 PTB *li ‘CHIN / DIMPLE’ ‘chin’Matisoff 87 BP

Bodotu◦tri#2055 PTB *tri ‘JAW / CHIN’ ‘chin’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2.1Tibetan2

Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)dam#262 PTB *s-gram ‘CHEEK / FACE / JAW’◦dum ‘cheekbone’Bishop 89: 3.11.1

Spititshulmorpheme◦to ‘jaw’Bodh 91: 3.13

2.1.3Lepcha4

Lepchamŭmorpheme-tyum ‘cheek’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchanŭmmorpheme-tyum ‘cheek’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchanŭmmorpheme-tʻyum ‘cheek’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchanyi#2052 PTB *ney ‘CHEEK / CHIN’-tʻyum ‘cheek’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Lalom̩²¹morpheme pɯ⁵⁵#271 PTB *s-bi ⪤ *s-bay ‘CHIN / CHEEK’PKC *ka- ⪤ *kha-ɓee ‘CHIN’ du̪⁵⁵ ‘chin’Chen 86 Yi: 3.12

6.1.2.2Central Loloish4

Ahini²¹#467 PTB *s-muːr ‘MOUTH / LIP / HOLD IN MOUTH / CHEW / FACE / GILLS’PKC *hmuur ‘LIP / BEAK / MOUTH / TIP’PCN *mən ‘MOUTH’PTk *mor ‘MOUTH’ pi³³#271 PTB *s-bi ⪤ *s-bay ‘CHIN / CHEEK’PKC *ka- ⪤ *kha-ɓee ‘CHIN’ tʻu²² ‘chin’Luo 90: 3.12

Ahini²¹#467 PTB *s-muːr ‘MOUTH / LIP / HOLD IN MOUTH / CHEW / FACE / GILLS’PKC *hmuur ‘LIP / BEAK / MOUTH / TIP’PCN *mən ‘MOUTH’PTk *mor ‘MOUTH’ tɕi²²#596 PTB *m/s-k-rəy ‘SKIN’TGTM *ᴬɖi ‘SKIN’PLB *m-k-rəy¹ ‘SKIN / OUTER COVERING’ i³³morpheme tʻu³³⁀ɛ³³morpheme tʻi²¹ ʈo⁵⁵ ‘lower lip’Luo 90: 3.9.2

Lisumū⁵#1187 PTB *s-ma-y ‘FACE / CHEEK / FRONT / AHEAD / FIRST’PKC *hmaay ‘FACE / FRONT’PKC *hmaa ‘FRONT / FIRST’PKC *hmaay-saa ‘AHEAD / FIRST’PCN *hmaj ‘FACE / SURFACE’PTk *maj ‘FACE’ prgh'#271 PTB *s-bi ⪤ *s-bay ‘CHIN / CHEEK’PKC *ka- ⪤ *kha-ɓee ‘CHIN’ du³ ‘chin’Matisoff 87 BP

Lisumu⁵#1187 PTB *s-ma-y ‘FACE / CHEEK / FRONT / AHEAD / FIRST’PKC *hmaay ‘FACE / FRONT’PKC *hmaa ‘FRONT / FIRST’PKC *hmaay-saa ‘AHEAD / FIRST’PCN *hmaj ‘FACE / SURFACE’PTk *maj ‘FACE’prgh¹#271 PTB *s-bi ⪤ *s-bay ‘CHIN / CHEEK’PKC *ka- ⪤ *kha-ɓee ‘CHIN’du³ ‘chin’Bradley 79 PLo: 100A

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3

Côông [Phunoi]ban³¹morpheme pi⁵⁵#271 PTB *s-bi ⪤ *s-bay ‘CHIN / CHEEK’PKC *ka- ⪤ *kha-ɓee ‘CHIN’ tũ³¹ jaomorpheme ‘jaw’Ferlus 91: 3.13

Côông [Phunoi]pi#271 PTB *s-bi ⪤ *s-bay ‘CHIN / CHEEK’PKC *ka- ⪤ *kha-ɓee ‘CHIN’ tùn ‘chin, heel’Matisoff 87 BP

Côông [Phunoi]pi³³#271 PTB *s-bi ⪤ *s-bay ‘CHIN / CHEEK’PKC *ka- ⪤ *kha-ɓee ‘CHIN’ tun¹¹ ‘chin’Bradley xx Phu

8Bai1

Bai (Jianchuan)mĩ̱⁴²morpheme tɯ̃⁵⁵ kʰui⁵⁵morpheme ‘cheekbone’Zhao 90: 3.11.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #280, *s-tu(n/m) ‘CHIN / CHEEK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/280

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-280,
  title  = {{*s-tu(n/m) 'CHIN / CHEEK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #280},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/280}
}