*kur

BACK (adv.) / BACK (body part)

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*kur ‘BACK (adv.)’

Notes

This root has so far been best attested in Tani, where it has an adverbial meaning. In a few other languages, its meaning is restricted to the body part.

Reflexes & cognates32 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanikur adv‘back’Sun J 93 HCST: 12

1.1.1.1Western Tani28

Apatanikur adv‘back’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengni(lam-kuː#6417 PTani *lam-ku ‘BACK (n.)’) ɯŋ#6347 PTani *in ‘GO’-kɯr ‘retreat’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnigit#6332 PTani *(g/k)rət ‘LIE DOWN’-kɯr git#6332 PTani *(g/k)rət ‘LIE DOWN’-fiːmorpheme ‘toss and turn’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnihiŋmorpheme-kɯr ‘turn head’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnikɯr adv‘back’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengnirjoːmorpheme-kɯr-kumorpheme ‘come back running’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnitakmorpheme-kɯr ‘turn around’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengniɯŋ#6347 PTani *in ‘GO’-kɯr-kumorpheme ‘come back’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokardʑirmorpheme kur v.‘turn around’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1806.24

Bokarhəŋmorpheme-kur ‘retreat, go back’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarkur adv‘back’Sun J 93 HCST

Bokarluŋmorpheme-kur ‘redeem’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarɦəŋmorpheme kur v.‘back up / retreat’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1691.24

Galo-`kur vs:adv.‘again’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo-`kur vs:adv.‘back’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo-`kur vs:adv.‘back to back’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo-`kur vs:adv.‘return’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`aa#6211 PTani *vaŋ ‘SET (SUN)’◦kur vt.‘return’GLDC 09 Galo

Galo`iŋ#6347 PTani *in ‘GO’◦kur vt.‘go back’GLDC 09 Galo

Galoa#6211 PTani *vaŋ ‘SET (SUN)’-kurː-namsuffix v‘return (come back)’Das Gupta 63 Gal

Galoin#6347 PTani *in ‘GO’-kurː-namsuffix v‘return (go back)’Das Gupta 63 Gal

Galokamorpheme-kurː-namsuffix v‘turn’Das Gupta 63 Gal

Galoɟɯ#2158 PTB *s-bəy-n/k ‘GIVE’PTani *bi ‘GIVE’PKC *pia-I, piak-II ‘GIVE / OFFER / ASSIGN / PRESENT’PCC *pee-I, peek-II ‘GIVE / OFFER / ASSIGN / PRESENT’PLB *bəy² ‘GIVE’-kurː-namsuffix v‘repaying of debt’Das Gupta 63 Gal

Miri, Hill-kur ‘back’Simon 76 Miri

Nishingangmorpheme+kurr ~ angmorpheme+karr ‘return’Das Gupta 69 Daf

Taginmiŋ#6200 NEIA *m(y)aŋ ‘THINK / BELIEVE / IDEATE’PTani *mɯŋ ‘THINK’PCN *a-maŋ ‘BELIEVE’-kur-namsuffix v‘think again / reconsider’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Damugor-gaːmorpheme ‘back (body)’Sun J 93 Tani

1.3.4Tangkhulic2

Tangkhulkhum#206 PTB *(k/g)um ‘BACK / BODY’PTk *kʰum ‘BACK’◦khor ‘back’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulkhum#206 PTB *(k/g)um ‘BACK / BODY’PTk *kʰum ‘BACK’◦kor ‘back (body)’Marrison 67 Naga

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGyalrong (Northern)təmorpheme◦mgər̥ ‘back’Sun H 91 rNQ: 5.5

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2827, *kur ‘BACK (adv.) / BACK (body part)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2827

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

References: JS-HCST: 225

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2827,
  title  = {{*kur 'BACK (adv.) / BACK (body part)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2827},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2827}
}