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*l/m-da(n/ŋ)

CHIN / CHEEK

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handlel/m-daprefixl/minitialdrhymean/ŋcoverT · N

Notes

Both the l- and m- prefixes are attested in Written Tibetan. The final nasal shows variation in position of articulation.

Reflexes & cognates46 reflexes · 15 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]kém#262 PTB *s-gram ‘CHEEK / FACE / JAW’-ta ‘cheek’Matisoff 87 BP

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]kém#262 PTB *s-gram ‘CHEEK / FACE / JAW’-tan ‘cheek’Matisoff 87 BP

1.1.2Deng4

Darang [Taraon]tʰɯ³¹#280 PTB *s-tu(n/m) ‘CHIN / CHEEK’ tiɑ⁵⁵ ‘chin’Sun H 80 MLD

Idue⁵⁵prefixtia⁵⁵pu⁵⁵morpheme ‘chin’Sun H 91 IduQ: 3.12

Idueprefix◦ta◦pomorpheme ‘chin’Anonymous 62 Idu

Idueprefix◦ta◦pʰumorpheme ‘chin’Anonymous 62 Idu

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumi (Ahraing)tʻɑ̃¹bæ̃⁴#264 PTB *m-b(y/r)aŋ ‘CHEEK’PKC *ɓiaŋ ‘CHEEK’ ‘cheek’Luce 85: R.29

1.4Meithei5

Meitheikha#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’◦dang ‘chin’Marrison 67 Naga

Meitheikha#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’◦dâng ‘chin’Matisoff 87 BP

Meitheikhə#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’◦daŋ ‘chin’Singh 91 MeiQ: 3.12

Meitheikhə#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’◦daŋ ‘lower jaw / mandible’Singh 91 MeiQ: 3.13.1

Meitheikoy#1266 PTB *kway ‘MOUSTACHE / BEARD’ (khə#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’◦daŋ-gisuffix) ‘beard’Singh 91 MeiQ: 8.1.2.1

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Lalung [Tiwa]hai#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’◦doʔ ‘chin’Balawan 65: 26

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garo (Bangladesh)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’-teng ‘cheek’[Source note] (A’-pal dialect).Burling 92 GaBa

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1

Noctethan ‘cheek’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.2.1Tibetan4

Tibetan (Batang)dʐã⁵⁵#262 PTB *s-gram ‘CHEEK / FACE / JAW’ ndõ⁵⁵ ‘cheekbone’Dai 89 Bata: 3.11.1

Tibetan (Written)ldan-pasuffix ‘cheek’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)ldan-so#632 PTB *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’PTani *fiː ‘TOOTH’PKC *haa ‘TOOTH’PCN *p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PTk *ha ‘TOOTH’PNN *swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’PLB *swa² ‘TOOTH’PL *swa² ‘TOOTH’ ‘molar’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)mdan-pasuffix ‘cheek’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3Kiranti1

*SE Kirantidaŋ ‘chin’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 33

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti5

LimbunE#2052 PTB *ney ‘CHEEK / CHIN’◦dEŋ◦basuffix ‘cheek, side of a blade’Michailovsky 89 Lm

Limbune#2052 PTB *ney ‘CHEEK / CHIN’◦deŋ◦bāsuffix ‘cheek’Matisoff 87 BP

Limbune#2052 PTB *ney ‘CHEEK / CHIN’◦deŋ◦yet#237 PTB *g-ra-t ‘BONE’ ‘cheekbone’Matisoff 87 BP

Limbusiŋ#1112 PTB *siŋ ⪤ *syaŋ ‘CHIN / JAW / BEARD’◦daŋ◦basuffix ‘chin, jaw’Michailovsky 89 Lm

Limbusi#1112 PTB *siŋ ⪤ *syaŋ ‘CHIN / JAW / BEARD’◦dang◦basuffix ‘chin’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 33

2.3.2Southern Kiranti10

Bantawakhong#267 PTB *k(w)aŋ ‘CHEEK / JAW / CHIN / FACE’-tang ‘jaw’Rai 84 BnDc: 41

Bantawakhong#267 PTB *k(w)aŋ ‘CHEEK / JAW / CHIN / FACE’◦tang ‘jaw’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 33

Bantawangam#2059 PTB *ŋam ‘CHIN / CHEEK / JAW’-tang ‘cheek’Rai 84 BnDc: 56

Bantawangam#2059 PTB *ŋam ‘CHIN / CHEEK / JAW’-tang ‘chin’Rai 84 BnDc: 56

Chamlingdang◦amorpheme◦li#287 PTB *li ‘CHIN / DIMPLE’ ‘chin’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 33

Chamlingdang◦amorpheme◦li#287 PTB *li ‘CHIN / DIMPLE’ ‘chin’Winter 85: 10

Chamlingda◦wamorpheme◦li#287 PTB *li ‘CHIN / DIMPLE’ ‘chin’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 33

Chamlingda◦wamorpheme◦li#287 PTB *li ‘CHIN / DIMPLE’ ‘chin’Winter 85: 10

Kulungdau◦lu#287 PTB *li ‘CHIN / DIMPLE’ ‘chin’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 33

Kulungdau◦lu#287 PTB *li ‘CHIN / DIMPLE’ ‘chin’Rai 75 Kul

6.1.1Burmish8

Langsu (Luxi)ɛ̃³¹morphemethɔ̃³¹ n‘chin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0088.31

Lashimjɔʔ³¹#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’ tuaŋ³³ ‘cheek’Dai 89 Lash: 3.11

Lashiŋa̱m³³#2059 PTB *ŋam ‘CHIN / CHEEK / JAW’ thaŋ³³ ‘chin’Dai 89 Lash: 3.12

Leqi (Luxi)ŋa̱m³³#2059 PTB *ŋam ‘CHIN / CHEEK / JAW’thaŋ³³ n‘chin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0088.33

Maru [Langsu]ɛ³¹morpheme thɔ̃³¹ ‘chin’Dai 89 Lang: 3.12

Maru [Langsu]ɛ̃³¹morphemethɔ̃³¹ ‘chin’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 247.43

Atsi [Zaiwa]am⁵¹#2059 PTB *ŋam ‘CHIN / CHEEK / JAW’thaŋ⁵⁵ n‘chin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0088.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]am⁵¹#2059 PTB *ŋam ‘CHIN / CHEEK / JAW’thaŋ⁵⁵ ‘chin’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 247.42

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishdoŋ² ‘chin’Bradley 79 PLo: 100B

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish2

Nusu (Central)m̥i⁵⁵#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’ tʰɑ̃³⁵ ‘chin’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Northern)pʰi⁵⁵#271 PTB *s-bi ⪤ *s-bay ‘CHIN / CHEEK’PKC *ka- ⪤ *kha-ɓee ‘CHIN’ tʰə̃³¹ ‘chin’Sun J 86 Nusu

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2

Akhameh˯#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’ tah˯ (tah˯) ‘chin’Matisoff 87 BP

Bisuman#1188 PTB *s-myal ‘FACE’◦tə̀ŋ ‘chin’Beaudouin 88 Bisu: 13

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #286, *l/m-da(n/ŋ) ‘CHIN / CHEEK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/286

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-286,
  title  = {{*l/m-da(n/ŋ) 'CHIN / CHEEK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #286},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/286}
}