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STEDT #287

*li

CHIN / DIMPLE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

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Reflexes & cognates24 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani4

Bokarma#5662 PTani *-moː ‘FACE / CHEEK’-lə ‘jaw’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarnap#470 PTB *nap ‘MOUTH’ lə n‘chin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0088.24

Bokarnap#470 PTB *nap ‘MOUTH’-lə ‘chin’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokar Lhobanap#470 PTB *nap ‘MOUTH’◦lə ‘chin’Sun H 80 MLD

1.7.1.1Bodo5

Bodogunmorpheme◦tu#280 PTB *s-tu(n/m) ‘CHIN / CHEEK’◦ri ‘chin; snout’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodogunmorpheme◦tu#280 PTB *s-tu(n/m) ‘CHIN / CHEEK’◦ri ‘chin’Matisoff 87 BP

Bodoha#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’◦taymorpheme gomorpheme◦ri ‘jaw’Matisoff 87 BP

Dimasakho#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’◦lai ‘cheek’Marrison 67 Naga

Kokborokkʰɔ#2057 PTB *s-kow ‘CHIN’-lay ‘chin’Tripuri 88

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Spitimemorpheme◦le ‘chin’Bodh 91: 3.12

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Yakhasiŋ#1112 PTB *siŋ ⪤ *syaŋ ‘CHIN / JAW / BEARD’◦saːmorpheme◦liː ‘chin’Kohn 90: 3.12

2.3.2Southern Kiranti6

Chamlingdang#286 PTB *l/m-da(n/ŋ) ‘CHIN / CHEEK’◦amorpheme◦li ‘chin’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 33

Chamlingdang#286 PTB *l/m-da(n/ŋ) ‘CHIN / CHEEK’◦amorpheme◦li ‘chin’Winter 85: 10

Chamlingda#286 PTB *l/m-da(n/ŋ) ‘CHIN / CHEEK’◦wamorpheme◦li ‘chin’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 33

Chamlingda#286 PTB *l/m-da(n/ŋ) ‘CHIN / CHEEK’◦wamorpheme◦li ‘chin’Winter 85: 10

Kulungdau#286 PTB *l/m-da(n/ŋ) ‘CHIN / CHEEK’◦lu ‘chin’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 33

Kulungdau#286 PTB *l/m-da(n/ŋ) ‘CHIN / CHEEK’◦lu ‘chin’Rai 75 Kul

2.3.4Western Kiranti4

Bahingjemorpheme-li ‘chin’Matisoff 87 BP

Bahingjemorpheme◦ly ‘chin’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 32

Sunwar'yoy#2053 PTB *g(y/w)ar ‘CHEEK / CHIN / JAW’◦li ‘chin’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 32

Sunwar'yoy#2053 PTB *g(y/w)ar ‘CHEEK / CHIN / JAW’◦li ‘chin’Matisoff 87 BP

3.3rGyalrongic1

Ergong (Daofu)ʔbə#268 PTB *m/s-ba ‘CHEEK / JAW / CHIN’PLB *ba² ‘CHEEK’PKar *Ɂbɔᴬ ‘NECK, CHEEK’ lə lə ‘cheek’Dai 89 Daof: 3.11

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Nusu (Southern)ʔɑ⁵⁵prefix ʔlɯ³¹ ʔlɯ⁵⁵ ‘chin’Sun J 86 Nusu

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lahu (Black)pâ#268 PTB *m/s-ba ‘CHEEK / JAW / CHIN’PLB *ba² ‘CHEEK’PKar *Ɂbɔᴬ ‘NECK, CHEEK’-pi#271 PTB *s-bi ⪤ *s-bay ‘CHIN / CHEEK’PKC *ka- ⪤ *kha-ɓee ‘CHIN’(-li) ‘dimple, cleft in chin’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #287, *li ‘CHIN / DIMPLE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/287

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-287,
  title  = {{*li 'CHIN / DIMPLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #287},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/287}
}