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*m-twa(k/ŋ)

CHEST / BREAST / RIB
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletwakinitialtwrhymeak ⪤ m-tcoverT · VNT

Intermediate reconstructions

Tangkhulic*tʰik ‘LUNG / CHEST’DRM#563

Connections

Poss. allofam*s-nak ‘RIB’

Notes

The -i- vocalism in the Tangkhul Naga form mə thik ‘chest’ indicates we may need to set up a subroot *m-tik ⪤ *m-tuk.

Reflexes & cognates52 reflexes · 19 subgroups

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Sorbungməmorpheme◦tóo ‘lap’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.010

1.3.4Tangkhulic7

*Tangkhulictʰik ‘lung / chest’Mortensen 12 Tk: 563
Huishuʔamorpheme-məmorpheme-tʰoʔ ‘bosom; chest’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.095
Kachaiməmorpheme-tʰɐk ‘lung / chest’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.116
Tangkhulmamorpheme◦thik ‘chest’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangkhulmaprefix◦thik◦ra#237 PTB *g-ra-t ‘BONE’ ‘breastbone / sternum’Matisoff 87 BP
Tangkhulməprefix◦thik ‘chest’Matisoff 87 BP
Ukhrulməmorpheme-tʰik ‘chest’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Wanchokhɛmorpheme◦tok ‘chest’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.1Western Himalayish3

Kanauris̱ẖṭŭg ‘chest’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.4Western Kiranti2

Thulungdak◦amorpheme◦cīmorpheme ‘chest’Matisoff 87 BP
Thulungdək◦cimorpheme ‘chest’Allen 75

5Tujia1

Tujiato⁵⁵morpheme po²¹morpheme dɯ²¹ go³⁵morpheme ‘chest’Chen 86 TuMQ: 5.1

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish7

8Bai4

Bai (Bijiang)se⁵⁵morpheme ʈɯ̱²¹ ɯ̱⁴⁴morpheme ‘chest (of body)’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Bijiang)sē⁵⁵morphemeʈɯ²¹ɯ⁴⁴morpheme ‘chest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 257.37
Bai (Dali)ɕi⁵⁵morpheme kheʴ⁵⁵morpheme kheʴ⁵⁵morpheme tɯ̱²¹ ‘chest (of body)’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Dali)ɕi⁵⁵morphemekeʴ⁵⁵morphemekeʴ⁵⁵morphemetɯ²¹ ‘chest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 257.35

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #289, *m-twa(k/ŋ) ‘CHEST / BREAST / RIB’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/289
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-289,
  title  = {{*m-twa(k/ŋ) 'CHEST / BREAST / RIB'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #289},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/289}
}