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STEDT #291

*wa(m/p)

CHEST / RIB

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handleʔominitialʔrhymeomcoverH · N

Reflexes & cognates25 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani3

Galoaprefix◦up n.‘rib’GLDC 09 Galo

Galoaprefix◦up ‘rib’Das Gupta 63 Gal

Miri, Hilloprefix-up ‘rib’Simon 76 Miri

1.2.1.1Northern Chin4

Kuki-Chinop ‘chest’Haokip 98: 5.1

Kuki-Chinop◦mul#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘chest hair’Haokip 98: 8.1.3.2

Thadoɔ́p ‘chest’Thirumalai 72: 57

Tiddimoːm² ‘chest’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1319

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lushai [Mizo]âwm ‘chest’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]awm ‘chest’Matisoff 87 BP

Lushai [Mizo]awm ‘chest; breast’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1319

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Moyonʌprefix◦úm ‘rib cage’Kosha 90: 5.1.1

1.4Meithei1

Meitheihum◦dang#289 PTB *m-twa(k/ŋ) ‘CHEST / BREAST / RIB’PTk *tʰik ‘LUNG / CHEST’ ‘rib’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Konyakhüm◦pasuffix-lakmorpheme◦waimorpheme ‘rib’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)'om-mogmorpheme ‘chest’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.1Burmish6

Achang (Longchuan)ɔm³¹ ko⁵⁵#560 PTB *k(r)u ‘CHEST / RIB’PCN *t-kuʔ ‘CHEST’TGTM *ᴬku ‘CHEST’ ‘chest (of body)’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Longchuan)ɔm³¹ko⁵⁵#560 PTB *k(r)u ‘CHEST / RIB’PCN *t-kuʔ ‘CHEST’TGTM *ᴬku ‘CHEST’ n‘chest’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0093.28

Achang (Longchuan)ɔm³¹ko⁵⁵#560 PTB *k(r)u ‘CHEST / RIB’PCN *t-kuʔ ‘CHEST’TGTM *ᴬku ‘CHEST’ ‘chest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 257.41

Achang (Luxi)an³⁵ tuaŋ³¹#289 PTB *m-twa(k/ŋ) ‘CHEST / BREAST / RIB’PTk *tʰik ‘LUNG / CHEST’ ‘chest (of body)’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Xiandao)am³¹ pɔŋ⁵⁵morpheme ‘chest’Dai 89 Xian: 117

Achang (Xiandao)am³¹pɔŋ⁵⁵morpheme n‘chest’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0093.29

6.1.2.2Central Loloish5

Lisuaw'³-hkrgh³#2000 PLB *koŋ² ‘CHEST’ ‘chest’For a similar Lisu vocalic reflex, cf. PLB *ʔgoŋ² NECK/NECK-LIKE PART > Lisu (Northern) kɤ⁵⁵tsi⁵⁵. (-ɤ is the vowel corresponding to Fraser’ s -rgh; tsi⁵⁵ is ‘joint’.). -ɤ (-rgh) may be the regular reflex of *-oŋ after velars.Matisoff 87 BP

Lisuaw'³hkrgh⁵#2000 PLB *koŋ² ‘CHEST’ ‘chest’Bradley 79 PLo: 106

Lisu (Theng-yüeh)awʻ³◦[hkrgh⁵]#2000 PLB *koŋ² ‘CHEST’ ‘chest’Luce 85: V.82

Lisu (Central)awʼ³-hkrgh³#2000 PLB *koŋ² ‘CHEST’ ‘breast’Fraser 22

Lisu (Central)awʼ³-hkrgh⁵#2000 PLB *koŋ² ‘CHEST’ ‘chest (of body)’Fraser 22

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #291, *wa(m/p) ‘CHEST / RIB’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/291

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-291,
  title  = {{*wa(m/p) 'CHEST / RIB'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #291},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/291}
}