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STEDT #299

*tsu-N

CHEST

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

A few languages show a final nasal in this root, but it is not clear what position of articulation to reconstruct.

Reflexes & cognates30 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.1.2Deng9

Darang [Taraon]a:prefix◦ssõ ‘breast (chest)’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]a:prefix◦ssõ ‘chest / breast’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]aːprefix◦ssõ ‘chest’Matisoff 87 BP

Darang [Taraon]kɯ³¹#560 PTB *k(r)u ‘CHEST / RIB’PCN *t-kuʔ ‘CHEST’TGTM *ᴬku ‘CHEST’ tsɯm⁵⁵ ‘chest’Sun H 80 MLD

Darang [Taraon]kɯ³¹#560 PTB *k(r)u ‘CHEST / RIB’PCN *t-kuʔ ‘CHEST’TGTM *ᴬku ‘CHEST’tsɯm⁵⁵ n‘chest’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0093.22

Darang [Taraon]kɯ³¹#560 PTB *k(r)u ‘CHEST / RIB’PCN *t-kuʔ ‘CHEST’TGTM *ᴬku ‘CHEST’tsɯm⁵⁵ ‘chest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 257.49

Idue⁵⁵prefixtʂho⁵³ku³⁵#560 PTB *k(r)u ‘CHEST / RIB’PCN *t-kuʔ ‘CHEST’TGTM *ᴬku ‘CHEST’ ‘chest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 257.50

Idue⁵⁵prefixtʂʰo⁵³ku³⁵#560 PTB *k(r)u ‘CHEST / RIB’PCN *t-kuʔ ‘CHEST’TGTM *ᴬku ‘CHEST’ ‘chest’Sun H 91 IduQ: 5.1

Yidue⁵⁵prefixtʂho⁵³ku³⁵#560 PTB *k(r)u ‘CHEST / RIB’PCN *t-kuʔ ‘CHEST’TGTM *ᴬku ‘CHEST’ n‘chest’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0093.25

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group2

Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix chie⁵⁵#3376 PTB *tsyal ‘CHEST / RIB’ tso³¹ ru³¹#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘rib’Nienu 90 AngQ: 5.1.2

Chokri(u)prefix tsü³⁵morpheme tso³¹ ro³¹#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘rib’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 5.1.2

2.1.2Bodic2

Baimatsu¹³ pɑ⁵³suffix ‘rib’Sun H 91 Baim: 5.1.2

Baimatʂo¹³ rɿ³⁵#3396 PTB *ru ‘CHEST’ ‘chest’Sun H 91 Baim: 5.1

2.3.4Western Kiranti7

Bahingku#560 PTB *k(r)u ‘CHEST / RIB’PCN *t-kuʔ ‘CHEST’TGTM *ᴬku ‘CHEST’-tsu ‘chest’Matisoff 87 BP

Bahingku#560 PTB *k(r)u ‘CHEST / RIB’PCN *t-kuʔ ‘CHEST’TGTM *ᴬku ‘CHEST’◦tsu ‘chest’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 28

Hayurip#554 PTB *s-ri(p/m) ‘RIB / SIDE’PKir *rem ‘RIB’PKar *rəɁᴰ ‘FLANK, RIB’-tsa ‘breast’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 144

Hayurip#554 PTB *s-ri(p/m) ‘RIB / SIDE’PKir *rem ‘RIB’PKar *rəɁᴰ ‘FLANK, RIB’◦tsho ‘rib’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 145

Hayurip#554 PTB *s-ri(p/m) ‘RIB / SIDE’PKir *rem ‘RIB’PKar *rəɁᴰ ‘FLANK, RIB’◦tsho ‘chest’Matisoff 87 BP

Sunwar'ku#560 PTB *k(r)u ‘CHEST / RIB’PCN *t-kuʔ ‘CHEST’TGTM *ᴬku ‘CHEST’-cu ‘chest’Matisoff 87 BP

Sunwar'ku#560 PTB *k(r)u ‘CHEST / RIB’PCN *t-kuʔ ‘CHEST’TGTM *ᴬku ‘CHEST’◦cu ‘chest’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 28

3.3rGyalrongic1

Ergong (Northern)ja³³#288 PTB *b/g-raŋ ‘CHEST’ tɕuŋ⁵³ ‘rib cage’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 5.1.1

5Tujia3

Tujiali⁵⁵morpheme kʰo⁵⁵#560 PTB *k(r)u ‘CHEST / RIB’PCN *t-kuʔ ‘CHEST’TGTM *ᴬku ‘CHEST’ tsʰũ⁵⁵ ‘chest’Chen 86 TuBQ: 5.1

Tujia (Northern)li⁵⁵morpheme kʰo⁵⁵#560 PTB *k(r)u ‘CHEST / RIB’PCN *t-kuʔ ‘CHEST’TGTM *ᴬku ‘CHEST’ tsʰũ⁵⁵ ‘chest (of body)’Tian 86

Tujiali⁵⁵morphemekho⁵⁵#560 PTB *k(r)u ‘CHEST / RIB’PCN *t-kuʔ ‘CHEST’TGTM *ᴬku ‘CHEST’tshoŋ⁵⁵ ‘chest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 257.38

6.1.2Loloish3

Lolophoȵi̱⁴⁴#297 PTB *s-ni ‘HEART / BREAST / CHEST / RIB’Allofams1 #689 PTB *s/k-n(y)i-k/ŋ ‘HEART / MIND / BRAIN’1a #251 PTB *s/k-niŋ ‘BRAIN / HEART / MIND’1b #1385 PTB *s/k-nik ‘HEART / MIND’1c #297 PTB *s-ni ‘HEART / BREAST / CHEST / RIB’ mo³³suffix tʂo³³ tse³¹morpheme ‘chest’Dai 89 Lolo: 5.1

Lolophoȵi̱⁴⁴#297 PTB *s-ni ‘HEART / BREAST / CHEST / RIB’Allofams1 #689 PTB *s/k-n(y)i-k/ŋ ‘HEART / MIND / BRAIN’1a #251 PTB *s/k-niŋ ‘BRAIN / HEART / MIND’1b #1385 PTB *s/k-nik ‘HEART / MIND’1c #297 PTB *s-ni ‘HEART / BREAST / CHEST / RIB’ mo³³suffix tʂo³³ tshe³¹morpheme ‘bosom’Dai 89 Lolo: 1.9

Lolophoɒ⁴⁴prefix kɤ̱⁴⁴#486 PTB *l-kwak ‘THROAT / NECK’ lɤ̱⁴⁴#3412 PTB *lwak ‘LARYNX’ tʂo³³ ‘throat / gullet / pharynx’Dai 89 Lolo: 4.2

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Yi (Nanhua)ȵi̱³³#297 PTB *s-ni ‘HEART / BREAST / CHEST / RIB’Allofams1 #689 PTB *s/k-n(y)i-k/ŋ ‘HEART / MIND / BRAIN’1a #251 PTB *s/k-niŋ ‘BRAIN / HEART / MIND’1b #1385 PTB *s/k-nik ‘HEART / MIND’1c #297 PTB *s-ni ‘HEART / BREAST / CHEST / RIB’mo³³suffixtʂo³³ ‘chest’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 257.24

7Karenic2

Palaychitàq#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’◦náq#556 PKar *s-nak ‘RIB’◦shzùʔ ‘chest’Matisoff 87 BP

Palaychitàq#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’◦náq#556 PKar *s-nak ‘RIB’◦shzùʔ ‘chest’Jones 61: 410

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #299, *tsu-N ‘CHEST’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/299

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

References: includes old #293

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-299,
  title  = {{*tsu-N 'CHEST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #299},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/299}
}