STEDT
STEDT #306

*du-k

ELBOW / KNEE

Reconstruction analysis

handleduinitialdrhymeu-kcoverT · VT

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*du ‘ELBOW’JS-HCST: 154

Notes

The basic meaning of this root seems to be “major joint of a limb”, i.e. ELBOW / KNEE.

Reflexes & cognates48 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.1.1Tani1

1.1.1.1Western Tani15

Galoaprefixdu n:clfq.‘forearm span’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoaprefixdu n:clfq.‘span (of a forearm)’GLDC 09 Galo

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani3

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Bodo(h)anmorphemetu ‘knee’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.3Lepcha7

Lepchatuk pǎt#436 PTB *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’MesorootsPLB *put ‘KNEE’Allofams1 #436 PTB *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’1b #435 PTB *pu ‘KNEE’ ‘knee’Coblin 86: 101
Lepchatŭk-păt#436 PTB *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’MesorootsPLB *put ‘KNEE’Allofams1 #436 PTB *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’1b #435 PTB *pu ‘KNEE’ ‘knee’Matisoff 87 BP
Lepchatuk-pat#436 PTB *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’MesorootsPLB *put ‘KNEE’Allofams1 #436 PTB *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’1b #435 PTB *pu ‘KNEE’ ‘knee’LaPolla 87: 70
Lepchatûk-tʻyokmorpheme pótmorpheme ‘thigh bone’Matisoff 87 BP
Lepchatukpát#436 PTB *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’MesorootsPLB *put ‘KNEE’Allofams1 #436 PTB *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’1b #435 PTB *pu ‘KNEE’ n.‘knee’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #306, *du-k ‘ELBOW / KNEE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/306
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: 427 (STC p.21),1247,428,427
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-306,
  title  = {{*du-k 'ELBOW / KNEE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #306},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/306}
}