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STEDT #307

*s-g(r)u

ELBOW / CUBIT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handleguinitialgrhymeu ⪤ s-grcoverK · VLS

Notes

The rhyme of this etymon definitely seems to be *-u-, but a scattering of reflexes have high front vowels (e.g., Tsangla garaŋ-kili, WT gre-mo, Khaling 'khe cūlū), perhaps indicating a diphthongal variant.

Chinese comparandum

肘 OC *ti̯ôg, GSR #1073a ‘elbow, wrist’; B & S 2011: *t-k‹r›uʔ; Mand. zhǒu.

Reflexes & cognates99 reflexes · 15 subgroups

1.2.4“Old Kuki”5

Kom Remkʰu◦riŋ ‘cubit (elbow to fingers)’Toba 91 KRQ: 13.3
Kom Remkʰu◦r̥iŋmorpheme ‘elbow’Toba 91 KRQ: 6.1.4
Kom Remsuŋteŋamorpheme kʰu◦r̥iŋmorpheme ‘inner elbow / crook of elbow’Toba 91 KRQ: 6.1.4.2
Moyonkhù◦dùpmorpheme ~ khu◦dùpmorpheme ‘cubit (elbow to fingers)’Kosha 90: 13.3

1.4Meithei1

Meitheikhu◦dup ‘cubit (elbow to fingers)’Singh 91 MeiQ: 13.3

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

Bunankhrui ‘cubit (elbow to fingers)’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 13.3
Pattani [Manchati]krù ‘cubit (elbow to fingers)’Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 13.3

2.1.2.1Tibetan7

Tibetan (Written)gre-momorpheme ‘elbow’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)gru momorpheme ‘elbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 254.1
Tibetan (Written)gru-momorpheme ‘elbow’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)gru-momorpheme ‘elbow’Coblin 86: 70
Tibetan (Written)gru.?morpheme ‘elbow’Sun J 85 TbGl: 222
Tibetan (Written)gru◦momorpheme ‘elbow’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.4Tamangish26

*TGTMᴬkru ‘cubit’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 9
*TGTMᴬkru ‘cubit (measure)’Mazaudon 94 These: 72
Gurungkru ‘cubit (elbow to fingertip)’Hale 73 CSD: 12c.42
Tamang (Risiangku)¹kru ‘cubit (measure)’Mazaudon 94 These: 72
Tamang (Sahu)'kru 'nāngmorpheme ‘cubit (elbow to fingertip)’Hale 73 CSD: 12c.42
Tamang (Sahu)'kru 'naŋmorpheme adj.‘cubit (elbow to fingertip)’Taylor 72 TmVo: 12.C.43
Tamang (Sahu)²kru-naŋmorpheme ‘cubit (elbow to fingertip)’Mazaudon 94 These: 73
Tamang (Sahu)²kru-²naŋmorpheme ‘cubit’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 9

2.2Newar2

Newarku ‘cubit (elbow to fingers)’Shakya 89: 13.3
Newarku (hāka)morpheme ‘cubit (elbow to fingertip)’Hale 73 CSD: 12c.42

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti2

Yakhaguː◦saːmorpheme ‘elbow’Kohn 90: 6.1.4
Yakhaguː◦saːmorpheme seːŋkwɔkmorpheme ‘elbow bone’Kohn 90: 6.1.4.1

2.3.3Central Kiranti2

Khaling'khe◦cūlūmorpheme ‘elbow’Matisoff 87 BP
Khalingkhe◦cülümorpheme ‘elbow’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 57

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang17

Chepangkru ‘cubit (elbow to fingertip)’Hale 73 CSD: 12c.42
Chepangkru nm.‘cubit’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepangku.cyumorpheme.limorpheme n.‘elbow’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepangku◦culimorpheme ‘elbow’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 57
Chepangku◦culimorpheme ‘elbow’Matisoff 87 BP
Chepangku◦culimorpheme ‘elbow’Caughley 72 CVoc: 2.A.52
Chepangphyah#5824 PTB *phya-k ‘OPEN / RELEASE’.kru nm.‘long cubit (elbow to tip of extended fingers)’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepangphyah#5824 PTB *phya-k ‘OPEN / RELEASE’.kru nm.‘cubit (long), with fingers extended’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepang (Eastern)ku◦cyumorpheme◦limorpheme ‘elbow’Caughley 90 CheQ: 6.1.4
Chepang (Eastern)tupmorpheme◦kru ‘cubit (elbow to knuckles of cl’Caughley 90 CheQ: 13.3
Kham'gu ‘elbow’Matisoff 87 BP
Kham'gũː◦damorpheme ‘knee’Watters 89 KhQ: 1.47
Kham'tumorpheme◦gu̩ ‘cubit (elbow to fingertip)’Hale 73 CSD: 12c.42

3.2Qiangic10

Guiqiongkhu³³ pi⁵⁵morpheme tɕo³³morpheme ‘elbow’Sun H 91 GuiQ
Guiqiongkhu³³pi⁵⁵morphemetɕo³³morpheme ‘elbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 254.17
Guiqiongku³¹pu⁵⁵morphemetɕho⁵⁵morpheme nbp‘elbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0106.16
Qiang (Taoping)i³³morphemekye³³kye³³ ‘elbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 254.9

3.3rGyalrongic7

Daofu(a)prefix gʐə clf‘cubit’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0903.12
Ergong (Northern)a³³prefix grə³³ tsɛ⁵³morpheme ‘cubit (elbow to fingers)’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 13.3

3.3.1rGyalrong17

rGyalrongtəprefix kru ‘elbow’Dai 89 Jiar: 6.1.4
rGyalrongtəprefix kru ‘elbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 254.12
Caodengtəprefix-kru-zumorpheme ‘elbow’Sun J 97 Cao
rGyalrong (Eastern)təprefix◦kru ‘elbow’Sun H 91 rEQ: 6.1.4
rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦krə ‘cubit (elbow to fingers)’Sun H 91 rNW: 13.3
rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦krə tɕʰimmorpheme ‘inner elbow / crook of elbow’Sun H 91 rNW: 6.1.4.2
rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦krə◦ʁumorpheme ‘elbow’Sun H 91 rNW: 6.1.4
rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦ɣʐu ‘elbow’Sun H 91 rNQ: 6.1.4
rGyalrongtuprefix kru ‘elbow’Nagano 97 GyQ: 6.1.4
rGBenzhentəprefix-kruʔ ‘elbow’Sun J 97 rGB

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #307, *s-g(r)u ‘ELBOW / CUBIT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/307
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-307,
  title  = {{*s-g(r)u 'ELBOW / CUBIT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #307},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/307}
}