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STEDT #310

*k(w)a

CHEST
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlekwainitialk(w)rhymeacoverK · V

Connections

Poss. allofam#295

Notes

A few languages (Qiang, Bai) have a labial semi-vowel, but this might be secondary, in view of a similar tendency to labialize velar onsets in languages like Lisu: cf. e.g. BITTER #229 PTB *b-ka-n/m/ŋ BITTER / SALTY / BILE / LIVER, Lisu khwa²¹.

The first syllable of Chang ku khu might also reflect this labialization, a similar development is characteristic of Chinese (cf. Mandarin ku³ ‘bitter’ from #229 PTB *b-ka-n/m/ŋ BITTER / SALTY / BILE / LIVER). See STC p. 186.

For a phonosemantically similar root, see #3399 PTB *kywak CHEST / RIB.

Reflexes & cognates43 reflexes · 12 subgroups

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Bodobimorpheme◦ka ‘chest’Matisoff 87 BP
Lalung [Tiwa]kha mimorpheme◦harloanword ‘rib’Balawan 65: 12

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

6.1.2.2Central Loloish8

8Bai3

Bai (Jianchuan)kua̱⁴⁴ pi⁵⁵morpheme tsɿ³³morpheme ‘rib’Zhao 90: 5.1.2
Bai (Jianchuan)kua̱⁴⁴ pi⁵⁵morpheme tsɿ³³morpheme tɕa̱⁴⁴morpheme ‘rib cage’Zhao 90: 5.1.1
Bai (Jianchuan)kuɑ̱³³pi⁵⁵morphemetsɿ³³morpheme n‘rib’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0135.48

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #310, *k(w)a ‘CHEST’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/310
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-310,
  title  = {{*k(w)a 'CHEST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #310},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/310}
}