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STEDT #328

*b-ray

FINGER

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

Poss. allofam*bra-n ‘FINGER’

Notes

It cannot be excluded that this root has an allofamic relationship with #329 PTB *bra-n FINGER.

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Bodoaprefix◦si#331 PTB *(t)si ‘FINGER’ baray ‘thumb’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.1Western Himalayish3

Kanauriprats n‘finger / toe’Bailey 11

Kanauriprats ‘finger’Matisoff 87 BP

Kanauriprats ‘toe’Matisoff 87 BP

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang5

Chepangbrayh ‘finger’Matisoff 87 BP

Chepangbrəyh ‘finger’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 70

Chepangbrəyh ‘finger’Caughley 72 CVoc: 2.A.54

Chepangdommorpheme.brayh ‘toe’Matisoff 87 BP

Chepang (Eastern)(krut)#712 PTB *k(r)u-t ‘HAND / FIST / ARM’PKC *kut ⪤ *khut ‘HAND’PKC *kut-tum ⪤ *khut-tum ‘FIST’PTk *kʰut ‘HAND / ARM’◦brəyh ‘finger’Caughley 90 CheQ: 7.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #328, *b-ray ‘FINGER’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/328

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-328,
  title  = {{*b-ray 'FINGER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #328},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/328}
}