*bra-n

FINGER

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlebraŋinitialbrrhymeaŋ ~ bracoverP · NL

Connections

HPTB*bran ‘ring (for finger)’p. 69

Poss. allofam*b-ray ‘FINGER’

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.1.2Deng8

Darang [Taraon]a:prefix◦brang ‘finger’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]a:prefix◦brang a:prefix◦hlingmorpheme ‘fingernail’Matisoff 87 BP

Darang [Taraon]aːprefix brang ‘finger’Matisoff 87 BP

Darang [Taraon]ɑ³¹prefix bɹɯŋ⁵⁵ ‘finger’Sun H 80 MLD

Darang [Taraon]ɑ³¹prefixbɹɯŋ⁵⁵ n‘finger’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0109.22

Darang [Taraon]ɑ³¹prefixbɹɯŋ⁵⁵ ‘finger’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 255.49

Idubra◦japramorpheme ‘foot’Pulu 78

Idubra◦pamorpheme ‘foot’Anonymous 62 Idu

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]ku#712 PTB *k(r)u-t ‘HAND / FIST / ARM’PKC *kut ⪤ *khut ‘HAND’PKC *kut-tum ⪤ *khut-tum ‘FIST’PTk *kʰut ‘HAND / ARM’ paro ‘finger’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)bran-mosuffix ‘finger, toe’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #329, *bra-n ‘FINGER’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/329

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-329,
  title  = {{*bra-n 'FINGER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #329},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/329}
}