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STEDT #3326

*pa(ŋ/k)

BACK / BOTTOM / UNDER / BEHIND

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handlepaKinitialprhymea(ŋ/k)coverP · NT

Intermediate reconstructions

Northern Naga/Konyakian*pʰaŋ ‘UNDER’

Connections

See also#776 cf. SOLE; BACK

Reflexes & cognates32 reflexes · 14 subgroups

1NE Indian Areal Group2

Mijigɯ#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’◦baŋ ‘back’Simon 79 Miji

Mijigɯ#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’◦baŋ-ljaŋmorpheme ‘backbone’Simon 79 Miji

1.1.2Deng2

Iduiprefix◦simorpheme◦gõ#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’◦mbo ‘backbone / spine’Pulu 78

Idurũm#3323 PTB *m-ruŋ ‘BACK (body)’PCN *ruŋ ‘BACK (BODYPART)’◦bõ ‘back’Pulu 78

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Ngmüünpaŋ ‘back’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 84

Womatupaŋ³ ‘back (body)’Luce 85: R.19

1.3.4Tangkhulic2

Tangkhulāprefix◦mei#5545 PTB *r-mey ‘TAIL’MesorootsPCN *a-hmej ‘TAIL’PTk *mej ‘TAIL’PNN *C̥-meːy ‘TAIL’PKar *meᴮ ‘TAIL’Allofams1 #1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’1a #5545 PTB *r-mey ‘TAIL’ phāŋ◦ra#237 PTB *g-ra-t ‘BONE’ ‘pelvis’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulāprefix◦raŋ?◦phāŋ◦ra#237 PTB *g-ra-t ‘BONE’ ‘pelvis’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagapʰaŋ ‘under’French 83: 572

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte2

Tangsa (Yogli)kheng#219 PTB *k(w)a(ŋ/k) ‘WAIST / HIPS / BUTTOCKS / TAIL / BACK’◦pang ‘back (body)’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangsa (Yogli)kʰeŋ#209 PTB *g/b-liŋ ⪤ *g/b-lyaŋ ‘BACK / SPINE’PNN *kʰeːŋ ‘BACK (BODY)’TGTM *ᴬʰli ‘BACK / BACKSIDE’ paŋ ‘back’French 83: 453

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang5

Changpang◦amorpheme ‘under’Marrison 67 Naga

Changpang◦tomorpheme ‘under’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakphang◦memorpheme ‘under’Marrison 67 Naga

Phomphang◦eimorpheme ‘under’Marrison 67 Naga

Wanchohomorpheme◦pang ‘under’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho3

Jingphophaŋ³³ ‘back (side)’Liu 84

Jingphophaŋ³³ n/adv‘back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0713.19

Jingphophaŋ³³ ‘back (direction)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 52.47

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Kanauripön◦tsĕmorpheme◦niṅ#203 PTB *s-nu(ŋ/k) ‘BACK / BEHIND / AFTER’PKC *nuŋ ⪤ *hnuŋ ‘BACK / BEHIND / LATER’ ‘tail’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2Bodic2

Tshona (Mama)phuŋ⁵³ ‘back (of body)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 258.6

Tshona (Mama)pʰuŋ⁵³ ‘back’Sun H 80 MLD

3.3.1rGyalrong3

rGyalrong (Northern)pʰuŋ◦bumorpheme təprefix◦qʰu#211 PTB *k(r)aw ⪤ *k(y)aw ‘BACK’TGTM *ᴬgo ‘BACK’ ‘back’Sun H 91 rNQ: 1.4

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦pʰuŋ◦bəmorpheme təprefix◦zgamorpheme◦ʁomorpheme ‘back’Sun H 91 rNW: 1.4

rGyalrong (Eastern)waprefix◦sop#3333 PTB *swap ‘BUTTOCKS / TAIL’ pʰak ‘buttocks’Sun H 91 rEQ: 5.10.1

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)phĩ²² ‘buttocks’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 262.40

Burmese (Written)phɑŋ² ‘buttocks’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 262.39

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish5

Nusu (Central/Zhizhiluo)m̥e⁵⁵#1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’MesorootsPTani *me ~ *mjo ‘TAIL’PKC *C-may ‘TAIL’PLB *ʔ-m(r)ay² ‘TAIL’PL *ʔmri² ‘TAIL’Allofams1 #1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’1a #5545 PTB *r-mey ‘TAIL’ pɔ⁵⁵ ‘tail’Dai 89 NusA: 317.

Nusu (Central)m̥i³¹#1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’MesorootsPTani *me ~ *mjo ‘TAIL’PKC *C-may ‘TAIL’PLB *ʔ-m(r)ay² ‘TAIL’PL *ʔmri² ‘TAIL’Allofams1 #1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’1a #5545 PTB *r-mey ‘TAIL’ pɔ̱⁵⁵ ‘tail’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Bijiang)m̥i³¹#1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’MesorootsPTani *me ~ *mjo ‘TAIL’PKC *C-may ‘TAIL’PLB *ʔ-m(r)ay² ‘TAIL’PL *ʔmri² ‘TAIL’Allofams1 #1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’1a #5545 PTB *r-mey ‘TAIL’pɔ̱⁵⁵ ‘tail’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 177.45

Nusu (Central)m̥ɯ⁵⁵#1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’MesorootsPTani *me ~ *mjo ‘TAIL’PKC *C-may ‘TAIL’PLB *ʔ-m(r)ay² ‘TAIL’PL *ʔmri² ‘TAIL’Allofams1 #1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’1a #5545 PTB *r-mey ‘TAIL’ pʴɚ̱⁵³ ‘tail’Dai 89 NusB: 317.

Nusu (Southern)n̥i⁵⁵#1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’MesorootsPTani *me ~ *mjo ‘TAIL’PKC *C-may ‘TAIL’PLB *ʔ-m(r)ay² ‘TAIL’PL *ʔmri² ‘TAIL’Allofams1 #1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’1a #5545 PTB *r-mey ‘TAIL’ pa̱⁵³ ‘tail’Sun J 86 Nusu

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Ugongwᴜ̌ŋ#1364 PTB *hwaŋ ‘BELOW / BUTTOCKS / LOWER BACK’◦phûŋ wú#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’/ᴜ ‘backbone / spine’Bradley 93 Ugo: 5.5.4

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3326, *pa(ŋ/k) ‘BACK / BOTTOM / UNDER / BEHIND’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3326

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

References: WTF-PNN 572-3, via PKB p.c.

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3326,
  title  = {{*pa(ŋ/k) 'BACK / BOTTOM / UNDER / BEHIND'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3326},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3326}
}