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STEDT #3331

*m/b-gyu(ŋ/k)

TAIL / BACKSIDE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlem/b-d ̌initialdžrhymeu(k/ŋ)coverTS · NT

Notes

The semantic range of this etymon seems to extend from COCCYX to BUTTOCK. Witness the WT allofamic pair gźug ‘coccyx’ ⪤ mǰug ‘backside’.

Reflexes & cognates36 reflexes · 11 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani5

Bengniñu#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’-bjuŋ ‘tail’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengniñu#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’-bjuŋ ‘tail’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarimorpheme-juŋ ‘buttocks’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokar Lhobaimorpheme jin ‘buttocks’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 262.51

Taginnay#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’◦buŋ ‘tail’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Damume#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’-tɕuŋ ‘tail’Sun J 93 Tani

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Chokri(u)prefix tho³¹#225 PTB *m-daŋ ‘BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS’ tsu³⁵ ro³¹#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’ ‘tailbone / coccyx’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 5.10.2

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]mí#3337 PTB *s-mi ‘ANUS / BUTTOCK’-bóng ‘tail (of animal)’Grüssner 79 BP: 170

2.1.2.1Tibetan7

Spiticõŋ◦to#5639 PTB *du ‘TAIL / BUTTOCKS / BACK’ ‘buttocks’Bodh 91: 5.10.1

Tibetan (Written)gz̀ug-c̀'uṅmorpheme ‘coccyx’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)gz̀ug-gumorpheme ‘coccyx’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)mj̀ug (-masuffix) ‘tail’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)mjug(-masuffix) ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)rṅa#205 PTB *r-ŋa ‘TAIL / BACK’◦masuffix, mjug◦masuffix ‘tail’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)sku#2 PTB *s-kəw ‘BODY / CHEST / THORAX / CORPSE’-mj̀ug ‘tail’Matisoff 87 BP

2.2Newar1

Newar (Kathmandu)nhi#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’◦pyɔ̃, nhe ‘tail’Genetti 90 Kath

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Chamlingyung◦khamorpheme ‘buttocks’Winter 85: 40

3.2Qiangic6

Ersumɛ³³#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’ ntʃhɛ⁵⁵ ‘tail’Sun H 91 ErsQ

Ersumɛ³³#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’ntʃhɛ⁵⁵ ‘tail’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 177.18

Qiang (Mawo)sta#406 PTB *s/m-ta ‘BACKSIDE / HIPS’ qəmorpheme tɕu ‘tailbone / coccyx’Sun H 91 MawQ: 5.10.2

Xumim̥iɛ³³#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’ tsũ⁵⁵ ‘tail’Sun H 91 ShiQ

Xumim̥iɛ³³#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’tsũ⁵⁵ ‘tail’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 177.20

Xumim̥æ³³#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’tsũ⁵⁵ n‘tail’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0267.17

4Nungic8

Anongni³¹#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’tɕhuŋ⁵⁵ ‘tail’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 177.44

Nungȵi³¹#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’tɕhuŋ⁵⁵ n‘tail’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0267.21

Dulongmi⁵⁵#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’tɕɔʔ⁵⁵ n‘tail’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0267.20

Trung [Dulong]mi⁵⁵#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’tɕɔ̆ʔ⁵⁵ ‘tail’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 177.46

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)mi⁵⁵#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’ tśɔʔ⁵⁵ ‘tail’LaPolla 87: 84

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)mi⁵⁵#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’ tɕɔ̆ʔ⁵⁵ ‘tail’Sun H 82 Dul

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)aŋ³¹prefix nɯ³¹#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’ tśhɔʔ⁵⁵ ‘tail’LaPolla 87: 84

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)ɑŋ³¹prefix nɯ³¹#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’ tɕʰɔ̆ʔ⁵⁵ ‘tail’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1.1Burmish1

Achang (Xiandao)n̥i³¹#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’ tʂʰɔ³¹ ‘tail’Dai 89 Xian: 317

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3331, *m/b-gyu(ŋ/k) ‘TAIL / BACKSIDE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3331

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

References: reflexes: WT, Achang, Anong

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3331,
  title  = {{*m/b-gyu(ŋ/k) 'TAIL / BACKSIDE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3331},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3331}
}