*rem

WAIST

NE Indian Areal Group

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This sparsely attested root has so far been found only in the Kuki-Naga group.

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Moyondə̀rmorpheme◦rə́m ‘waist (of male)’Kosha 90: 5.6

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)5

Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦pe#1361 PTB *d/s-pəy ‘WAIST / HIPS / LOWER BACK / BUTTOCKS / TAIL’◦rem ‘back (body)’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦pe#1361 PTB *d/s-pəy ‘WAIST / HIPS / LOWER BACK / BUTTOCKS / TAIL’◦rem ‘waist’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-ɹəm n.‘waist, middle (specifically, section between lower ribs and hips)’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)ə̀ntimorpheme-ɹəm n.‘path (middle of) ('road' + 'waist/middle')’Coupe 07 Ao

Sangtamshümorpheme◦rem / kimorpheme ‘waist’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3339, *rem ‘WAIST’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3339

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3339,
  title  = {{*rem 'WAIST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3339},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3339}
}