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*m-tya(k/ŋ)

WAIST / LOINS
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleteKinitialtrhymee(k/ŋ)coverT · NT

Intermediate reconstructions

Karenic*j-Ɂdeᴬ ‘WAIST’TL#318

Notes

This root has far been found only in rGyalrongic and Karenic. We are assuming alternation between homorganic final stop and nasal, although it might turn out that two separate roots are involved.

Reflexes & cognates37 reflexes · 2 subgroups

3.3.1rGyalrong11

rGyalrong (Eastern)rdak#1862 PTB *ri-dak ‘ANIMAL’ wumorpheme◦mtʰək ‘haunches (of animal)’Sun H 91 rEQ: 5.8.3
rGyalrongtəprefix mthək ‘waist’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 261.12
rGyalrongtəprefix mtʰɛk ‘waist’Dai 89 Jiar: 5.6
Caodengtəprefix-mtʰo ~ təprefix-mtʰe ‘waist’Sun J 97 Cao
rGyalrong (Eastern)təprefix◦mtʰək ‘waist’Sun H 91 rEQ: 5.6
rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦mtʰək ‘waist’Sun H 91 rNQ: 5.6
rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦mtʰək ətsʰəkmorpheme ‘crotch / fork of legs’Sun H 91 rNQ: 5.9
rGyalrong (Northern)əprefix◦mtʰək ‘haunches (of animal)’Sun H 91 rNQ: 5.8.3
rGyalrongtAprefix mthek ‘waist’Nagano 97 GyQ: 5.6
rGBenzhentəprefix-mtʰək ‘waist’Sun J 97 rGB

7Karenic35

This Karenic binome reconstructed by Theraphan Luangthongkum might be a sequence of #208 PTB *dzyaŋ BACK (LOWER) plus #1373 PTB *s-daːy WAIST / BELT / ZONE / FLAT EXPANSE.

*Karenjprefix-Ɂdeᴬ ‘waist’Luangthongkum 13: 318

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3340, *m-tya(k/ŋ) ‘WAIST / LOINS’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3340
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: Attested: Karen, Gyarong
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3340,
  title  = {{*m-tya(k/ŋ) 'WAIST / LOINS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3340},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3340}
}