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STEDT #3341

*b-la

GROIN / CROTCH
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlelainitiallrhymea ⪤ b-lacoverL · VL

Notes

This putative root has scattered reflexes.

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.1.2Deng1

3.1Tangut1

3.3rGyalrongic1

Ergong (Daofu)bla zemorpheme ‘groin / loins’Dai 89 Daof: 1.10

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGyalrongtaprefix ŋgamorpheme lakʰa#3383 PTB *m/s-ka-y ‘GO / STRIDE / SPAN’ ‘crotch / fork of legs’Dai 89 Jiar: 5.9

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Sani [Nyi]ɬɒ²¹kɒ⁵⁵morphemedu²¹morpheme ‘groin’Wu 84

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3341, *b-la ‘GROIN / CROTCH’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3341
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. *g-la #2812 'kidney/spleen'
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3341,
  title  = {{*b-la 'GROIN / CROTCH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3341},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3341}
}