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STEDT #3344

*baw

SHOULDER

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*puʔ ‘SHOULDER’PCN #068

Notes

The basic meaning of this etymon, which occurs both in monosyllables and in compounds, is apparently ‘rounded part’, cf. #1275 PTB *pu BALL / EGG / ROUND OBJECT.

Reflexes & cognates40 reflexes · 12 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)9

*Central Nagapuʔ Bruhn 14 PCN: III.068

Ao (Chungli)ta³prefixpu³paŋ²morpheme n.‘shoulder’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.068

Ao (Chungli)taprefix◦pu◦bang#1327 PTB *pwaŋ ‘ARM (upper) / SHOULDER’ ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagae¹prefix-puʔ² n.‘shoulder’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.068

Lotha NagaEprefix◦bvu ‘shoulder’Nienu 90 LotQ: 5.3

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦pfhu ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦pvü ‘shoulder’Murry 78: 111

Sangtampü◦kyangmorpheme ‘shoulder’Kumar 73 Sang

Yimchungrütüprefix◦puh ‘shoulder’Kumar 73 Yim: 31

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group10

Angami (Khonoma)bu◦khiemorpheme ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix bou³¹ ka³¹morpheme ‘shoulder’Nienu 90 AngQ: 5.3

Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix bou³¹ ka³¹ru³¹#233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘shoulder blade / scapula’Nienu 90 AngQ: 5.3.1

Angami (Kohima)uprefix◦bou◦kamorpheme ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga

Chokri(u)prefix bo³¹ ka³¹morpheme ‘shoulder’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 5.3

Chokri(u)prefix bo³¹ ka³¹ro³¹#233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘shoulder blade / scapula’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 5.3.1

Khezhakàmorpheme◦bu ‘shoulder’Yabu 94 Khö: 5.3

Meluriaprefix◦samorpheme◦phu ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga

Ntenyiaprefix◦taprefix◦pfu ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga

Rengmambu◦thun#3343 PTB *t(w)a(ŋ/k) ‘SHOULDER’ ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group2

Rongmei / Nruanghmeibou ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeiməiprefix bɔw ‘shoulder’Matisoff 94 Rong

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Dimasapao◦khrong#3346 PTB *k(r)waŋ ‘SHOULDER’ ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.4Deori1

Deori/Deuribāu◦kā¹morpheme ‘shoulder’unknown

2.2Newar2

Newarbo:, bwahal ‘shoulder’Shakya 89: 5.3

Newarbwa◦ha(l)#3347 PTB *bal ‘SHOULDER’ ‘shoulder’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.2Southern Kiranti2

Kulungbou◦tomorpheme ‘shoulder’Rai 75 Kul

Kulungbo◦tomorpheme ‘shoulder’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 155

6.1.1Burmish4

Achang (Longchuan)xuŋ³¹morpheme pauʔ³¹ ‘shoulder’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Longchuan)xuŋ³¹morphemepau³¹ n‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0090.28

Achang (Longchuan)xuŋ³¹morphemepau³¹ ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 250.41

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3344, *baw ‘SHOULDER’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3344

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

References: Cf. several other etyma with labial initials

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3344,
  title  = {{*baw 'SHOULDER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3344},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3344}
}