STEDT #3347

*bal

SHOULDER

Reconstruction analysis

handlepalinitialprhymeal ⪤ balcoverP · L

Notes

This root is confined to Himalayish (with a possible Meithei cognate), and is perhaps of Indo-Aryan origin (cf. Marathi bāhuḷā Turner [1962-6] #9233).

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.4Meithei1

Meitheileŋ#563 PTB *m/p-lyaŋ ‘SHOULDER’PKC *liaŋ ‘SHOULDER / WALL-PLATE’PKar *pleŋᴬ ‘SHOULDER’-bal ~ leŋ#563 PTB *m/p-lyaŋ ‘SHOULDER’PKC *liaŋ ‘SHOULDER / WALL-PLATE’PKar *pleŋᴬ ‘SHOULDER’-ban ‘shoulder’Benedict 72 STC: p.120

2.2Newar1

Newarbwa#3344 PTB *baw ‘SHOULDER’PCN *puʔ ‘SHOULDER’◦ha(l) ‘shoulder’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.4Western Kiranti3

Hayuphar- ‘shoulder’Matisoff 87 BP

Sunwarbālā ‘shoulder’Matisoff 87 BP

Sunwarbalaː ‘shoulder’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 155

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang5

Chepangbāl ‘shoulder blade / scapula’Matisoff 87 BP

Chepangbal ‘shoulder blade’Caughley 72 CVoc: 2.A.48

Chepangbal.(na)morpheme n.‘shoulder, moveable part of upper arm (including shoulder blade)’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepang (Eastern)bal ‘shoulder’Caughley 90 CheQ: 5.3

Chepang (Eastern)bal ‘shoulder blade / scapula’Caughley 90 CheQ: 5.3.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3347, *bal ‘SHOULDER’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3347

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

References: ("HIM") KEEP 6/2012

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3347,
  title  = {{*bal 'SHOULDER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3347},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3347}
}