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STEDT #3350

*l/k-wak

SHOULDER

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

See also*ra ‘SHOULDER / ARMPIT’

Notes

Cf. the rather similar etymon #6704 PTB *(t)swak SHOULDER.

Reflexes & cognates52 reflexes · 9 subgroups

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Yakhaphak#568 PTB *p(r)ak ⪤ *r-pak ‘SHOULDER’◦taŋ#3343 PTB *t(w)a(ŋ/k) ‘SHOULDER’ seːŋmorpheme◦kwɔk ‘shoulder blade / scapula’Kohn 90: 5.3.1

3.1Tangut5

Tangut [Xixia]wạ ‘shoulder’Dai 89 Xixi: 5.3

Tangut [Xixia]wɑ̣ ‘shoulders’Nishida 64 Tan: 185

Tangut [Xixia]wɑ̣ ‘shoulders’Nishida 64 Tan: 236-058

Tangut [Xixia]wɑ̣¹ ‘shoulder’Sofronov 97

Tangut [Xixia]·wạ (wạ) ‘shoulder’Li 97 Tangut: 5170

3.2Qiangic5

Ersuvɛ³³ bi⁵⁵#276 PTB *(p/b)i ‘ROUNDED PART / NIPPLE / FOREHEAD / SHOULDER’ ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 ErsQ

Ersuvɛ³³bi⁵⁵#276 PTB *(p/b)i ‘ROUNDED PART / NIPPLE / FOREHEAD / SHOULDER’ ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 250.18

Ersuvɛ⁵⁵ ‘carry on shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 593.18

Muya [Minyak]ʁua³⁵ ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 5.3

Muya [Minyak]ʁua³⁵ ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 250.15

3.3rGyalrongic7

Daofulva n‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0090.12

Daofulva poŋmorpheme n‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0090.12

Daofulva tɕhamorpheme n‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0090.12

Ergong (Danba)lvɛ ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 5.3

Ergong (Danba)lvɛ ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 250.14

Ergong (Northern)lwa¹³ ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 5.3

Ergong (Daofu)ʔlvɑ ‘shoulder’Dai 89 Daof: 5.3

6.1.1Burmish6

Langsu (Luxi)vɔʔ³¹ v.‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1473.31

Maru [Langsu]vɔʔ³¹ ‘carry on shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 593.43

Atsi [Zaiwa]vaʔ²¹ v.‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1473.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]vaʔ²¹ v.‘lift up / carry’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1659.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]vaʔ²¹ v.‘carry (sthg.) with a pole on t’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1676.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]vaʔ²¹ ‘carry on shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 593.42

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish7

Nasuva̱⁵⁵bu²¹#3344 PTB *baw ‘SHOULDER’PCN *puʔ ‘SHOULDER’mi³³morphemetɕʰi³³morpheme ‘shoulder’Chen 86 Yi: 5.3

Nusu (Central/Zhizhiluo)kua⁵⁵ bo³¹#1327 PTB *pwaŋ ‘ARM (upper) / SHOULDER’ ‘shoulder’Dai 89 NusA: 114.

Nusu (Central)kua⁵⁵ bɔ³¹#1327 PTB *pwaŋ ‘ARM (upper) / SHOULDER’ ‘shoulder’Dai 89 NusB: 114.

Nusu (Central)kua⁵⁵bɔ³¹#1327 PTB *pwaŋ ‘ARM (upper) / SHOULDER’ n‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0090.34

Nusu (Northern)kuɑ̱³⁵ ‘shoulder’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Central)kuɑ⁵⁵ bɔ³¹#1327 PTB *pwaŋ ‘ARM (upper) / SHOULDER’ ‘shoulder’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Bijiang)kuɑ⁵⁵bɔ³¹#1327 PTB *pwaŋ ‘ARM (upper) / SHOULDER’ ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 250.45

6.2Naxi8

Laze (Xiangjiao)hwæ˥tsʰɯ˥morpheme ‘shoulder’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 319

Na (Yongning)qʰwɤ˧to˩morpheme ‘tip of the shoulder’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Na (Yongning)qʰwɤ˧tsʰi˩morpheme ‘shoulder’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Naxi (Yongning)khuɑ³³tshɿ³¹morpheme ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 250.29

Naxikhuɑ³³tv̩²¹morpheme n‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0090.45

Naxi (Eastern)kʰuɑ³³tsʰɯ⁵⁵morpheme ‘shoulder’He 85

Naxi (Lijiang)kʰuɑ³³tv³¹morpheme ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 250.28

Naxi (Western)kʰuɑ³¹tv³¹morpheme ‘shoulder’He 85

7Karenic13

*Karen (Sgaw)phí#563 PTB *m/p-lyaŋ ‘SHOULDER’PKC *liaŋ ‘SHOULDER / WALL-PLATE’PKar *pleŋᴬ ‘SHOULDER’-khóʔ ‘shoulder’Jones 61: 538

*Karen (Pwo)thɛ́ʔ#3408 PTB *dway ‘SHOULDER’◦khóq ‘shoulder’Jones 61: 538

Bwephɪ́morpheme-bà#568 PTB *p(r)ak ⪤ *r-pak ‘SHOULDER’-khᴜ̀ ‘shoulder’Weidert 87 TBTo: 903

Pwo (Bassein)phèʔmorpheme◦thɛ̀ʔ#3408 PTB *dway ‘SHOULDER’◦khò ‘shoulder’Matisoff 87 BP

Pwo (Bassein)phèʔmorpheme◦thɛ̀ʔ#3408 PTB *dway ‘SHOULDER’◦khò ‘shoulder’Jones 61: 538

Pwo (Moulmein)šùmorpheme◦thàiʔ#3408 PTB *dway ‘SHOULDER’◦khóʔ ‘shoulder’Matisoff 87 BP

Pwo (Moulmein)šùmorpheme◦thàiʔ#3408 PTB *dway ‘SHOULDER’◦khóʔ ‘shoulder’Jones 61: 538

Sgaw (Bassein)phí#563 PTB *m/p-lyaŋ ‘SHOULDER’PKC *liaŋ ‘SHOULDER / WALL-PLATE’PKar *pleŋᴬ ‘SHOULDER’◦thímorpheme◦khò ‘shoulder’Matisoff 87 BP

Sgaw (Bassein)phí#563 PTB *m/p-lyaŋ ‘SHOULDER’PKC *liaŋ ‘SHOULDER / WALL-PLATE’PKar *pleŋᴬ ‘SHOULDER’◦thímorpheme◦khò ‘shoulder’Jones 61: 538

Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)pʰă⁵⁵#563 PTB *m/p-lyaŋ ‘SHOULDER’PKC *liaŋ ‘SHOULDER / WALL-PLATE’PKar *pleŋᴬ ‘SHOULDER’ na⁵⁵morpheme kʰo³¹ ‘shoulder’Dai 89 KarB: 117

Sgaw (Moulmein)phímorpheme◦báʔ#568 PTB *p(r)ak ⪤ *r-pak ‘SHOULDER’◦khóʔ ‘shoulder’Matisoff 87 BP

Sgaw (Moulmein)phímorpheme◦báʔ#568 PTB *p(r)ak ⪤ *r-pak ‘SHOULDER’◦khóʔ ‘shoulder’Jones 61: 538

Karen (Sgaw/Yue)pʰi⁵⁵#563 PTB *m/p-lyaŋ ‘SHOULDER’PKC *liaŋ ‘SHOULDER / WALL-PLATE’PKar *pleŋᴬ ‘SHOULDER’ na⁵⁵morpheme kʰo³¹ ‘shoulder’Dai 89 KarA: 117

8Bai2

Bai (Bijiang)po³³#1327 PTB *pwaŋ ‘ARM (upper) / SHOULDER’tɯ²¹#3343 PTB *t(w)a(ŋ/k) ‘SHOULDER’khu⁵⁵ ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 250.37

Bai (Jianchuan)kua̱⁴⁴ sæ³¹morpheme pa³¹morpheme ‘shoulder blade / scapula’Zhao 90: 5.3.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3350, *l/k-wak ‘SHOULDER’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3350

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

References: KEEP 6/2012 cf. 6704

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3350,
  title  = {{*l/k-wak 'SHOULDER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3350},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3350}
}