*saŋ

BUTTOCK

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlesaŋinitialsrhymeaŋcoverS · N

Notes

This promising root has so far been uncovered in only two languages.

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.3.4Tangkhulic2

Tangkhulāprefix◦kharaŋ#408 PTB *g-raŋ ⪤ *k-laŋ ‘BUTTOCKS / ANUS / HIPS’◦shoŋ ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulkhai#221 PTB *kray ‘WAIST / LOWER BACK / LOINS’◦shāŋ ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.1.2Garo3

Garo (Bangladesh)ki'#572 PTB *kləy ‘BODY DIRT / EXCREMENT’PKC *mik-khlii ‘TEARS’PCN *a-khləjʔ ‘FECES, EXCREMENT’TGTM *ᴬkli ‘FECES,SHIT’PKar *khrejᴮ ‘BODY DIRT’-sang ‘buttocks, rump, backside, behind, rump; back end of anything, as a flashlight, bottom, bottom of a basket, glass, or pot’Burling 92 GaBa

Garo (Bangladesh)ki'#572 PTB *kləy ‘BODY DIRT / EXCREMENT’PKC *mik-khlii ‘TEARS’PCN *a-khləjʔ ‘FECES, EXCREMENT’TGTM *ᴬkli ‘FECES,SHIT’PKar *khrejᴮ ‘BODY DIRT’-sang-timorpheme ki'#572 PTB *kləy ‘BODY DIRT / EXCREMENT’PKC *mik-khlii ‘TEARS’PCN *a-khləjʔ ‘FECES, EXCREMENT’TGTM *ᴬkli ‘FECES,SHIT’PKar *khrejᴮ ‘BODY DIRT’-tingmorpheme ‘hard point at middle back pelvis’Burling 92 GaBa

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3358, *saŋ ‘BUTTOCK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3358

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3358,
  title  = {{*saŋ 'BUTTOCK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3358},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3358}
}