STEDT #336
*r-k(y)aŋ
FOOT / LEG
Reconstruction analysis
handlekaŋinitialkrhymeaŋ ⪤ k-rcoverK · VNLT
Intermediate reconstructions
Karenic*khaŋᴮ ‘LEG’
Connections
Allofams
- 1a #336 *r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’
- 1b #338 *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’
HPTB*r-kaŋ ⪤ *keŋ ‘leg / foot / stem / stalk’pp. 283, 293, 311
See also*r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’
Notes
This etymon bears a strong resemblance to #5621 PTB *r-kwa(ŋ) FOOT, and should perhaps ultimately be combined with it.
Reflexes & cognates186 reflexes · 13 subgroups
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2
1.2Kuki-Chin2
1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin4
1.2.3Maraic1
1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)28
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-tʃaŋ təprefix-tʃak#7795 PCN *tʃak ‘BREAK’ ‘lame ('leg' + 'NZP + break')’Coupe 07 Ao
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)tʃaŋ-pùk#164 PTB *d-puːk ‘BELLY / VITALS / HOLLOW OBJECT / CAVE’MesorootsPTani *puk ‘HEART’PTani *pɯk ‘CAVE’PCN *puk ‘STOMACH, BELLY’PTk *buk ‘BELLY / STOMACH’Allofams1 #6723 PTB *d-(p/b)u-k ‘BELLY / STOMACH / CAVE’1a #2104 PTB *pʷik ‘BELLY / STOMACH’1b #2106 PTB *wuk ‘BELLY / STOMACH’1c #164 PTB *d-puːk ‘BELLY / VITALS / HOLLOW OBJECT / CAVE’1d #2103 PTB *pʷu ‘BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY’1e #2102 PTB *wu ‘BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY’1g #2111 PTB *pwa(ŋ/n) ‘BELLY / CENTER’ n.‘sole of foot ('foot' + STOMACH)’Coupe 07 Ao
Sangtamching◦müyong#320 PTB *s-nyuŋ ⪤ *s-m-yuŋ ⪤ *s-m-yuw ‘FINGER’PKC *yuŋ ‘FINGER / TOE / ROOT’PCN *m-juŋ ‘DIGIT (FINGER / TOE)’PTk *juŋ ‘ROOT’◦zachangmorpheme ‘toe’Marrison 67 Naga
Sangtamjing◦khüm#783 PTB *kwap ‘SKIN / LIP / SCALES (fish) / SHELL’MesorootsPCN *kəp ‘SKIN / COVER (n.)’Allofams7a #783 PTB *kwap ‘SKIN / LIP / SCALES (fish) / SHELL’7b #5516 PTB *krap ‘SHELL / SHIELD’ n‘shoe’Marrison 67 Naga
1.7.1.1Bodo2
2.1.1Western Himalayish3
2.1.2.1Tibetan41
Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)kang◦basuffix pū#1228 PTB *s-pu ‘FEATHER / WING / HAIR (body)’ ‘leg hair’Bishop 89: 8.1.3.3
Tibetan (Written)dpuṅ#1327 PTB *pwaŋ ‘ARM (upper) / SHOULDER’-pasuffix rkaṅ ‘upper arm bone’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)rkaṅ-ṅar#2017 PTB *ŋar ‘TOPKNOT / FOREPART / FRONT SIDE’Allofams3a #1192 PTB *r-ŋwa-l ‘FACE / FRONT’3b #2017 PTB *ŋar ‘TOPKNOT / FOREPART / FRONT SIDE’3c #2525 PTB *s-ŋa ‘BEFORE / FRONT’ ‘lower part of leg’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)rkaṅ-rus#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘bone of foot’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)rkɑŋ-ŋɑr#2017 PTB *ŋar ‘TOPKNOT / FOREPART / FRONT SIDE’Allofams3a #1192 PTB *r-ŋwa-l ‘FACE / FRONT’3b #2017 PTB *ŋar ‘TOPKNOT / FOREPART / FRONT SIDE’3c #2525 PTB *s-ŋa ‘BEFORE / FRONT’ ‘lower part of leg’Jäschke 1881: 126
2.1.3Lepcha2
2.1.4Tamangish14
Tamang (Risiangku)¹kaŋ◦tsʰin#512 PTB *m-(t)syen ‘NAIL / CLAW’MesorootsPKC *tin ‘NAIL / CLAW / HOOF’TGTM *ᴬtsʰin ‘NAIL’Allofams1 #511 PTB *m-(t)sin ‘NAIL / CLAW’1a #514 PTB *m-tsyal ‘NAIL / CLAW’1b #515 PTB *m-tsyey ‘NAIL / CLAW’1c #512 PTB *m-(t)syen ‘NAIL / CLAW’1d #513 PTB *m-(y/r)in ‘NAIL / CLAW’ n‘toe-nail’Mazaudon 91 TamQ: 7.4.2
2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang9
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3
Côông [Phunoi]lə̆#350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’MesorootsPTani *lə (~ *le?) ‘LEG’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦khə́ ‘foot’Bradley 79 PLo
Côông [Phunoi]lə̆#350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’MesorootsPTani *lə (~ *le?) ‘LEG’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦khə̀ ‘foot’Matisoff 87 BP
Côông [Phunoi]lə̆#350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’MesorootsPTani *lə (~ *le?) ‘LEG’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦kʰə¹¹ ‘foot’Bradley xx Phu
7Karenic89
Bwekha-ləmèmorpheme əprefix-khwi#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’ n‘knee-cap’Henderson 97 Kar
Kayan (Pekon)sùdwânmorpheme◦kʰân◦bwānmorpheme Nelab‘expert [lit. hand-every-leg-another]’Manson 10 Kayan
Pa-Okháŋ mɛ̀ʔ#33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPKar *mɛɁᴰ ‘EYE, FACE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ ‘ankle bone’Solnit 89 PaO
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #336,
*r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/336Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: incl 337,340
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-336,
title = {{*r-k(y)aŋ 'FOOT / LEG'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #336},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/336}
}