*baw

LARYNX / WINDPIPE / NECK

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

Mandarin 脖 bó ‘neck’ bears a superficial resemblance to this TB etymon, but it seems to be a relatively recent addition to the Chinese vocabulary, since it does not appear in GSR or the Shuo Wen.

Reflexes & cognates8 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Bodobo◦gol#496 PTB *m-g(u/i)l ‘THROAT’ tumorpheme◦tí#501 PTB *ti ‘WINDPIPE / TRACHEA / THROAT’ ‘windpipe’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodobo◦gol#496 PTB *m-g(u/i)l ‘THROAT’ tumorpheme◦tí#501 PTB *ti ‘WINDPIPE / TRACHEA / THROAT’ ‘windpipe / trachea’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1

Noctebo ‘neck’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphopau-simorpheme ‘Adam's apple / larynx / glottis’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.1Burmish1

Maru [Langsu]laŋ³¹#479 PTB *g/m-liŋ ‘NECK’PTani *lɯŋ ‘NECK’ pau⁵⁵ ‘adam's apple / larynx’Dai 89 Lang: 4.1.4

6.1.2.2Central Loloish3

Lisu (Northern)bø⁴⁴khu⁵⁵#495 PTB *kwa ‘THROAT / NECK’ ‘Adam's apple’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)bø⁴⁴kɔ²¹#486 PTB *l-kwak ‘THROAT / NECK’lɔ³⁵#3412 PTB *lwak ‘LARYNX’ ‘windpipe’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)bø⁴⁴tɔ³⁵morphemelɔ³³morpheme ‘Adam's apple’Bradley 94 Lisu

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3365, *baw ‘LARYNX / WINDPIPE / NECK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3365

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3365,
  title  = {{*baw 'LARYNX / WINDPIPE / NECK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3365},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3365}
}