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*r-kya-ŋ

FOOT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlekeinitialkrhymee-ŋcoverK · VN

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*kee ⪤ *khee ‘FOOT / LEG’PKC #283

Connections

Allofams
HPTB*r-kaŋ ⪤ *keŋ ‘leg / foot / stem / stalk’pp. 283, 293, 311
See also*r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’

Notes

STC n. 218, p. 70 already proposed a “possible doublet” PTB *keŋ in order to accommodate some Kuki-Chin and Chinese forms.

Chinese comparandum

脛 OC *g’ieng, GSR #831k ‘leg, shank’; B & S 2011: *m-kʰˁeŋ-s; Mand. jìng.
莖 OC *g’ĕng, GSR #831u ‘stalk’; B & S 2011: *m-k-lˁ‹r›eŋ; Mand. jìng; cf. STC note 218, p. 70.

Reflexes & cognates132 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.1.2Deng7

Iduaŋprefix-ge-samorpheme ‘leg’Anonymous 62 Idu
Iduaŋprefix◦ge◦samorpheme ‘leg’Pulu 78
Iduaŋprefix◦ge◦samorpheme ‘leg(hind)’Pulu 78
Iduaŋprefix◦ge◦samorpheme ɲamorpheme ‘leg pain’Pulu 78
Idua⁵⁵prefixge⁵⁵ɕa⁵³morpheme ‘foot’Sun H 91 IduQ: 6.2.6
Iduɑ⁵⁵prefixge⁵⁵ɕɑ⁵³morpheme ‘foot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 263.50
Yiduɑ⁵⁵prefixge⁵⁵ɕɑ⁵³morpheme nbp‘foot’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0103.25

1.2Kuki-Chin2

*Chinkee ⪤ khee ‘FOOT / LEG’VanBik 09 PKC: 283
Ngawnkɛ ‘foot’Matisoff 87 BP

1.2.1.1Northern Chin19

Kuki-Chinkeng◦phangmorpheme ‘foot’Haokip 98: 6.2.6
Thadokeŋ ‘leg, foot’Benedict 72 STC: 70n218
Thadokɛ̀ŋ ‘leg’Thirumalai 72: 26
Thadokɛ́ŋ ‘leg’Thirumalai 72: 62
Thadokɛ̀ŋ◦kéumorpheme ‘bare foot’Thirumalai 72: 61
Thadokɛ̀ŋ◦xómorpheme ‘foot measure’Thirumalai 72: 61
Thadokɛ́ɛŋ ‘foot’Weidert 87 TBTo: 731
Tiddimkhe³ khuan³morpheme toː¹morpheme ‘foot of the bed’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 757
Tiddimkhɛ ‘foot’Matisoff 87 BP
Tiddimˋxɛː n‘leg’Henderson 65 TidC
Tiddimχɛ⁴ ‘foot, leg’Luce 85: O.17

1.2.2Central Chin21

Khualsimkɛ⁴ ‘foot, leg’Luce 85: O.17
Lai (Hakha)kěe ‘leg, foot’VanBik 09 PKC: 283
Lai (Falam)kèe ‘leg, foot’VanBik 09 PKC: 283
Lai (Hakha)kɛ² ‘foot, leg’Luce 85: O.17
Lushai [Mizo]fumorpheme-ke ‘leg’Matisoff 87 BP
Lushai [Mizo]ke ‘foot; leg’Matisoff 87 BP
Lushai [Mizo]kè n‘foot, a leg, a wheel (of vehicle, etc)’VanBik 09 PKC: 283
Lushai [Mizo]kɛ⁴ ‘foot, leg’Luce 85: O.17

1.2.3Maraic3

Lakher [Mara]kei ‘leg from hip down; crotch’Matisoff 87 BP
Lakher [Mara]kei ‘leg; crotch’Matisoff 87 BP
Xongsaikɛŋ² ‘foot, leg’Luce 85: O.17

1.5Mikir [Karbi]66

Mikir [Karbi](-kèng)-kemômorpheme ‘hoof (of animal)’Grüssner 79 BP: 42, 43
Mikir [Karbi]keng ‘lower leg’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]kèng aprefix-wúrmorpheme ‘foot and mouth disease’Grüssner 79 BP: 41
Mikir [Karbi]keng tungmorpheme (de)morpheme ‘knee’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]kèng-bêrmorpheme ‘hind-leg’Grüssner 79 BP: 42
Mikir [Karbi]kèng-chìp ‘knee hollow / popliteal’morpheme · morphemeGrüssner 79 BP: 42
Mikir [Karbi]kèng-chimorpheme◦pùmorpheme ‘sole’Grüssner 79 BP: 42
Mikir [Karbi]kèng-mùnmorpheme-pîmorpheme ‘big toe’Grüssner 79 BP: 43
Mikir [Karbi]kèng-phú#435 PTB *pu ‘KNEE’Allofams1 #436 PTB *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’1b #435 PTB *pu ‘KNEE’ amorpheme-hambí ‘knee cap / patella’Grüssner 79 BP: 42
Mikir [Karbi]kèng-phú#435 PTB *pu ‘KNEE’Allofams1 #436 PTB *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’1b #435 PTB *pu ‘KNEE’ amorpheme-rèp-pî ‘knee cap / patella’Grüssner 79 BP: 42
Mikir [Karbi]kèng-rîmorpheme ‘foot, bottom, base (of tree), foundation’Grüssner 79 BP: 43
Mikir [Karbi]keng-sakmorpheme ‘lower leg’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]kèng-sákmorpheme ‘shin bone / tibia’Grüssner 79 BP: 43
Mikir [Karbi]keng-sarmorpheme-timorpheme ‘lower leg’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]kèng-sartímorpheme ‘calf’Grüssner 79 BP: 43
Mikir [Karbi]kèng-tákmorpheme ‘sthg sticking in the foot’Grüssner 79 BP: 42
Mikir [Karbi]kèng-thàkmorpheme ‘thigh’Grüssner 79 BP: 42
Mikir [Karbi]kèng-thîrmorpheme ‘leg (of table, etc.),’Grüssner 79 BP: 42
Mikir [Karbi]kèng-tùngmorpheme(-dè) ‘knee’Grüssner 79 BP: 42, 91
Mikir [Karbi]keng◦opmorpheme ‘hoof’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]keng◦pak-arum ‘sole’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]keng◦phu#435 PTB *pu ‘KNEE’Allofams1 #436 PTB *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’1b #435 PTB *pu ‘KNEE’ ahambimorpheme ‘knee cap’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]keng◦popmorpheme, chimimorpheme ‘hoof’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]keng◦rimorpheme ‘foot’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]keng◦sarti (apok) ‘calf (of leg)’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]keng◦sarti (apok) ‘calf’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]keng◦tak ‘sole’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]keng◦thak ‘thigh’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]keng◦tham ‘thigh’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]keng◦tham arepi ‘thigh bone’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]keŋ ‘leg / foot’Chou 72: 831u

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagageːŋ ‘leg (comp. form)’French 83: 511

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #338, *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/338
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: incl 339
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-338,
  title  = {{*r-kya-ŋ 'FOOT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #338},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/338}
}