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STEDT #3393

*k(w/y)an

SHOULDER / CARRY ON SHOULDER

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This sparsely attested root has a possible Chinese comparandum 肩 (GSR #240a *kiɑn ‘shoulder, carry’).

See also #3409 PTB *kyaŋ SHOULDER and #3346 PTB *k(r)waŋ SHOULDER.

Chinese comparandum

肩 OC *kiɑn, GSR #240a ‘shoulder, carry’; B & S 2011: kˤen {[k]ˤe[n]}; Mand. jiān.

Reflexes & cognates29 reflexes · 9 subgroups

2.1.4Tamangish2

Gurung (Ghachok)kḁ̄ː◦sāmorpheme ‘shoulder’Matisoff 87 BP

Gurung (Ghachok)kãː◦samorpheme ‘shoulder’Glover 72 GuVo: 2.A.29

2.1.5Dhimal1

Dhimalkan◦dhe#3408 PTB *dway ‘SHOULDER’ ‘shoulder’King 94 DhBP

5Tujia8

Tujia (Northern)khɨe⁵⁵ ‘carry on a pole (palanquin)’Tian 86

Tujia (Northern)khɨe⁵⁵ ‘carry on shoulder with a pole’Tian 86

Tujiakhɯe⁵³ v.‘carry (sthg.) with a pole on t’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1676.49

Tujiakhɯe⁵³ ‘carry on shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 593.38

Tujiaphɯe³⁵#1327 PTB *pwaŋ ‘ARM (upper) / SHOULDER’thi⁵⁵morphemekhɯe⁵⁵ n‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0090.49

Tujiaphɯe³⁵#1327 PTB *pwaŋ ‘ARM (upper) / SHOULDER’thi⁵⁵morphemekhɯe⁵⁵ ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 250.38

Tujia (Northern)pʰɨe³⁵#1327 PTB *pwaŋ ‘ARM (upper) / SHOULDER’ tʰi⁵⁵#3408 PTB *dway ‘SHOULDER’ kʰɨe⁵⁵ ‘shoulder’Tian 86

Tujiapʰɯe³⁵#1327 PTB *pwaŋ ‘ARM (upper) / SHOULDER’ tʰi⁵⁵morpheme kʰɯe⁵⁵ ‘shoulder’Chen 86 TuBQ: 5.3

6.1.1Burmish3

Achang (Longchuan)kuan⁵⁵ v.‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1473.28

Achang (Longchuan)kuan⁵⁵ ‘carry on shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 593.41

Achang (Luxi)khjɛn⁵¹ ‘carry on shoulder’Dai 85 AcJZ

8Bai4

Bai (Dali)k'a 8 ‘carry on shoulder, to’Dell 81: 116

Bai (Dali)khɑ⁴² ‘carry on shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 593.35

Bai (Jianchuan)khɑ̱̃²¹ v.‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1473.48

Bai (Jianchuan)khɑ̃⁴² ‘carry on shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 593.36

9Sinitic4

Chinese (Hanzi)肩 n.‘shoulder’BaxterSagart 2011: 1293

Chinese (Hanzi)肩◦胛morpheme◦骨morpheme ‘shoulder blade’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0083

Chinese (Hanzi)肩◦膀morpheme ‘shoulder’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0082

Chinese (GSR #)0240a n.‘shoulder’BaxterSagart 2011: 1293

9.0.1Old Chinese3

Chinese (Old/Mid)kiɑn/kien ‘shoulder, carry’Karlgren 57 GSR: 240a

Chinese (Old)ken ‘shoulder’Baxter 92: 1910

Chinese (Old)kˤen {[k]ˤe[n]} n.‘shoulder’BaxterSagart 2011: 1293

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Chinese (Middle)ken n.‘shoulder’BaxterSagart 2011: 1293

9.0.3Modern Chinese3

Chinese (Mandarin)jiān n.‘shoulder’BaxterSagart 2011: 1293

Chinese (Mandarin)jiān◦bǎng#1327 PTB *pwaŋ ‘ARM (upper) / SHOULDER’ ‘shoulder’Evans 91

Chinese (Mandarin)kien ‘shoulder, carry’Karlgren 57 GSR: 240a

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3393, *k(w/y)an ‘SHOULDER / CARRY ON SHOULDER’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3393

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

References: KEEP 6/2012

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3393,
  title  = {{*k(w/y)an 'SHOULDER / CARRY ON SHOULDER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3393},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3393}
}