*ki

SHOULDER

NE Indian Areal Group

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This weakly attested root has so far been found only in compounds in a few languages of Northeast India.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lushai [Mizo]ko#211 PTB *k(r)aw ⪤ *k(y)aw ‘BACK’TGTM *ᴬgo ‘BACK’-ki ‘shoulder’Matisoff 87 BP

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦bin#745 PTB *ban ‘ARM / HAND / SHOULDER’PKC *ɓaan ‘ARM’PTk *paan ‘HAND / ARM’◦gi◦kamorpheme ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group2

Maramkemorpheme◦ki ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga

Zememi#1002 PPC *r-mi(y)-n ‘PERSON / MAN’PTani *miː ‘MAN (homo)’PKC *mii ‘PERSON / MAN / PEOPLE’PCN *a-[h]məjʔ ‘PERSON, HUMAN’PTk *mi ‘MAN / HUMAN’PNN *C̥-məy ‘MAN (generic)’TGTM *ᴬmi ‘MAN’◦kei◦tua#3343 PTB *t(w)a(ŋ/k) ‘SHOULDER’ ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3395, *ki ‘SHOULDER’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3395

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

References: ("KCN")

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3395,
  title  = {{*ki 'SHOULDER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3395},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3395}
}