*ru

CHEST

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleruinitialrrhymeucoverL · V

Connections

Poss. allofams*s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’, *b/g-raŋ ‘CHEST’

Notes

This etymon is attested in scattered languages as the final syllable in compounds. Several other roots in the semantic area with initial *r- seem unrelated (cf. #554 PTB *s-ri(p/m) RIB / SIDE, #558 PTB *s/b-ram RIB, and #288 PTB *b/g-raŋ CHEST). The widely attested etymon for BONE (#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus BONE) is also distinct.

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Sangtamnyi#297 PTB *s-ni ‘HEART / BREAST / CHEST / RIB’Allofams1 #689 PTB *s/k-n(y)i-k/ŋ ‘HEART / MIND / BRAIN’1a #251 PTB *s/k-niŋ ‘BRAIN / HEART / MIND’1b #1385 PTB *s/k-nik ‘HEART / MIND’1c #297 PTB *s-ni ‘HEART / BREAST / CHEST / RIB’◦rü ‘chest’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group3

Angami (Kohima)uprefix◦me#3375 NEIA *mlam ‘CHEST’◦rü ‘chest’Marrison 67 Naga

Chokriuprefix◦mü#3375 NEIA *mlam ‘CHEST’◦rü ‘chest’Marrison 67 Naga

Khezhalemorpheme◦rú ‘chest’Yabu 94 Khö: 5.1

2.1.2Bodic1

Baimatʂo¹³#299 PTB *tsu-N ‘CHEST’ rɿ³⁵ ‘chest’Sun H 91 Baim: 5.1

6.1.1Burmish1

Hpun (Northern)òmorpheme◦ʀó, òmorpheme◦ʀᴜ́ ‘chest’Henderson 86 Hpun

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3396, *ru ‘CHEST’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3396

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3396,
  title  = {{*ru 'CHEST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3396},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3396}
}