STEDT #3398

*ki

CHEST

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This weakly attested root, with attestation only in Loloish and a couple of languages of Northeast India, requires further review.

Reflexes & cognates8 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

Galoaprefix◦ki ‘chest’Das Gupta 63 Gal

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)3

Lotha Nagatamorpheme◦ki ‘chest’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagat̯ə́morpheme◦kì ‘chest’Acharya 75

Lotha Nagat̯ə̀morpheme◦kì ‘chest’Acharya 75

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Maokaprefix◦khe ‘chest’Marrison 67 Naga

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Laloʔm̩³³#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’ tu̪⁵⁵#289 PTB *m-twa(k/ŋ) ‘CHEST / BREAST / RIB’PTk *tʰik ‘LUNG / CHEST’ kʰe⁵⁵ ‘chest’Chen 86 Yi: 5.1

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2

Hani (Caiyuan)nɤ̱³¹#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’ kʰe̱³¹ ‘chest (of body)’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Ugongwᴜ̌ŋ#288 PTB *b/g-raŋ ‘CHEST’ khjê̩ ‘chest’Bradley 93 Ugo: 5.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3398, *ki ‘CHEST’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3398

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

References: ("KMR")

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3398,
  title  = {{*ki 'CHEST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3398},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3398}
}