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STEDT #3415

*huk

HAND
Proto-Kiranti

Reconstruction analysis

handlehukinitialhrhymeukcoverH · T

Notes

This root is reconstructed for SE Kiranti. A previous reconstruction by Baxter for Chinese 手 looks quite similar to these Kiranti forms, see #731 PTB *g-(t)syəw-k/ŋ WING / HAND for more discussion on this Chinese comparandum. Baxter and Sagart’s more recent reconstruction is OC *n̥uʔ.

This root bears a slight resemblance to #712 PTB *k(r)u-t HAND / FIST / ARM, but seems distinct from it.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 3 subgroups

2.3Kiranti2

*Kirantihuk ‘arm, hand’Opgenort 11 Tilung

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti2

Limbuhuk ‘hand, arm’Michailovsky 89 Lm

2.3.2Southern Kiranti5

Kulunghu ‘hand, arm’Rai 75 Kul
Kulunghuk◦pamamorpheme ‘palm’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 136
Kulunghuk◦pamamorpheme ‘palm (of hand)’Rai 75 Kul
Kulunghuk◦pamamorpheme◦ ‘palm’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 85

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3415, *huk ‘HAND’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3415
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: JAM-LITB 5.2
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3415,
  title  = {{*huk 'HAND'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3415},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3415}
}