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*pey

LEG / THIGH / FOOT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*phay ‘THIGH / LEG’PKC #360
Central Naga (Ao Group)*phej ‘THIGH’PCN #053
Tangkhulic*pʰej ‘FOOT / LEG’DRM#403

Chinese comparandum

腓 OC *b’i̯wər, GSR #579q ‘calf of leg’; Schuessler 2007:233 *bəi; B & S 2011: (*bəj); Mand. féi.

Reflexes & cognates123 reflexes · 16 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

1NE Indian Areal Group1

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinphay ‘THIGH / LEG’VanBik 09 PKC: 360

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Paitephei ‘thigh’VanBik 09 PKC: 360
Thadophèy ‘thigh, front part of thigh’VanBik 09 PKC: 360
Tiddimphei³ ‘thigh’VanBik 09 PKC: 360

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Ashoaprefix◦pʻé ‘thigh’VanBik 09 PKC: 360
Khumipháy ‘thigh’VanBik 09 PKC: 360

1.2.2Central Chin7

Lushai [Mizo]phèi ‘leg / foot’Weidert 87 TBTo: 438
Lushai [Mizo]phei ‘foot; leg’Matisoff 87 BP
Lushai [Mizo]phèi n‘foot, the leg, the lower leg’VanBik 09 PKC: 360

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)12

*Aotprefix-phi ‘THIGH’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.019
Ao (Chungli)tesamikmorpheme, teprefix◦pi ‘thigh’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)tə³prefix-pi¹ n.‘thigh’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.019
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tüprefix◦pi ‘thigh’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-phi n.‘thigh’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagao¹prefix-phiʔ³ n.‘thigh’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.053
Lotha Nagaōprefix◦phì ‘thigh’Acharya 75
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦phi ‘thigh’Murry 78: 124
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦phi ‘thigh’Nienu 90 LotQ: 6.2.1
Lotha Nagaphi◦vumorpheme ‘thigh bone / femur’Nienu 90 LotQ: 6.2.1.1

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group26

Angami (Khonoma)phi◦tsamorpheme ‘calf (of leg)’Marrison 67 Naga
Angami (Khonoma)phi◦zhemorpheme ‘foot’Marrison 67 Naga
Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix phi³¹ ‘leg’Nienu 90 AngQ: 6.2
Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix phi³¹ ‘foot’Nienu 90 AngQ: 6.2.6
Angami (Kohima)uprefix◦phi ‘foot’Marrison 67 Naga
Angami (Kohima)uprefix◦phi ‘leg’Marrison 67 Naga
Angami (Kohima)uprefix◦phi◦tsamorpheme ‘calf (of leg)’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokri(u)prefix phe³¹ ma³⁵morpheme ‘leg hair’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 8.1.3.3
Chokriphe³¹ ‘leg’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 6.2
Chokriphe³¹ ‘foot’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 6.2.6
Chokriphe³¹ zhi³³morpheme ‘ball of the foot’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 6.2.6.4
Chokriuprefix◦phe ‘leg’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokriuprefix◦phe◦zimorpheme ‘foot’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokri⁴uprefix²phe ‘leg / foot’Weidert 87 TBTo: 438
Khezhaphe◦žɯ̵́morpheme ‘foot’Yabu 94 Khö: 6.2.6
Khezha¹eprefix²phe ‘leg / foot’Weidert 87 TBTo: 438
Khezhaʼeprefix◦phe ‘leg’Yabu 94 Khö: 6.2
Khezhaʼèprefix◦phe ‘rear leg (of animal)’Yabu 94 Khö: 6.2.6.9
Maooprefix◦phi ‘foot’Marrison 67 Naga
Maooprefix◦phi ‘leg’Marrison 67 Naga
Mao²oprefix⁵phi ‘leg / foot’Weidert 87 TBTo: 438
Ntenyiaprefix◦pe◦tsümorpheme ‘thigh’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group20

Khoiraoaprefix◦phai ‘leg’Marrison 67 Naga
Khoiraophai◦tanmorpheme ‘calf (of leg)’Marrison 67 Naga
Liangmeichamorpheme◦phi ‘leg’Marrison 67 Naga
Liangmeichamorpheme◦phi◦bamorpheme ‘foot’Marrison 67 Naga
Liangmeikamorpheme-phi-bǔapmorpheme ‘calf (leg)(2)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1091
Liangmeimaimorpheme-phi ‘leg / foot’Weidert 87 TBTo: 438
Maramaprefix◦pe ‘leg’Marrison 67 Naga
Rongmei / Nruanghmeimáimorpheme-phɑ̂i ‘leg / foot’Weidert 87 TBTo: 438
Rongmei / Nruanghmeimaimorpheme-phɑ̂i-bǔapmorpheme ‘calf (leg)(2)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1091
Rongmei / Nruanghmeimaimorpheme-pʰɑ̂i ‘leg (one's)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1091
Rongmei / Nruanghmeiməimorpheme phài ‘foot’Matisoff 94 Rong
Rongmei / Nruanghmeiphai◦bokmorpheme ‘calf (of leg)’Marrison 67 Naga
Rongmei / Nruanghmeiphai◦pamorpheme ‘foot’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic26

*Tangkhulicpʰej ‘foot / leg’Mortensen 12 Tk: 403
Champhungaprefix-pʰai ‘foot’Brown 37 Indo
Huishuʔamorpheme-pʰu ‘foot; leg’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.203
Huishuʔaprefix-pʰu-məmorpheme-kʰɐmmorpheme ‘top of foot’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.205
Huishuʔaprefix-pʰu-tʰumorpheme ‘calf (of leg)’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.202
Huishuʔaprefix-pʰu-vejmorpheme ‘leg hair’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.233
Kachaipʰi-tʰimorpheme ‘calf (of leg)’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.175
Kachaiʔaprefix-pʰi ‘leg’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.166
Kachaiʔamorpheme-pʰi ‘foot’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.178
Kachaiʔaprefix-pʰi-fumorpheme ‘leg hair’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.213
Tangkhul(ā)prefix◦phei ‘foot; leg’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 142
Tangkhulāprefix-phei ‘foot’Matisoff 87 BP
Tangkhulphei ‘foot’Matisoff 87 BP
Tangkhulphei◦theimorpheme ‘calf (of leg)’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangkhulphə́y ‘leg’Bhat 69 TNV: 92
Tangkhul¹əprefix³phəi ‘leg / foot’Weidert 87 TBTo: 438
Tusomʔəmorpheme-pχa-tχamorpheme ‘thigh’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.178
Ukhrulʔamorpheme-pʰej ‘foot, leg’Mortensen 12 Tk

2.1.4Tamangish1

3.2Qiangic2

Ersuəʴ⁵⁵prefix phɛ⁵⁵ ‘foot’Sun H 91 ErsQ
Ersuəʴ⁵⁵prefixphɛ⁵⁵ ‘foot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 263.18

6.1.2.2Central Loloish3

Lisuhpi⁵-sye⁴morpheme ‘leg’Matisoff 87 BP
Lisu (Central)hpi⁵-sye⁴morpheme ‘leg’Fraser 22
Lisuhpi⁵sye⁴morpheme ‘leg’Bradley 79 PLo: 124

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #343, *pey ‘LEG / THIGH / FOOT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/343
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-343,
  title  = {{*pey 'LEG / THIGH / FOOT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #343},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/343}
}