Reconstruction analysis
handlehoŋinitialhrhymeoŋcoverH · N
Intermediate reconstructions
Kiranti*hoŋ ‘HOLE’
Notes
This root has so far been uncovered only in a few widely separated languages, which paradoxically seems to assure that it can be reconstructed for PTB. The basic meaning seems to be HOLE/ORIFICE, which is the gloss of the Limbu cognate syllable in isolation.
This root may be allofamically related to #820 PTB *(g/k)uŋ HOLE / ORIFICE / INNER PART.
The Karbi form kehot ‘glans penis’ is not related to this root; the morpheme hot is glossed as ‘niche, groove’ in Walker 1925, p. 57. Cf. Lahu nī-qhɛ̀ʔ ‘penis’, where the second syllable means ‘notch (as a stick); chip; break off a piece’. The semantic association lies evidently in the notched appearance of the glans.
Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 3 subgroups
2.3.1Eastern Kiranti6
Limbule#1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’MesorootsPL *(n)-li² ‘PENIS’Allofams114 #1285 PTB *m-(l/n)ey ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114a #1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114b #545 PTB *m-ney ‘PENIS’ hoŋ ‘hole of penis; meatus urinarius’Matisoff 87 BP
Limbune#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’◦bo#806 PTB *bu(k/ŋ) ‘NOSE / NOSTRIL’◦hoŋ ‘nostril’Matisoff 87 BP
3.2Qiangic1
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #3432,
*huŋ ‘HOLE’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3432Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: in Limbu, Bisu, Shixing; cf. 820
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3432,
title = {{*huŋ 'HOLE'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3432},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3432}
}