t(w)aŋ ⪤ s-d(y)aŋ

FOOT

Reconstruction analysis

handledaŋinitialdrhymeaŋ ⪤ s-tcoverT · VNTS

Notes

WB khre-thok ‘leg; shank’ and khji⁵¹tok⁵⁵ ‘leg’ show a final stop, but might well be related to this etymon.

Note the Lepcha doublet a-tʻon̊ and dyan̊ ‘foot’. The Lepcha medial -y- might reflect the *s- prefix (see Benedict 1943), but the Bodo forms also might point to a medial -y-.

Reflexes & cognates36 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.6Mru2

Mrutʻoŋ¹ ‘thigh, leg’Luce 85: Q.53

Mrutʻoŋ⁴ ‘thigh, leg’Luce 85: Q.53

1.7.1.1Bodo11

Bodoaprefix-téŋ ‘leg’Matisoff 87 BP

Bodoaprefix◦téŋ ‘leg’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodohamorpheme-téŋ ‘leg’Matisoff 87 BP

Bodohamorpheme◦də́ymorpheme~hamorpheme◦deŋ ‘calf’Matisoff 87 BP

Bodotəŋ ‘classifier for the leg’Bhat 68 Boro

Lalung [Tiwa]ia#696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’MesorootsPKC *yak ‘ARMPIT’TGTM *ᴬʰjaː ‘HAND’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦thong mi#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ ‘ankle’Balawan 65: 30

1.7.1.2Garo5

Garo (Bangladesh)ja'#888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’-gitmorpheme-teng ‘lower leg, knee to ankle, leg of a bird’[Source note] =ja’-chok.Burling 92 GaBa

Garo (Bangladesh)ja'#888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’-teng ‘lower leg, from knee to ankle’[Source note] (=ja’-git-teng).Burling 92 GaBa

Garo (Bangladesh)ja'#888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’-teng-gamorpheme ‘lower leg, from knee to ankle’[Source note] (=ja’-git-teng).Burling 92 GaBa

Garo (Bangladesh)ja•#888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’-gitmorpheme-teng n‘leg’Burling 03 Garo: 6.237-II:idx

2.1.3Lepcha12

Lepchaaprefix-dyan̊ ‘foot’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchaaprefix-tʻon̊ ‘foot’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchaaprefix-tʻon̊ dómmorpheme ‘big toe’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchaaprefix-tʻon̊ jómmorpheme ‘toe’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchadyan̊ ‘foot’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchadyan̊ hryepmorpheme ‘calf’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchadyan̊-tʻyan̊morpheme ‘foot’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchadyáng◦lyókmorpheme n.‘sole of foot’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

Lepchadyâng◦pakmorpheme n.‘knee’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

Lepchatʻon̊ ‘foot’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchaʔámorpheme◦dyáng n.‘lower leg’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

Lepchaʔámorpheme◦thong n.‘leg’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

6.1.2.2Central Loloish6

Lahu (Black)khɨ#335 PTB *krəy ‘FOOT’-tɔ-pasuffix ‘foot’Matisoff 87 BP

Lahu (Black)khɨ#335 PTB *krəy ‘FOOT’-tɔ-pɛ#776 PTB *p(l)a-n ⪤ *p(w)a-n ‘PALM / SOLE’PTani *lak-pro ‘PALM (of hand)’PCN *m-ph(w)a ‘FOOT (PART)’ ‘whole foot; sole’Matisoff 87 BP

Lahu (Black)khɨ#335 PTB *krəy ‘FOOT’-tɔ-pɛ#776 PTB *p(l)a-n ⪤ *p(w)a-n ‘PALM / SOLE’PTani *lak-pro ‘PALM (of hand)’PCN *m-ph(w)a ‘FOOT (PART)’ ‘sole’Matisoff 87 BP

Lahu (Black)khɨ#335 PTB *krəy ‘FOOT’-tɔ-qɔmorpheme hómorpheme ‘sole’Matisoff 87 BP

Lahu (Black)khɨ#335 PTB *krəy ‘FOOT’-tɔ-qɔmorpheme-hɔ́morpheme ‘foot’Matisoff 87 BP

Lahu (Black)khɨ#335 PTB *krəy ‘FOOT’-tɔ-qɔmorpheme-tháʔmorpheme ‘instep’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #344, *t(w)aŋ ⪤ *s-d(y)aŋ ‘FOOT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/344

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

References: incl 348

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-344,
  title  = {{*t(w)aŋ ⪤ *s-d(y)aŋ 'FOOT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #344},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/344}
}