*(k/h)uŋ

LOVE / COPULATE

Reconstruction analysis

handlekoNinitialkrhymeuŋcoverK · N

Notes

This root has been found only in the NE Indian Areal Group, where it shows variation between initial k- and h-. (This variation is paralleled in a number of other etyma, including #664 PTB *(h/k)ay VAGINA; see the note under that reconstruction, Chapter 1.9.5 above.) The final -n in the Konyak and Bodo forms is unexplained.¹

1 It is remotely possible that these two forms are related to the second Karbi syllable hon, from a separate root *kon ⪤ *hon.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.3.3Zeme Group4

Liangmeikung v‘love’Marrison 67 Naga

Puironkung v‘love’Marrison 67 Naga

Zemehung v‘love’Marrison 67 Naga

Mziemehung v‘love’Marrison 67 Naga

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]kang◦honmorpheme v‘love’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Bodokón ‘copulate’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Konyakkün v‘love’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3474, *(k/h)uŋ ‘LOVE / COPULATE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3474

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

References: ("KMR")

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3474,
  title  = {{*(k/h)uŋ 'LOVE / COPULATE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3474},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3474}
}