*bwal

LEG / FOOT / HOOF

Reconstruction analysis

handlebolinitialbrhymeolcoverP · L

Notes

It is possible that this root is related to #2176 PTB *(b/p)ul ROOT / STUMP / TREE, the semantic association residing in the notion of something grounded in the earth.

Reflexes & cognates13 reflexes · 6 subgroups

2.1.2.1Tibetan2

Tibetan (Written)bol ‘upper part of foot’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)bol-goṅmorpheme ‘upper part of foot’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.4Tamangish1

Manang (Gyaru)bwa¹ lᴇ¹#342 PTB *li ‘FOOT’ ‘foot’Nagano 84 Man: 045

3.2Qiangic2

Namuyibo⁵⁵ɣo⁵⁵morpheme ‘leg’Sun H 91 NamQ: 6.2

Namuyibo⁵⁵ɣo⁵⁵morpheme ‘leg’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 264.19

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish4

Yi (Xide)bu̱³³ ‘thigh’Chen 79 YiCh

Yi (Xide)bu̱³³ le³³morpheme ‘leg’Chen 85 YiJZ

Yi (Xide)bu̱³³-lᴇ³³morpheme ‘thigh’Chen 79 YiCh

Yi (Xide)bu̱³³-lᴇ³³morpheme ‘leg’Chen 79 YiCh

6.1.2.2Central Loloish2

Lisubo⁴⁴vu³¹morpheme ‘leg’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 264.27

Lisu (Nujiang)bu³³ vu³¹morpheme ‘leg’Xu 86 Lisu

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2

Akhabawˇ lawmorpheme ‘leg’Matisoff 87 BP

Akha (Thai)bɔ-dúmorpheme ‘leg’Hansson 89 AHKP: 160

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #349, *bwal ‘LEG / FOOT / HOOF’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/349

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-349,
  title  = {{*bwal 'LEG / FOOT / HOOF'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #349},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/349}
}