Reconstruction analysis
handlekupinitialkrhymeupcoverK · T
Connections
HPTB*d-bu-s ‘head / center’pp. 140, 198, 442, 477
Notes
This root seems to be restricted to TB languages of Nepal. The resemblance to Nepali kapāl is apparently accidental.
Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 3 subgroups
2.3Kiranti1
2.3.3Central Kiranti2
2.3.4Western Kiranti5
Bahingky◦pi#276 PTB *(p/b)i ‘ROUNDED PART / NIPPLE / FOREHEAD / SHOULDER’ ‘forehead’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 77
Sunwarkup◦phi#276 PTB *(p/b)i ‘ROUNDED PART / NIPPLE / FOREHEAD / SHOULDER’ ‘forehead’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 77
Sunwarkūp◦phi#276 PTB *(p/b)i ‘ROUNDED PART / NIPPLE / FOREHEAD / SHOULDER’ ‘forehead’Matisoff 87 BP
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #353,
*kup ‘FOREHEAD’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/353Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-353,
title = {{*kup 'FOREHEAD'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #353},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/353}
}