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STEDT #3558

*ko(n/r)

EAR

NE Indian Areal Group

Reconstruction analysis

initialkrhymeon/rcoverK · NL

Notes

This root may well descend from the more general etymon #665 PTB *kwar HOLE / ORIFICE / INNARDS, due to the obvious fact that the ears are orifices.

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2.4“Old Kuki”9

Kom Remkōr ‘ear’Toba 91 KRQ: 3.6

Kom Remkōr dəpmorpheme ‘eardrum’Toba 91 KRQ: 3.6.5

Kom Remkor ek#576 PTB *ya(k) ‘SHIT / FECES / DUNG / EXCREMENT’PTani *eː ‘EXCREMENT’PKC *ʔeek ‘EXCREMENT / DUNG / STOOL’PKar *ʔéq ‘EXCREMENT’PKar *Ɂeᴮ ‘DUNG, EXCREMENT’ ‘earwax’Toba 91 KRQ: 3.6.6

Kom Remkor kəsetmorpheme ‘deaf’Toba 91 KRQ: 3.6.8

Kom Remkor kətaŋmorpheme ‘temple’Toba 91 KRQ: 3.3

Kom Remkōr kʰur#665 PTB *kwar ‘HOLE / ORIFICE / INNARDS’PKC *kuar ‘HOLLOW / SUNKEN’PKC *kua ‘HOLE / BURROW / CAVITY’PKC *khur ⪤ *khor ‘DITCH / HOLE / PIT / WELL (n.)’PCN *a-ku ⪤ *a-khən ‘HOLE’PTk *kʰur ‘HOLE / ANUS’PNN *gor ‘HOLE / CAVE’ ‘ear canal’This form constitutes good evidence for the independence of etyma #665 PTB *kwar HOLE / ORIFICE / INNARDS and #3558 NEIA *ko(n/r) EAR.Toba 91 KRQ: 3.6.4

Kom Remkōr zəmorpheme◦mjə#816 PTB *m-tsywa-(k/ŋ) ‘EAR’ ‘earlobe’Toba 91 KRQ: 3.6.1

Kom Remsuŋteŋmorpheme kōr ‘inner ear’Toba 91 KRQ: 3.6.3

Kom Remvənteŋmorpheme kōr ‘outer ear’Toba 91 KRQ: 3.6.2

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Khoiraokon ‘ear’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Kokborokkʰun-ju#2082 PTB *tsy(u/i)(l/r) ‘EAR’ ‘ear’Tripuri 88

Lalung [Tiwa]khan◦jur#2082 PTB *tsy(u/i)(l/r) ‘EAR’ ‘ear’Balawan 65: 13

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3558, *ko(n/r) ‘EAR’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3558

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

References: ("Kmr") cf. *kwar ⪤ *kor #665

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3558,
  title  = {{*ko(n/r) 'EAR'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3558},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3558}
}