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STEDT #367

*s-kra

HAIR OF HEAD / HEAD
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handles-krprefixsinitial)krrhymeacoverK · V

Connections

HPTB*s-kra ‘hair (head)’p. 102

Reflexes & cognates90 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmans-kra ‘hair (of head)’Benedict 72 STC: 115

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

Bokar Lhobadʑa◦'u#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ ‘hair’Sun H 80 MLD

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

1.7.3.1Jingpho8

Jingphokara ‘hair (of head)’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingphokara ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphokă̱⁵ ʒa̱⁵⁵ ‘hair (head)’Liu 84
Jingphokă̱⁵⁵ʒa̱⁵⁵ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.47
Jingphokɑ̱̆⁵⁵ʒa⁵⁵ n‘hair’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0075.19
Jingphokəra ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphokəra ‘hair (of head)’Benedict 72 STC: 115
Jingpho³kə́³rá ‘hair (of head)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1048

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepcha(u)#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’◦kró ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.4Tamangish43

*TGTMᴬkra / ᴮkra ‘hair / head’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 8
Gurung (Ghachok)krā ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP
Gurung (Ghachok)krā gudimorpheme ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP
Gurung (Ghachok)kra gudimorpheme ‘brain’Glover 72 GuVo: 2.A.16
Gurung (Ghachok)kra laːhbamorpheme ‘shake (head)’Glover 72 GuVo
Gurung (Ghachok)kra waːmorpheme◦baqsuffix ‘cut (hair)’Glover 72 GuVo: 2.B.2.38
Gurung (Ghachok)kra◦muqmorpheme ‘carry-all head-cloth (women's)’Glover 72 GuVo: 7.A.37
Gurung (Ghachok)¹kra ‘hair / head’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 8
Manang (Ngawal)²krɤ ‘hair / head’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 8
Manang (Prakaa)³krə ‘hair (of head)’Hoshi 84: 0002
Manang (Prakaa)¹krɤ ‘hair (of head)’Mazaudon 94 These: 64
Tamangkra ‘hair (head)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 795
Tamang (Sahu)kra 'lihpmorpheme-pasuffix v.‘shake head (animal)’Taylor 72 TmVo: 13.A.64.3
Tamang (Sahu)kra 'lihpmorpheme-pāsuffix (p) v‘nod (shake head, animal)’Hale 73 CSD: 02b1.64
Tamang (Sahu)krā 'yohngmorpheme-pāsuffix v‘nod (with head, side to side)’Hale 73 CSD: 02b1.64
Tamang (Sahu)kra 'yohŋmorpheme-pasuffix v.‘nod (with head, side sid’Taylor 72 TmVo: 13.A.64.1
Tamang (Sahu)¹kra ‘hair / head’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 8
Tamang (Taglung)¹hwa ‘hair / head’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 8
Thakali (Marpha)²kjʌ ‘hair / head’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 8
Thakali (Syang)²kja ‘hair / head’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 8
Thakali (Tukche)ᴴʈʌ ‘hair / head’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 8

3.2Qiangic8

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #367, *s-kra ‘HAIR OF HEAD / HEAD’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/367
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#115, HPTB p.102
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-367,
  title  = {{*s-kra 'HAIR OF HEAD / HEAD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #367},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/367}
}