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STEDT #372

*kriŋ

HAIR (HEAD) / THREAD / SINEW / TENDON
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlekriŋinitialkrrhymecoverK · N

Connections

HPTB*kriŋ ‘thread / string’p. 23

Reflexes & cognates89 reflexes · 16 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmankriŋ ‘thread / string’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 596

1.1.1.1Western Tani3

Bokardʑiːpasuffix n‘tendon / sinew’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0130.24
Bokar Lhobadʑiːpasuffix ‘muscle / sinew’Sun H 80 MLD
Bokar Lhobadʑiːpasuffix ‘sinew’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 267.51

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphohkrìngnángmorpheme ‘sinew / tendon’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2Bodic2

Tsangla (Central)ring ‘muscle / tendon’Egli-Roduner: 36 6
Tsangla (Motuo)rin ‘muscle / sinew’Sun H 80 MLD

3.2Qiangic2

Namuyikhi⁵³ ‘thread’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 421.19

5Tujia2

Tujia (Southern)tɕĩ²¹ ‘muscle’Tian 86
Tujia (Northern)tɕĩ⁵⁵ ‘muscle’Tian 86

6.1.1Burmish11

Achang (Lianghe)a³¹prefix tɕiŋ³⁵ ‘muscle / sinew’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Longchuan)a³¹prefix kʐə³¹ ‘muscle / sinew’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Luxi)a³¹prefix kjin³⁵ ‘muscle / sinew’Dai 85 AcJZ

6.1.2Loloish2

*Loloishkriŋ¹ ‘head hair’Bradley 79 PLo: 89-2

6.1.2.2Central Loloish21

Lahu (Lancang)u³⁵#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’khɛ³³tu³³morpheme n‘braid / plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0076.43

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish32

Akhakháŋ ‘hair’Hansson 89 AHKP: 403
Akhatsehˇ#1232 PTB *n-dzi-k ‘HAIR (HEAD)’PL *tsi¹ ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ kahˇ ‘hair (head)’Akha tseh⁵⁵ cannot be from *tsam, since *-am > Akha syllabic -m̩.Matisoff 87 BP
Hani (Pijo)khý ‘clf. for long things’Hansson 89 AHKP: 404
Hani (Khatu)khý ‘clf. for long things’Hansson 89 AHKP: 404
Mpiŋ⁴prefixkhɯ⁶ ‘head hair’Bradley 79 PLo
Mpiŋ⁴prefixkhɯ⁶ ‘hair’Hansson 89 AHKP: 403
Mpiŋ⁴prefixkhɯ⁶ ‘hair (of head)’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 60
Mpiŋ⁴prefixkhɯ⁶ ‘hair’Srinuan 76

6.2Naxi5

Na (Yongning)kʰɯ˩ CL‘CL of threads’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)kʰɯ˩ ‘thread’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Naxikhɯ²¹ n‘thread’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0461.45

8Bai5

Bai (Bijiang)tɕĩ⁵⁵ ‘muscle’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Jianchuan)pæ̃³¹morpheme tɕĩ⁵⁵ ‘sinew / tendon (muscle to bone)’Zhao 90: 8.5
Bai (Jianchuan)tɕĩ⁵⁵ ‘muscle’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Jianchuan)tɕĩ⁵⁵ tɕĩ⁵⁵ mæ̱⁴⁴morpheme mæ̱⁴⁴morpheme ‘nerve’Zhao 90: 8.10

9.0.1Old Chinese3

Chinese (Old/Mid)gʼi̯ɑ̆n/gʼi̯ɑ̈n ‘sinew’Karlgren 57 GSR: 249f
Chinese (Old/Mid)ki̯ɑ̆n/ki̯ɒn ‘sinew’Karlgren 57 GSR: 249f
Chinese (Old/Mid)ki̯ən/ki̯ən ‘sinew’Karlgren 57 GSR: 445a

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #372, *kriŋ ‘HAIR (HEAD) / THREAD / SINEW / TENDON’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/372
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-372,
  title  = {{*kriŋ 'HAIR (HEAD) / THREAD / SINEW / TENDON'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #372},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/372}
}