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STEDT #373

*wul

HAND

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handleulrhymeulcoverL

Connections

HPTB*ʔul ‘hand’p. 58

Notes

This etymon seems valid, but has a restricted distribution, having been so far discovered only in Nungic and a single Naga language.

HPTB unwisely considered the present root (there reconstructed as *ʔur) as being allofamic with #713 PTB *kwar HAND / WING (there reconstructed as *kur). It now seems much more preferable to keep the two roots separate.

Reflexes & cognates46 reflexes · 4 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmankur#713 PTB *kwar ‘HAND / WING’PKir *khur ‘HAND / WING’ ⪤ ʔur ‘hand’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 597

*Tibeto-Burmanʔul ‘hand’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 583

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group12

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ou ‘arm’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ou ‘hand’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ou◦lo-pfe ‘carry (in hand)’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ou◦mza ‘palm (of hand)’Marrison 67 Naga: 187

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ou◦nhye#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ ‘wrist’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦u ‘hand’Achumi 98: 6.1.7

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦u kha kimighü ‘hand span (thumb to middle finger)’Achumi 98: 13.2

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦u piyiu ‘left hand’Achumi 98: 6.1.7.5

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦u-azheu ‘right hand’Achumi 98: 6.1.7.4

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦u-mlo#768 PTB *m/s-lam ‘WING / ARM / HAND / FINGER’ ‘arm’Achumi 98: 6.1

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦u-muloshimorpheme ‘biceps / arm muscles’Achumi 98: 6.1.3

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦u-sümorpheme ‘fist’Achumi 98: 6.1.7.3

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]·wer (wer) ‘wing’Li 97 Tangut: 1697

4Nungic33

Anongur-pha#776 PTB *p(l)a-n ⪤ *p(w)a-n ‘PALM / SOLE’PTani *lak-pro ‘PALM (of hand)’PCN *m-ph(w)a ‘FOOT (PART)’ ‘palm’Benedict 72 STC: 418

Anongur-phut#436 PTB *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’MesorootsPLB *put ‘KNEE’Allofams1 #436 PTB *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’1b #435 PTB *pu ‘KNEE’ ‘elbow’LaPolla 87: 70

Anongur-phut#436 PTB *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’MesorootsPLB *put ‘KNEE’Allofams1 #436 PTB *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’1b #435 PTB *pu ‘KNEE’ ‘elbow’Benedict 72 STC: 7

Anongur-phut#436 PTB *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’MesorootsPLB *put ‘KNEE’Allofams1 #436 PTB *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’1b #435 PTB *pu ‘KNEE’ ‘elbow’Coblin 86: 101

Rawangwur³³ ‘hand’LaPolla 03: 121

Rawangwur³³ phɯtmorpheme ‘elbow’LaPolla 03: 120

Rawangwur³³ siʔ#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ ‘elbow’LaPolla 03: 119

Rawangwur³³ siʔ#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ ‘wrist’LaPolla 03: 122

Nungɑ³¹prefixvu³⁵ nbp‘hand’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0107.21

Anongɑ³¹prefixvu³⁵ ‘hand’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 251.44

Nungɑ³¹prefixvu³⁵dɯ³¹morphemekhɑŋ⁵⁵morpheme nbp‘elbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0106.21

Nungɑ³¹prefixvu³⁵ti⁵⁵morphemephu³¹morpheme n‘fist’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0114.21

Anongɑ³¹prefixvu³⁵ti⁵⁵morphemephu³¹morpheme ‘fist’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 252.44

Trung [Dulong]a³²morphemekui⁴⁴#739 PTB *k(w)ay ‘ARM / HAND / WING’ul⁴⁴ ‘right hand’Lo 45

Trung [Dulong]ul⁴̯⁴ hlam⁴̯²#768 PTB *m/s-lam ‘WING / ARM / HAND / FINGER’ ‘finger’Matisoff 87 BP

Trung [Dulong]ul⁴⁴a³²morphemebe⁴²#707 PTB *(p/b)lyaŋ ‘PLANK / PALM / FLAT SURFACE / WING’ ‘palm’Lo 45

Trung [Dulong]ul⁴⁴sla⁴²#695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’MesorootsPTani *lak ‘HAND / ARM’PNN *glək ‘HAND’PLB *lakᴸ ‘HAND’PL *lakᴸ ‘HAND’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’ ‘arm’Lo 45

Dulonguɹ⁵⁵ nbp‘arm’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0105.20

Dulonguɹ⁵⁵ nbp‘hand’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0107.20

Dulonguɹ⁵⁵ n‘claw / talon’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0307.20

Dulonguɹ⁵⁵mɯ³¹morphemetɯp⁵⁵morpheme n‘fist (hollow, empty)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0114.20

Dulonguɹ⁵⁵tɕiʔ⁵⁵#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ nbp‘elbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0106.20

Dulonguɹ⁵⁵tɕiʔ⁵⁵#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ n‘wrist’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0108.20

Dulonguɹ⁵⁵◦pɔŋmorpheme n‘fist (solid)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0114.20

Trung [Dulong]ŭʴ⁵⁵ ‘hand’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 251.46

Trung [Dulong]ŭʴ⁵⁵kɹu⁵⁵morphememu⁵⁵morpheme ‘elbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 254.46

Trung [Dulong]ŭʴ⁵⁵pɔŋ⁵³morpheme ‘fist’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 252.46

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)ŭɹ⁵⁵ ‘hand’Sun H 82 Dul

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)ŭɹ⁵⁵ kɹu⁵⁵morpheme mu⁵⁵morpheme ‘elbow’Sun H 82 Dul

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)ŭɹ⁵⁵ pɔ̆ŋ⁵³morpheme ‘fist’Sun H 82 Dul

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)ŭɹ⁵⁵ tɕiʔ⁵⁵#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ ‘wrist’Sun H 82 Dul

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)ŭɹ⁵⁵ xɹɑm⁵³morpheme ‘finger’Sun H 82 Dul

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)ŭɹ⁵⁵ ‘hand’Sun H 82 Dul

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #373, *wul ‘HAND’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/373

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-373,
  title  = {{*wul 'HAND'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #373},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/373}
}