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STEDT #386

*m/s-gaw

HEAD

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlegaprefixm/sinitialgrhymeawcoverK · W

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*ku ‘HEAD’PCN #073

Tangkhulic*kow ‘HEAD’DRM#419

Notes

Besides the *r- prefix (reflected in rGyalrong), Barish attached a *k- and Nungish a *t-.

Chinese comparandum

后 OC *g’u, GSR #112a ‘sovereign, lord, queen’; B & S 2011: *ɢˁoʔ {ɢˁ(r)oʔ}; Mand. hòu.
元 OC *ngi̯wɑ̆n, GSR #257a ‘head (fig.); first, eldest, principal, great’; Schuessler 2007:593 *ŋon~*ŋwan; B & S 2011: *ŋon {[ŋ]o[n]} (‹ nasal + uvular); Mand. yuán.

Reflexes & cognates464 reflexes · 25 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burman(s-)gaw ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 903

*Tibeto-Burmanm-gaw ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 903

*Tibeto-Burmanm-gaw ‘head’Benedict 72 STC: 490

1.1.2Deng4

Digaromkau ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Digaromku-ramorpheme ‘head’Digaro -ra = BONE; mku-ra perhaps better glossed as SKULL.Matisoff 87 BP

Idue⁵⁵morphemeko⁵⁵ɹa⁵⁵morpheme ‘head’Sun H 91 IduQ: 2.1

Idue⁵⁵morpheme◦ko⁵⁵◦ɹɑmorpheme ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.50

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)26

*Central Nagaku Bruhn 14 PCN: III.073

*Aoku Bruhn 14 PCN: II.056

*Aotprefix-ku-luk#247 PTB *s/k-lwak ‘BRAIN’PKC *khluak ‘BRAIN’ ‘BRAIN’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.356

Ao (Chungli)ku²ɹaŋ²morpheme n.‘hat, crown’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.056

Ao (Chungli)maŋ²#17 PTB *s-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *si-maŋ ‘DEAD BODY’PCN *a-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’ku² n.‘human head trophy’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Ao (Chungli)toprefix◦kolakmorpheme◦ret#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’, mang#17 PTB *s-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *si-maŋ ‘DEAD BODY’PCN *a-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’◦ko ‘skull’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)toprefix◦ko◦laksuffix ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)tu²prefix-ku²lak³morpheme, tə²prefix-ku²lak³morpheme n.‘head’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.056

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)khu◦rongmorpheme ‘hat, helmet’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)ko◦wamorpheme ‘hair (of head)’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)kù◦hɹàŋmorpheme n.‘hat, head-dress’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)maŋ#17 PTB *s-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *si-maŋ ‘DEAD BODY’PCN *a-maŋ ‘BODY / CORPSE’◦ku n.‘human head trophy’Coupe 07 Ao

Lotha Nagaku¹-rəʔ³morpheme n.‘head’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.073

Lotha Nagakü◦rimorpheme ‘head’Murry 78: 54

Lotha Nagaku◦rrümorpheme ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagakvu◦rimorpheme ‘head’Nienu 90 LotQ: 2

Lotha Naga¹kvɯ³rɯmorpheme ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 903

Sangtamaprefix◦ku ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtamku◦amorpheme ‘hair (of head)’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtamku◦thrimorpheme ‘hat, helmet’Marrison 67 Naga

Yacham-Tengsako ‘hair (of head)’Marrison 67 Naga

Yacham-Tengsataprefix◦ko ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrüku ‘head’Kumar 73 Yim: 94

Yimchungrükü-üpümorpheme ‘hair (of head)’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrüku◦rheak#2609 PTB *s-r(y)ik ‘LOUSE’PTani *fɯk ‘LOUSE (head)’PKC *hrik ‘LOUSE (head) / BACTERIA’PCN *a-hr(j)ak ‘LOUSE, LICE’PTk *hrik ‘LOUSE’ ‘lice’Kumar 73 Yim: 51

Yimchungrüku◦romorpheme ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group7

Sema [Sumi]achomorpheme ku◦mutsümorpheme ‘glans / head of penis’Achumi 98: 10.3.2

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ku◦tsümorpheme ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ku◦tsümorpheme ‘head’Achumi 98: 2.1

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ku◦tsümorpheme qhomorpheme ‘head (top) / crown / pate’Achumi 98: 2.2

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦kü◦tsümorpheme-sa#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘hair of head’Achumi 98: 8.1.1

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ku◦tsümorpheme◦khomorpheme ‘hat, helmet’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦ku◦tsümorpheme◦sa#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘hair of head’Achumi 98: 2.7

1.3.4Tangkhulic30

*Tangkhulickow ‘head’Mortensen 12 Tk: 419

Champhungkau ‘head’Brown 37 Indo

Huishuʔamorpheme-kow ‘head; glans, head of penis’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.021

Huishuʔaprefix-kow-nəmorpheme-lumorpheme ‘brain’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.028

Huishuʔaprefix-kow-nəmorpheme-luʔ#1133 PTB *t(w)a(k/ŋ) ‘BRAIN / MARROW’PTk *tlok ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Mortensen 12 Tk

Huishuʔaprefix-kow-nəmorpheme-sam#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘hair of head’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.225

Huishuʔaprefix-kow-ruk#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘skull’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.027

Huishuʔaprefix-somorpheme-kow ‘foreskin’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.305

Kachaiʔamorpheme-ke ‘head’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.022

Kachaiʔaprefix-ke-rɐ#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘skull’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.025

Tangkhul(ā)prefix◦kui (shoŋ)morpheme ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulāprefix◦kui◦ra#237 PTB *g-ra-t ‘BONE’ ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulkui ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhulkui-sam#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘hair’Marrison 67 Naga: 116

Tangkhulkui-sam#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulkui◦hon ‘hat, helmet’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhulkui◦rommorpheme ‘caul’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulkui◦sam#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘hair (of head)’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhulkui◦thokmorpheme ‘dandruff’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulkui◦tuŋ#3447 PTB *(t/d)uŋ ⪤ *(t/d)waŋ ‘MIDDLE / NAVEL’Allofams44 #3584 PTB *(t/d)uŋ ⪤ *ts(y)uːŋ ‘MIDDLE / CENTER / INSIDE / NAVEL’44a #3447 PTB *(t/d)uŋ ⪤ *(t/d)waŋ ‘MIDDLE / NAVEL’44b #1628 PTB *ts(y)uːŋ ‘NAVEL / CENTER’ yāŋmorpheme ‘center of skull’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulkúy ‘head’Bhat 69 TNV: 90

Tangkhulmi#1002 PPC *r-mi(y)-n ‘PERSON / MAN’PTani *miː ‘MAN (homo)’PKC *mii ‘PERSON / MAN / PEOPLE’PCN *a-[h]məjʔ ‘PERSON, HUMAN’PTk *mi ‘MAN / HUMAN’PNN *C̥-məy ‘MAN (generic)’TGTM *ᴬmi ‘MAN’◦kui ‘skull’Marrison 67 Naga

Tankghul (Central)omorpheme-kao ‘head’Brown 37 Indo

Tangkhul (Northern)amorpheme-kao ‘head’Brown 37 Indo

Tangkhul (Standard)kui ‘head’Brown 37 Indo

Tusomʔumorpheme-kuə ‘head’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.024

Ukhrul(a)prefix-kuj ‘head’Mortensen 12 Tk

Ukhrulkuj-sam#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘hair (on head)’Mortensen 12 Tk

Ukhrulkuj-sɐm#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘hair (head)’Mortensen 12 Tk

Ukhrulʔamorpheme-kuj ‘head’Mortensen 12 Tk

Garo (Bangladesh)sko-bimorpheme-kingmorpheme ‘skull’Burling 92 GaBa

Garo (Bangladesh)sku-bimorpheme-kingmorpheme ‘skull’Burling 92 GaBa

Garo (Bangladesh)sku-taning#251 PTB *s/k-niŋ ‘BRAIN / HEART / MIND’MesorootsPTk *niŋ ‘MIND / THINK / SOUL’PLB *s-niŋ³ ‘HEART’Allofams1 #689 PTB *s/k-n(y)i-k/ŋ ‘HEART / MIND / BRAIN’1a #251 PTB *s/k-niŋ ‘BRAIN / HEART / MIND’1b #1385 PTB *s/k-nik ‘HEART / MIND’1c #297 PTB *s-ni ‘HEART / BREAST / CHEST / RIB’ ‘brain’Burling 92 GaBa

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagakʰow ‘head: top of the head’French 83: 502

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte18

Nocteaprefix kʰo naŋmorpheme ‘above’French 83: 502

Noctehamorpheme homorpheme kʰo ‘peak’French 83: 502

Noctekho ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Noctekʰo ‘head(top of)’French 83: 502

Nocteraŋmorpheme kʰo ‘on top of’French 83: 502

Nocte¹kho ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 903

Tangsa³khu ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 903

Tangsa (Moshang)khu ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangsa (Moshang)ku mul#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘head hair’French 83: 500

Tangsa (Moshang)ku◦mul#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘hair (of head)’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangsa (Moshang)kʰu ‘head(top of)’French 83: 502

Tangsa (Moshang)mul#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ⪤ kə◦mul#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘body hair, fur, feathers’Moshang kə looks as if it is a reduction of #386 PTB *m/s-gaw HEAD (cf. ku mul), but the gloss seems to show that it is body hair, not head hair, that is referred to. Benedict 72 STC: 2

Tangsa (Moshang)mul#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’~kə◦mul#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘hair / fur’LaPolla 87: 90

Tangsa (Yogli)khu ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangsa (Yogli)khu◦mil#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘hair (of head)’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangsa (Yogli)kʰu ‘head(top of)’French 83: 502

Tangsa (Yogli)kʰu mil#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘head hair’French 83: 500

Tangsa (Yogli)maŋmorpheme kʰu ‘before, first’French 83: 502

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang12

Changkhu ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Changkhu šatmorpheme ‘headache’French 83: 561

Changkù ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 903

Changku lomorpheme ‘human head hair’French 83: 500

Changkùˇ-lʌ̀umorpheme ‘hair (head)(2)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1048

Changku◦lomorpheme ‘hair (of head)’Marrison 67 Naga

Changkʰu ‘skull’French 83: 502

Changkʰu lu#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘head(top of)’French 83: 502

Wanchoko ‘hair’French 83: 502

Wanchoko hommorpheme ‘cap’French 83: 502

Wanchokɔ ‘hair’French 83: 502

Wanchokʰo ‘hair’French 83: 502

1.7.3.2Asakian29

Androhū◦mī#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘hair of head’Luce 85: K.53

Androhū◦rɑŋ#392 PTB *p-laŋ ‘HEAD / FOREHEAD’ ‘head’Luce 85: K.52

Ganan[hă◦rɑŋ²]#392 PTB *p-laŋ ‘HEAD / FOREHEAD’ ŋaᴜʔ³morpheme v.‘bow the head’Luce 85: L.255

Gananhă◦lɑŋ²#392 PTB *p-laŋ ‘HEAD / FOREHEAD’ ‘head’Luce 85: K.52

Gananhă◦rɑŋ⁴#392 PTB *p-laŋ ‘HEAD / FOREHEAD’ ‘head’Luce 85: K.52

Gananhɔ² ‘hair of head’Luce 85: K.53

Kaduha-lang#392 PTB *p-laŋ ‘HEAD / FOREHEAD’ ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Kadu (Kantu)hă◦lɑŋ²#392 PTB *p-laŋ ‘HEAD / FOREHEAD’ ‘head’Luce 85: K.52

Kaduhə◦làŋ#392 PTB *p-laŋ ‘HEAD / FOREHEAD’ ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Kadu (Kantu)kʻu²morpheme◦[hɑ◦lɑŋˋ#392 PTB *p-laŋ ‘HEAD / FOREHEAD’◦hū]morpheme ‘hair of head’Luce 85: K.53

Luihu-mī#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP

Luihu-röng#392 PTB *p-laŋ ‘HEAD / FOREHEAD’ ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Luiku-tu#1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Sakaprefix-hu ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Sakaprefix-huː ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Sakaprefix-huː-mimorpheme ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP

Sak (Bawtala)ăprefix-hwu² ‘head’Luce 85: K.52

Sakaprefix-khú ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Sakaprefix◦hú ‘head’Huziwara 08 Sak: 1

Sak (Bawtala)ăprefix◦hu¹◦mẽ⁴morpheme ‘hair’Luce 85: G.114

Sak (Bawtala)ăprefix◦hu¹◦mĩ⁴morpheme ‘hair of head’Luce 85: K.53

Sakaprefix◦hú◦miŋmorpheme ‘hair of head’Huziwara 08 Sak: 1-1

Sakaprefix◦hú◦miŋmorpheme◦phromorpheme ‘white hair’Huziwara 08 Sak: 1-1a

Sakaprefix◦hú◦poŋmorpheme ‘turban’Huziwara 08 Sak: 66-1d

Sak (Bawtala)ăprefix◦hwu² ‘head; top’Luce 85: G.93

Sakhu-mí#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP

Sak (Dodem)hu¹ ‘hair of head’Luce 85: K.53

Sakkú-mí#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP

Sak (Dodem)uprefix◦kʻu ‘head’Luce 85: K.52

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Pattani [Manchati]ko krà#367 PTB *s-kra ‘HAIR OF HEAD / HEAD’ ‘hair of head’Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 2.7

2.1.2Bodic2

Baimangɐ⁵³ ‘head’Sun H 91 Baim: 2.1

Baimangɐ⁵³ dɛ¹³morpheme ko³⁵morpheme ‘top of head / crown / pate’Sun H 91 Baim: 2.2

2.1.2.1Tibetan68

Tibetan (Alike)ngo n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.05

Tibetan (Alike)ngo ngurmorpheme v.‘lower (the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1266.05

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)ngo ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.4

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)ngo remorpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.4

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)ndʑe#1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’MesorootsPL *(n)-li² ‘PENIS’Allofams114 #1285 PTB *m-(l/n)ey ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114a #1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114b #545 PTB *m-ney ‘PENIS’ ⁿgo ‘glans penis’Sun J 85 Amdo: 304

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)ngo ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.5

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)ngo phərmorpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.5

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)ⁿgo ‘head’Sun J 85 Amdo: 349

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)ⁿgo dʑo#585 PTB *s-graw ‘SKIN / OUTER COVERING’ ‘hair (on the head)’Sun J 85 Amdo: 338

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)ⁿgo ɸənmorpheme ‘headman’Sun J 85 Amdo: 434

Tibetan (Balti)go· ‘head’Rangan 75: 64

Tibetan (Batang)dʑɛ⁵⁵#1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’MesorootsPL *(n)-li² ‘PENIS’Allofams114 #1285 PTB *m-(l/n)ey ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114a #1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114b #545 PTB *m-ney ‘PENIS’ ngo⁵³ ‘glans penis’Dai 89 Bata: 10.3.2

Tibetan (Batang)ngo⁵³ ‘head’Dai 89 Bata: 2.1

Tibetan (Batang)ngo⁵⁵ tʂi⁵³morpheme go⁵⁵morpheme ‘top of head / crown / pate’Dai 89 Bata: 2.2

Tibetan (Batang)ngo⁵⁵ zi⁵⁵morpheme pa⁵³suffix ‘skull’Dai 89 Bata: 2.4

Tibetan (Batang)ŋgᴜ⁵³ n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.03

Tibetan (Batang)ŋgᴜ⁵³ʑuʔ⁵³morpheme v.‘shake (one's head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1752.03

Tibetan (Batang)ŋgᴜ⁵⁵rɛ⁵⁵morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.03

Tibetan (Batang)ŋgᴜ⁵⁵tʂĩ⁵⁵morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.03

Tibetan (Jirel)go ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Khams:Dege)ngo³¹ ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.3

Tibetan (Khams:Dege)ngo³¹rɛ¹³morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.3

Tibetan (Lhasa)(ko¹³) ju⁵²morpheme v.‘shake (one's head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1752.02

Tibetan (Lhasa)ko¹³ n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.02

Tibetan (Lhasa)ko¹³ ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.2

Tibetan (Lhasa)ko¹³ na¹³morpheme v.‘ache (head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1666.02

Tibetan (Lhasa)ko¹³rɛʔ¹³morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.2

Tibetan (Lhasa)ko¹³rɛ⁵²morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.02

Tibetan (Lhasa)ko¹³rɛ⁵²morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.02

Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)gō ‘head’Bishop 89: 2.1

Sherpago ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)remorpheme◦kō ‘skull’Bishop 89: 2.4

Spitigò ‘head’Bodh 91: 2.1

Tibetan (Spiti)gɔ́ ‘head’Sharma, S.R. 79 Sp

Tibetan (Written)(mgo) dbjugsmorpheme v.‘shake (one's head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1752.01

Tibetan (Written)(mgo) dgurmorpheme v.‘lower (the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1266.01

Tibetan (Written)(mgo) namorpheme v.‘ache (head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1666.01

Tibetan (Written)dpyi#1361 PTB *d/s-pəy ‘WAIST / HIPS / LOWER BACK / BUTTOCKS / TAIL’-mgo ‘hipbone’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)dpyi#1361 PTB *d/s-pəy ‘WAIST / HIPS / LOWER BACK / BUTTOCKS / TAIL’.mgo ‘hips’Sun J 85 TbGl: 364

Tibetan (Written)go ‘head, front’Luce 85: T.28

Tibetan (Written)go ‘headman; beginning, source’Coblin 86: 94

Tibetan (Written)go ‘high / head’Coblin 86: 94

Tibetan (Written)klad#465 PTB *(k/g)lat ‘BRAIN / MARROW’-sgo ‘fontanel’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)mgo ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)mgo ‘head; top’Luce 85: G.93

Tibetan (Written)mgo ‘head, front’Luce 85: X.65

Tibetan (Written)mgo ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)mgo ‘head’Sun J 85 TbGl: 349

Tibetan (Written)mgo n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.01

Tibetan (Written)mgo ‘head’Coblin 86: 94

Tibetan (Written)mgo ‘head’Zhang Liansheng 88: 12

Tibetan (Written)mgo ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.1

Tibetan (Written)mgo rasmorpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.01

Tibetan (Written)mgo rasmorpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.01

Tibetan (Written)mgo rasmorpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.1

Tibetan (Written)mgo-dkyil#383 PTB *d-kyil ‘CROWN OF HEAD’ ‘crown of head’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)mgo-gz̀unmorpheme ‘crown of head’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)mgo-klad#465 PTB *(k/g)lat ‘BRAIN / MARROW’ ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)mgo-rus#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)mgo-spu#1228 PTB *s-pu ‘FEATHER / WING / HAIR (body)’ ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)mgo.dponmorpheme ‘headman’Sun J 85 TbGl: 434

Tibetan (Written)mgo.sgro#585 PTB *s-graw ‘SKIN / OUTER COVERING’ ‘hair (on the head)’Sun J 85 TbGl: 338

Tibetan (Written)mj̀e#1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’MesorootsPL *(n)-li² ‘PENIS’Allofams114 #1285 PTB *m-(l/n)ey ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114a #1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114b #545 PTB *m-ney ‘PENIS’-mgo ‘glans penis’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)mje#1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’MesorootsPL *(n)-li² ‘PENIS’Allofams114 #1285 PTB *m-(l/n)ey ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114a #1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114b #545 PTB *m-ney ‘PENIS’◦mgo ‘glans penis’Sun J 85 TbGl: 304

Tibetan (Written)sgo-purmorpheme ‘foreskin (vulg.)’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Xiahe)ngo təmorpheme n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.04

Tibetan (Xiahe)ŋgo htɕəmorpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.04

Tibetan (Xiahe)ŋgo ɕəmorpheme ramorpheme khormorpheme v.‘turn one's head to the back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1387.04

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang3

Kham'ŋəyh ‘head’Watters 89 KhQ: 1.38

Khamngayh ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Khamngayh 'phandaymorpheme-nyāmorpheme v‘nod (with head)’Hale 73 CSD: 02b1.64

3.2Qiangic97

Pumi (Jiulong)khɯ¹¹ phʐə¹¹#2018 PTB *(p/b)(r)a(n/t) ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’PTani *prat² ‘PLAIT’PKC *phan ‘WEAVE / CREATE / KNIT’PLB *pan¹/² ⪤ *Ȼ-pat ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’phʐə⁵⁵#2018 PTB *(p/b)(r)a(n/t) ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’PTani *prat² ‘PLAIT’PKC *phan ‘WEAVE / CREATE / KNIT’PLB *pan¹/² ⪤ *Ȼ-pat ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’ v‘plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1156.10

Pumi (Jiulong)qhuo¹¹mɛi³⁵#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ n‘hair’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0075.10

Pumi (Jiulong)qhuo¹¹pʐo⁵⁵morpheme n‘comb’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0481.10

Pumi (Jiulong)qhuo¹¹tɕu⁵⁵morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.10

Pumi (Jiulong)qhuo¹¹tɕɯ⁵⁵morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.10

Pumi (Jiulong)qhuo⁵⁵ n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.10

Pumi (Lanping)qho¹³tʂu⁵⁵morpheme n‘comb’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0481.09

Pumi (Lanping)qho⁵⁵ n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.09

Pumi (Lanping)qho⁵⁵bʒɑ⁵⁵morpheme v.‘lower (the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1266.09

Pumi (Lanping)qho⁵⁵lo¹³morpheme v.‘turn one's head to the back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1387.09

Pumi (Lanping)qho⁵⁵ma⁵⁵#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ n‘hair’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0075.09

Pumi (Lanping)qho⁵⁵tʂhu¹³morphemepa⁵⁵morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.09

Pumi (Lanping)qho⁵⁵tʂə¹³morphemetɑ¹³morpheme n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.09

Pumi (Qinghua)qho⁵⁵ ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.11

Pumi (Qinghua)qho⁵⁵ma⁵⁵#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.11

Pumi (Qinghua)qho⁵⁵pʐɯu⁵⁵morpheme n‘comb’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 459.11

Pumi (Qinghua)qho⁵⁵tʂə¹³morphemetɑ¹³morpheme ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.11

Pumi (Qinghua)qʰo⁵⁵ ‘head’Lu 83 Pumi

Pumi (Qinghua)qʰo⁵⁵ ma⁵⁵#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘hair’Lu 83 Pumi

Pumi (Taoba)khu⁵³ ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.10

Pumi (Taoba)khu⁵⁵kiã⁵³#692 PTB *m-k(u/i)m ‘PILLOW / BLOCK / BENCH / BEDSTEAD’PKC *kham ⪤ *khum ‘PILLOW’PKC *khu(m/n) ‘BED / COUCH’PCN *m-kham ‘BENCH, BLOCK / PILLOW’PLB *m-kum² ‘BLOCK / PILLOW’ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.10

Pumi (Taoba)khu⁵⁵mɛ̃⁵³#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.10

Pumi (Taoba)khu⁵⁵pʐa⁵³morpheme n‘comb’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 459.10

Pumi (Taoba)khu⁵⁵pʐɐ³⁵#2018 PTB *(p/b)(r)a(n/t) ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’PTani *prat² ‘PLAIT’PKC *phan ‘WEAVE / CREATE / KNIT’PLB *pan¹/² ⪤ *Ȼ-pat ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’ ‘plait’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 235.10

Pumi (Taoba)khə³⁵phʐɐ³⁵#2018 PTB *(p/b)(r)a(n/t) ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’PTani *prat² ‘PLAIT’PKC *phan ‘WEAVE / CREATE / KNIT’PLB *pan¹/² ⪤ *Ȼ-pat ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’ ‘braid’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 655.10

Pumi (Taoba)kʰu⁵³ ‘head’Lu 83 Pumi

Pumi (Taoba)kʰu⁵⁵ mɛ̃⁵³#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘hair’Lu 83 Pumi

Pumi (Taoba)kʰu⁵⁵ pʰʐɐ³⁵#2018 PTB *(p/b)(r)a(n/t) ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’PTani *prat² ‘PLAIT’PKC *phan ‘WEAVE / CREATE / KNIT’PLB *pan¹/² ⪤ *Ȼ-pat ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’ n‘braid (hair)’Lu 83 Pumi

Qiang (Longxi)qə̀ ‘head’Evans 99 Qiang: 99

Qiang (Longxi)qə̀ (pámorpheme tsɨ̀morpheme)-suèmorpheme (qò)morpheme ‘dizzy [head-dizzy]’Evans 99 Qiang: 2550

Qiang (Longxi)qə̀ (ȵà)#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’-tshó#5658 PTQ *N-tsak ‘JUMP’ ‘fontanel [brain-jump]’Evans 99 Qiang: 102.1

Qiang (Longxi)qə̀ bámorpheme tsɨ̀morpheme ‘head’Evans 99 Qiang: 99

Qiang (Longxi)qə̀ tómorpheme ‘hair of head’Evans 99 Qiang: 100

Qiang (Longxi)qə̀ ȵà#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Evans 99 Qiang: 164

Qiang (Longxi)qə̀ ɚ́morpheme ‘arrogant [head-dry]’Evans 99 Qiang: 1577

Qiang (Longxi)qə́-ŋú#2536 PTB *d-ŋul ‘SILVER’MesorootsPKC *ŋuun ‘SILVER’PNN *ŋuil ‘SILVER’PL *C-ŋwe¹ ‘SILVER’Allofams1a #2536 PTB *d-ŋul ‘SILVER’1b #5519 PTB *mul ‘SILVER’ ‘braid [hair-silver] (refers to decorations in braid)’Evans 99 Qiang: 101

Qiang (Longxi)qə̀-ɕý#1219 PTB *m-si-t ‘COMB / RAKE’PKC *thiʔ ‘COMB (n.)’PTk *si ‘COMB’ n.‘comb [hair-comb(v)]’Evans 99 Qiang: 655

Qiang (Mawo)qaʴ (qaʴ tu) ‘top of head / crown / pate’Sun H 91 MawQ: 2.2

Qiang (Mawo)qaʴː ‘crown of head’Sun J 86 Mawo

Qiang (Mawo)qa◦ȵi#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Sun H 81 Qia

Qiang (Mawo)qi ȵi#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Sun H 91 MawQ: 2.5

Qiang (Mawo)qu◦tɕumorpheme ‘hair’Sun J 86 Mawo

Qiang (Mawo)qə diːβɑmorpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.8

Qiang (Mawo)qə patʂmorpheme ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.8

Qiang (Mawo)qə pamorpheme◦tʂmorpheme ɹa#596 PTB *m/s-k-rəy ‘SKIN’TGTM *ᴬɖi ‘SKIN’PLB *m-k-rəy¹ ‘SKIN / OUTER COVERING’◦bi#590 PTB *p(y)ik ‘SKIN / PEEL’PKar *pheɁᴰ ‘BARK (n.), LEATHER, SKIN’ ‘scalp’Sun H 91 MawQ: 2.8

Qiang (Mawo)qə pɑtʂmorpheme n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.08

Qiang (Mawo)qə tɕumorpheme ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 MawQ: 2.7

Qiang (Mawo)qə tɕumorpheme ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.8

Qiang (Mawo)qə xliɛ#367 PTB *s-kra ‘HAIR OF HEAD / HEAD’ piɛ#2018 PTB *(p/b)(r)a(n/t) ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’PTani *prat² ‘PLAIT’PKC *phan ‘WEAVE / CREATE / KNIT’PLB *pan¹/² ⪤ *Ȼ-pat ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’ n‘braid / plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0076.08

Qiang (Mawo)qə◦p ɑmorpheme tuɑmorpheme v.‘lower (the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1266.08

Qiang (Mawo)qə◦pamorpheme◦tʂmorpheme ‘head’Sun J 86 Mawo

Qiang (Mawo)qə◦pamorpheme◦tʂmorpheme ‘head’Sun H 81 Qia

Qiang (Mawo)qə◦pamorpheme◦tʂə̥morpheme ‘head’Sun H 91 MawQ: 2.1

Qiang (Mawo)qə◦si#1219 PTB *m-si-t ‘COMB / RAKE’PKC *thiʔ ‘COMB (n.)’PTk *si ‘COMB’ v‘comb’[Source note] (u⁵⁵, u⁵³, qə- ‘head’) (LaPolla 1987).LaPolla 87: 97

Qiang (Mawo)qə◦si#1219 PTB *m-si-t ‘COMB / RAKE’PKC *thiʔ ‘COMB (n.)’PTk *si ‘COMB’ n‘comb’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 459.8

Qiang (Mawo)qə◦sta#406 PTB *s/m-ta ‘BACKSIDE / HIPS’ ‘back of head’Sun J 86 Mawo

Qiang (Mawo)qə◦tɕumorpheme ‘hair’Sun H 81 Qia

Qiang (Mawo)qə◦tɕumorpheme ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 MawQ: 8.1.1

Qiang (Mawo)qə◦ȵi#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Sun J 86 Mawo

Qiang (Mawo)qɛ dɛmorpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.08

Qiang (Mianchi)kɛ̀ piá#2018 PTB *(p/b)(r)a(n/t) ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’PTani *prat² ‘PLAIT’PKC *phan ‘WEAVE / CREATE / KNIT’PLB *pan¹/² ⪤ *Ȼ-pat ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’ ‘braid (hair)’Evans 99 Qiang: 1667

Qiang (Mianchi)qà bʐámorpheme tsɨ̀morpheme ‘head’Evans 99 Qiang: 99

Qiang (Mianchi)qà tómorpheme suí#1219 PTB *m-si-t ‘COMB / RAKE’PKC *thiʔ ‘COMB (n.)’PTk *si ‘COMB’ v.‘brush, comb’Evans 99 Qiang: 2339

Qiang (Mianchi)qè suí#1219 PTB *m-si-t ‘COMB / RAKE’PKC *thiʔ ‘COMB (n.)’PTk *si ‘COMB’ n.‘comb’Evans 99 Qiang: 655

Qiang (Mianchi)qè ȵà#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Evans 99 Qiang: 164

Qiang (Mianchi)qɛ̀ toúmorpheme ‘hair of head’Evans 99 Qiang: 100

Qiang (Mianchi)qɛ̀ ȵà#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’-tié#1387 PTB *s-diŋ ‘HEART / LIVER’ ‘fontanel [brain-heart]’Evans 99 Qiang: 102.1

Qiang (Mianchi)qɛ́ ʁuàmorpheme ‘muddled, confused [head-stupid?]’Evans 99 Qiang: 1974

Qiang (Mianchi)ʂɛ̀morpheme qɛ̀ piâ#2018 PTB *(p/b)(r)a(n/t) ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’PTani *prat² ‘PLAIT’PKC *phan ‘WEAVE / CREATE / KNIT’PLB *pan¹/² ⪤ *Ȼ-pat ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’ ‘braid’Evans 99 Qiang: 101

Qiang (Taoping)qə³³ po⁵⁵morpheme tʂɿ³³morpheme ‘head’Sun H 81 Qia

Qiang (Taoping)qə³³po⁵⁵morphemetʂɿ³³morpheme ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.9

Qiang (Taoping)qə³¹ χmə⁵⁵#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘hair’Sun H 81 Qia

Qiang (Taoping)qə³¹ χȵa³³#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Sun H 81 Qia

Qiang (Taoping)qə³¹suə³³#1219 PTB *m-si-t ‘COMB / RAKE’PKC *thiʔ ‘COMB (n.)’PTk *si ‘COMB’ n‘comb’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 459.9

Qiang (Taoping)qə³¹χmə⁵⁵#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.9

Qiang (Taoping)qə³¹χmə⁵⁵#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’sɿ⁵⁵morphemekie³¹morpheme ‘plait’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 235.9

Qiang (Yadu)qə pɑmorpheme◦tʂmorpheme ‘head’Dai 89 Qian: 99

Qiang (Yadu)qə◦ni#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Dai 89 Qian: 164

Qiang (Yadu)qə◦umorpheme ‘hair (head)’Dai 89 Qian: 100

Queyu (Xinlong)(qho⁵⁵) kɯ⁵⁵morpheme rge¹³morpheme v.‘lower (the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1266.13

Queyu (Xinlong)(qho⁵⁵) lə⁵⁵morphemerye⁵⁵morpheme v.‘shave (the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1668.13

Queyu (Xinlong)(qho⁵⁵) rmu⁵⁵morpheme v.‘shake (one's head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1752.13

Queyu (Xinlong)(qho⁵⁵) ȵu⁵⁵#1849 PTB *m-gu ‘ILL / HURT / ACHE’ v.‘ache (head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1666.13

Queyu (Xinlong)qha⁵⁵m̥e³³#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ n‘hair’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0075.13

Queyu (Xinlong)qha⁵⁵m̥e³³morpheme n‘braid / plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0076.13

Queyu (Xinlong)qha⁵⁵pɬe³³#2018 PTB *(p/b)(r)a(n/t) ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’PTani *prat² ‘PLAIT’PKC *phan ‘WEAVE / CREATE / KNIT’PLB *pan¹/² ⪤ *Ȼ-pat ‘BRAID / PLAIT / INTERWEAVE’ n‘braid / plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0076.13

Queyu (Xinlong)qho⁵⁵ n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.13

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]xo⁵³ ‘head’Sun H 91 ZhaQ: 2.1

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]xo⁵³ ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.16

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]xo⁵⁵ mu⁵⁵morpheme tʂʰa⁵³#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZhaQ: 8.1.1

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]xo⁵⁵mu⁵⁵morphemetʂha⁵³#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.16

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]xo⁵⁵xo³³#692 PTB *m-k(u/i)m ‘PILLOW / BLOCK / BENCH / BEDSTEAD’PKC *kham ⪤ *khum ‘PILLOW’PKC *khu(m/n) ‘BED / COUCH’PCN *m-kham ‘BENCH, BLOCK / PILLOW’PLB *m-kum² ‘BLOCK / PILLOW’ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.16

Xumiʁᴜ³³#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’qhᴜ³³lu⁵³#690 PTB *s-lum ‘ROUND’MesorootsPTani *lum ‘ROUND (GLOBULAR)’PKC *hluum ‘ROUND’Allofams2 #5731 PTB *s-lum ⪤ *b/m-lu(m/ŋ) ‘ROUND / ROUND OBJECT / HEART / EYEBALL’2a #690 PTB *s-lum ‘ROUND’2b #1427 PTB *b-lum ‘EYE / EYEBALL / HEART / ROUND OBJECT’2c #1381 PTB *m-lu(ŋ/m) ‘HEART / ROUND’ n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.17

Zhaba (Daofu County)gu³³po⁵⁵morphemelo³³#690 PTB *s-lum ‘ROUND’MesorootsPTani *lum ‘ROUND (GLOBULAR)’PKC *hluum ‘ROUND’Allofams2 #5731 PTB *s-lum ⪤ *b/m-lu(m/ŋ) ‘ROUND / ROUND OBJECT / HEART / EYEBALL’2a #690 PTB *s-lum ‘ROUND’2b #1427 PTB *b-lum ‘EYE / EYEBALL / HEART / ROUND OBJECT’2c #1381 PTB *m-lu(ŋ/m) ‘HEART / ROUND’ n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.14

Zhaba (Daofu County)gu³³zia⁵⁵morpheme n‘comb’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0481.14

Zhaba (Daofu County)gu¹³ n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.14

3.3rGyalrongic16

Ergong (Daofu)huə ‘head’Dai 89 Daof: 2.1

Ergong (Daofu)huə dʑa#448 PTB *d(y)al ‘LIP / SKIN’ ‘scalp’Dai 89 Daof: 2.8

Ergong (Daofu)huə pho#1228 PTB *s-pu ‘FEATHER / WING / HAIR (body)’ ‘hair of head’Dai 89 Daof: 2.7

Ergong (Daofu)huə tsɔmorpheme tsɔmorpheme ‘top of head / crown / pate’Dai 89 Daof: 2.2

Ergong (Daofu)huə tɕhəmorpheme rei#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘skull’Dai 89 Daof: 2.4

Ergong (Daofu)huə ʔɸuɑ#247 PTB *s/k-lwak ‘BRAIN’PKC *khluak ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Dai 89 Daof: 2.5

Ergong (Daofu)ɦuə ‘brain’Dai 89 Daof: 9.1

Ergong (Daofu)ɦuə phuo#1228 PTB *s-pu ‘FEATHER / WING / HAIR (body)’ ‘hair of head’Dai 89 Daof: 8.1.1

Ergong (Northern)ʁo⁵³ ‘head’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 2.1

Ergong (Northern)ʁo⁵³ qʰe¹³morpheme ‘top of head / crown / pate’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 2.2

Ergong (Danba)ʁuə ‘head’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 2.1

Ergong (Danba)ʁuə ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.14

Ergong (Danba)ʁuə ʐmi#368 PTB *r-(n/m)ey ‘HAIR OF HEAD’ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 8.1.1

Ergong (Danba)ʁuə ʐmi#368 PTB *r-(n/m)ey ‘HAIR OF HEAD’ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.14

Daofuʁə n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.12

Ergong (Northern)ʁə³³ rmo⁵³#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘hair (head)’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 2.7

3.3.1rGyalrong28

rGyalrongtaprefix ko ‘head’Dai 89 Jiar: 2.1

rGyalrongtaprefix ko ‘brain’Dai 89 Jiar: 9.1

rGyalrongtaprefix ko ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.12

rGyalrongtaprefix ko nprefix◦dɕi#596 PTB *m/s-k-rəy ‘SKIN’TGTM *ᴬɖi ‘SKIN’PLB *m-k-rəy¹ ‘SKIN / OUTER COVERING’ ‘scalp’Dai 89 Jiar: 2.8

rGyalrongtaprefix ko rȵᴇ#368 PTB *r-(n/m)ey ‘HAIR OF HEAD’ ‘hair of head’Dai 89 Jiar: 2.7

rGyalrongtaprefix ko rȵᴇ#368 PTB *r-(n/m)ey ‘HAIR OF HEAD’ ‘hair (general)’Dai 89 Jiar: 8.1

rGyalrongtaprefix ko rȵᴇ#368 PTB *r-(n/m)ey ‘HAIR OF HEAD’ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.12

rGyalrong (Eastern)taprefix◦ko ‘head’Sun H 91 rEQ: 2.1

rGyalrong (Eastern)taprefix◦ko dʒalamorpheme ‘top of head / crown / pate’Sun H 91 rEQ: 2.2

rGyalrong (Eastern)taprefix◦ko nprefix◦dʐi#596 PTB *m/s-k-rəy ‘SKIN’TGTM *ᴬɖi ‘SKIN’PLB *m-k-rəy¹ ‘SKIN / OUTER COVERING’ ‘scalp’Sun H 91 rEQ: 2.8

rGyalrong (Eastern)taprefix◦ko rɲe#368 PTB *r-(n/m)ey ‘HAIR OF HEAD’ ‘hair (head)’Sun H 91 rEQ: 2.7

rGyalrong (Eastern)taprefix◦ko rprefix◦no#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Sun H 91 rEQ: 9.1

rGyalrong (Maerkang)tɑprefix ko n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.11

Caodengtəprefix-kó-qʰumorpheme ‘back of head’Sun J 97 Cao

Caodengtəprefix-ko-rmɐ#368 PTB *r-(n/m)ey ‘HAIR OF HEAD’ ‘hair of head’Sun J 97 Cao

Caodengtəprefix-koʔ ‘head; end’Sun J 97 Cao

Caodengtəprefix-koʔ kɐmorpheme-sɐmorpheme-ŋélmorpheme-ŋelmorpheme ‘shake (head)’Sun J 97 Cao

Caodengtəprefix-koʔ lɐ́mmorpheme-wtsjomorpheme kɐmorpheme-lɐtmorpheme ‘stand on head’Sun J 97 Cao

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦ka χcɕalmorpheme ‘top of head / crown / pate’Sun H 91 rNQ: 2.2

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦ku ‘head’Sun H 91 rNQ: 2.1

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦ku ‘head’Sun H 91 rNW: 2.1

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦ku nprefix◦dʐi#596 PTB *m/s-k-rəy ‘SKIN’TGTM *ᴬɖi ‘SKIN’PLB *m-k-rəy¹ ‘SKIN / OUTER COVERING’ ‘scalp’Sun H 91 rNQ: 2.8

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦ku nprefix◦dʐə#596 PTB *m/s-k-rəy ‘SKIN’TGTM *ᴬɖi ‘SKIN’PLB *m-k-rəy¹ ‘SKIN / OUTER COVERING’ ‘scalp’Sun H 91 rNW: 2.8

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦ku rme#368 PTB *r-(n/m)ey ‘HAIR OF HEAD’ ‘hair (head)’Sun H 91 rNW: 8.1.1

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦ku◦rme#368 PTB *r-(n/m)ey ‘HAIR OF HEAD’ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 rNW: 2.7

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦kə◦rme#368 PTB *r-(n/m)ey ‘HAIR OF HEAD’ ‘hair (head)’Sun H 91 rNQ: 2.7

rGyalrong (Eastern)təprefix◦lammorpheme ko ‘glans penis’Sun H 91 rEQ: 10.3.2

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦mbi#3425 PTB *m-bay ‘PENIS’ ku ‘glans penis’Sun H 91 rNW: 10.3.2

4Nungic3

Rawanggɔ³³ bɑm³³morpheme ‘head-cloth, turban’LaPolla 03: 553

Anongəprefix-gɔ ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Rawangəprefix◦gɔ³³ ‘head’LaPolla 03: 83

5Tujia5

Tujiakho⁵⁵pa⁵⁵suffix n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.49

Tujiakho⁵⁵pa⁵⁵suffix ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.38

Tujiakho⁵⁵pa⁵⁵suffixsoŋ⁵⁵morphemekho⁵⁵morpheme v.‘turn one's head to the back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1387.49

Tujiakʰo⁵⁵ pa⁵⁵suffix ‘head’Chen 86 TuBQ: 2.1

Tujia (Northern)kʰo⁵⁵ pa⁵⁵suffix ‘head’Tian 86

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish4

Noesuŋu³³#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’ŋgo⁵⁵mi²¹#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘hair of head’Chen 86 Yi: 2.7

Yi (Xide)ŋgo²¹ ‘scalp’Chen 79 YiCh

6.2Naxi17

Naxi (Lijiang)gu³³mu³¹morpheme ‘hat’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 370.28

Naxiku³³gɯ³³#692 PTB *m-k(u/i)m ‘PILLOW / BLOCK / BENCH / BEDSTEAD’PKC *kham ⪤ *khum ‘PILLOW’PKC *khu(m/n) ‘BED / COUCH’PCN *m-kham ‘BENCH, BLOCK / PILLOW’PLB *m-kum² ‘BLOCK / PILLOW’ n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.45

Naxiku³³mu²¹morpheme n‘hat’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0475.45

Naxi (Lijiang)ku³³ŋgɯ³³#692 PTB *m-k(u/i)m ‘PILLOW / BLOCK / BENCH / BEDSTEAD’PKC *kham ⪤ *khum ‘PILLOW’PKC *khu(m/n) ‘BED / COUCH’PCN *m-kham ‘BENCH, BLOCK / PILLOW’PLB *m-kum² ‘BLOCK / PILLOW’ ‘pillow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 387.28

Naxikv̩³³ n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.45

Naxikv̩³³dɿ²¹morpheme n‘baldhead’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0205.45

Naxi (Western)kv³³fv³³#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘hair (head)’He 85

Naxikv̩³³fv̩³³#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ n‘hair’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0075.45

Naxi (Lijiang)kv³³fv³³#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.28

Naxikv̩³³fv̩⁵⁵morpheme n‘brains’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0132.45

Naxi (Lijiang)kv³³tsɯ³³morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.28

Naxikv̩³³tsɿ³³morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.45

Naxikv̩³³tɕy²¹#2019 PTB *m-tsywak ‘BRAID / QUEUE’pɑ⁵⁵morpheme n‘braid / plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0076.45

Naxi (Lijiang)kv³³tɕy³¹#2019 PTB *m-tsywak ‘BRAID / QUEUE’pɑ⁵⁵morpheme ‘plait’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 235.28

Naxikv̩³³ɣə²¹morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.45

Naxi (Western)kv³¹fv⁵⁵morpheme ‘brain’He 85

Naxi (Western)kv³¹tɕy³¹#2019 PTB *m-tsywak ‘BRAID / QUEUE’tɑ⁵⁵morpheme n‘braid (hair)’He 85

7Karenic97

*Karen (TP)khóq ‘head’Jones 61: 207

*Karen (Pwo)khóq ‘head’Jones 61: 207

*Karen (Pwo)khóq ‘hair (head)’Jones 61: 728

*Karen (Pwo)khóq◦nɔ̀#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Jones 61: 189

*Karen (Sgaw)khóʔ ‘head’Jones 61: 207

*Karen (Sgaw)khóʔ ‘hair (head)’Jones 61: 728

*Karen (Sgaw)khóʔ◦nùʔ#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Jones 61: 189

*Karenkhuᴮ◦sluᴬ#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head~)’Luangthongkum 13: 136

Bwe-khə́◦lú#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ n‘hair (of the head)’Henderson 97 Kar

Bwe (Western)ăprefix◦ko² ‘head; top’Luce 85: G.93

Bwe (Western)ăprefix◦kʻo² ‘head; top’Luce 85: G.93

Bwekha ʃᴜ#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ n‘hair on the legs; pubic hair’Henderson 97 Kar

Bwekha-ʃᴜ#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ n‘hair on the legs’Henderson 97 Kar

Bwekha-ʃᴜ#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ n‘pubic hair’Henderson 97 Kar

Bwekhə⁵⁵lu⁵⁵#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head~)’Luangthongkum 13: 136

Bwekhɛ ʃᴜ#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ n‘beard, moustache’Henderson 97 Kar

Bwekhɛ ʃᴜ#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ n‘beard / moustache’Henderson 97 Kar

Bwekhɛ ʃᴜ#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’=khɛ#273 PTB *m/s-k(w)a-y ‘MOUTH / OPENING / SPREAD / DOOR / FACE / JAW’PKC *kaa ‘ENTRANCE / MOUTH’PKC *kaa ⪤ *khaa ‘CHIN / JAW (lower)’PCN *ka ‘GAPE, OPEN MOUTH’PTk *ka ‘OPEN (MOUTH)’PTk *kʰa ‘CHIN / JAW’PKar *kaᴮ ‘CHIN, JAW’ phɪ́morpheme n‘whiskers’Henderson 97 Kar

Bwekò ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 903

Bweko n‘top, head, peak’Henderson 97 Kar

Bweko-dəwìmorpheme n‘crown of the head’Henderson 97 Kar

Bweko-phe#590 PTB *p(y)ik ‘SKIN / PEEL’PKar *pheɁᴰ ‘BARK (n.), LEATHER, SKIN’ n‘skin of the scalp’Henderson 97 Kar

Bweko=kámorpheme ‘head and tail, top and bottom’Henderson 97 Kar

Bweko=kɔ́ n‘head’Henderson 97 Kar

Gebako² ‘head; top’Luce 85: G.93

Gebakʻo² ‘head; top’Luce 85: G.93

Karendi³³morphemekho³¹ v.‘shave (the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1668.50

Karenkho³¹bo̱³¹morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.50

Karenkho³¹tθa̱³¹morpheme n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.50

Karenkho³¹tθø⁵⁵#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ n‘hair’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0075.50

Karentθi³³#7237 PKar *srejᴮ ‘BRAID’kho³¹tθui⁵⁵#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ n‘braid / plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0076.50

Kayahkho⁵⁵lo¹¹#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head~)’Luangthongkum 13: 136

KayankaɁ²¹ lu³³#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head~)’Luangthongkum 13: 136

Kayan (Pekon)ka◦lṳ̀#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ N‘hair’Manson 10 Kayan

Kayawkhu¹¹lu³³#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head~)’Luangthongkum 13: 136

Pa-O (Southern)ka³³lu⁵³#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head~)’Luangthongkum 13: 136

Pa-O (Northern)kaɁ⁴⁵lu³³#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head~)’Luangthongkum 13: 136

Pa-Okhó ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 903

Pa-Okhó ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Pa-Okhó ‘head’Jones 61: 207

Pa-Okə́ʔ◦nɔ́ʔ#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP

Pa-Okə́ʔ◦nɔ́ʔ#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Jones 61: 189

Pa-Okə◦lū#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair, head’Solnit 89 PaO

Pa-O (Northern)kʻo¹ ‘head; top’Luce 85: G.93

Pakukʻᴜ³ ‘head; top’Luce 85: G.93

Palaychihóq◦táq#391 PTB *s-tak ‘HEAD’Allofams9 #1722 PTB *l-t(y)ak ‘UPPER SURFACE / TOP / ABOVE / CLIMB / LIFT / ASCEND / PALATE’9a #391 PTB *s-tak ‘HEAD’ ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Palaychihóq◦táq#391 PTB *s-tak ‘HEAD’Allofams9 #1722 PTB *l-t(y)ak ‘UPPER SURFACE / TOP / ABOVE / CLIMB / LIFT / ASCEND / PALATE’9a #391 PTB *s-tak ‘HEAD’ ‘head’Jones 61: 207

Palaychihú◦tìqmorpheme ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP

Palaychihú◦tìqmorpheme ‘hair (head)’Jones 61: 728

Palaychikhòq◦nù#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP

Palaychikhòq◦nù#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Jones 61: 189

Pwo (Northern)khu³³ su³⁵#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head~)’Luangthongkum 13: 136

Pwo (Delta)kʻo⁴ ‘head; top’Luce 85: G.93

Pwo (Tenasserim)əprefix◦kʻo¹ ‘head; top’Luce 85: G.93

Pwo (Bassein)khò ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 903

Pwo (Bassein)khò ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Pwo (Bassein)khò ‘head’Jones 61: 207

Pwo (Bassein)khò◦nòʔ#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP

Pwo (Bassein)khò◦nɔ̀ʔ#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Weidert 87 TBTo: 964

Pwo (Bassein)khò◦nɔ̀ʔ#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Jones 61: 189

Pwo (Bassein)khò◦θwì#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP

Pwo (Bassein)khò◦θwì#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head)’Jones 61: 728

Pwo (Moulmein)khóʔ ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 903

Pwo (Moulmein)khóʔ ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Pwo (Moulmein)khóʔ ‘head’Jones 61: 207

Pwo (Moulmein)khóʔ◦nauʔ#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Weidert 87 TBTo: 964

Pwo (Moulmein)khóʔ◦nauʔ#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP

Pwo (Moulmein)khóʔ◦nauʔ#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Jones 61: 189

Pwo (Moulmein)khóʔ◦θù#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP

Pwo (Moulmein)khóʔ◦θù#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head)’Jones 61: 728

Sgaw (Northern)kho³¹˜su³³#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head~)’Luangthongkum 13: 136

Sgaw (Southern)khu⁴⁵’su⁵⁵#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head~)’Luangthongkum 13: 136

Sgawkʻo⁴ ‘head; top’Luce 85: G.93

Sgaw²kho ‘head’Weidert 87 TBTo: 903

Sgaw²kho◦²nʏʔ#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Weidert 87 TBTo: 964

Sgaw (Bassein)khò ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Sgaw (Bassein)khò ‘head’Jones 61: 207

Sgaw (Bassein)khò◦nùʔ#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP

Sgaw (Bassein)khò◦nùʔ#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Jones 61: 189

Sgaw (Bassein)khò◦θwí#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head)’The final-i is perhaps suffixal: *su-y (cf. u ⪤ wi variation in Lahu).Matisoff 87 BP

Sgaw (Bassein)khò◦θwí#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head)’Jones 61: 728

Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)kʰo³¹ nu³³#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain (marrow)’Dai 89 KarB: 164

Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)kʰo³¹ tθui⁵⁵#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head)’Dai 89 KarB: 100

Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)kʰo³¹ θa̱³¹morpheme ‘head’Dai 89 KarB: 99

Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)kʰo³¹ θø⁵⁵#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head)’Dai 89 KarB: 100.1

Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)tθi³³#7237 PKar *srejᴮ ‘BRAID’ kʰo³¹ tθui⁵⁵#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ n‘braid (hair)’Dai 89 KarB: 101

Sgaw (Moulmein)khóʔ ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Sgaw (Moulmein)khóʔ ‘head’Jones 61: 207

Sgaw (Moulmein)khóʔ◦nùʔ#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP

Sgaw (Moulmein)khóʔ◦nùʔ#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain’Jones 61: 189

Sgaw (Moulmein)khóʔ◦θú#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 87 BP

Sgaw (Moulmein)khóʔ◦θú#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head)’Jones 61: 728

Karen (Sgaw/Yue)kʰo³¹ ‘head’Dai 89 KarA: 99

Karen (Sgaw/Yue)kʰo³¹ nu̱ʔ⁵⁵#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ ‘brain (marrow)’Dai 89 KarA: 164

Karen (Sgaw/Yue)kʰo³¹ θu⁵⁵#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘hair (head)’Dai 89 KarA: 100

Karen (Sgaw/Yue)mɛ̱ʔ³¹#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’ kʰo³¹ θu⁵⁵#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ ‘eyebrow’Dai 89 KarA: 103

Karen (Sgaw/Yue)θi³¹#7237 PKar *srejᴮ ‘BRAID’ kʰo³¹ θu⁵⁵#5634 PKar *s-lu ‘HAIR’ n‘braid (hair)’Dai 89 KarA: 101

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Bai (Jianchuan)tu³³#3420 PTB *k-tu-k ‘PENIS’Allofams116a #3420 PTB *k-tu-k ‘PENIS’116b #3423 PTB *tsu ‘PENIS’ tɯ̱²¹morpheme po̱²¹morpheme kʰo³³ ‘glans penis’Bai tɯ̱²¹ po̱²¹ ‘head’.Zhao 90: 10.3.2

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #386, *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/386

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

References: STC#490

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-386,
  title  = {{*m/s-gaw 'HEAD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #386},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/386}
}