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*s-kawŋ

HOLLOW / HOLLOW OBJECT / HEAD
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlekoŋprefixsinitialkrhymeoŋ ⪤ s-kcoverK · VNTS

Connections

See alsoHOLLOW OBJECT

Reflexes & cognates83 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang2

Wanchokhung ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga
Wanchokʰaŋ ramorpheme ‘head’French 83: 502

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

Kanauritalmorpheme◦göṅ n‘palate / part of top of head (where Hindu lock is)’Bailey 11
KanauritalTiborNep loanword◦göṅ ‘crown of head, palate’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.1Burmish17

Achang (Longchuan)nă³¹morpheme kuaŋ³¹ ‘head’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Longchuan)nă³¹morphemekuaŋ³¹ ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.41
Achang (Longchuan)ni³¹morphemekuaŋ³¹ n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.28
Achang (Xiandao)u³¹#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’ kɔŋ³¹ ‘head’Dai 89 Xian: 96
Burmese (Written)khôŋ ‘head; principal part; large root’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)khɔŋ³prɑn²morphemehlɑȵ¹morpheme v.‘turn one's head to the back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1387.26
Burmese (Written)khɔŋ³pɔŋ³morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.26
Burmese (Written)khɔŋ³pɔŋ³morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.39
Burmese (Written)khɔŋ³sɑȵ³morphemepu¹morphemewɑɑ²²morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.26

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishʔ-koŋ² ‘head’Bradley 79 PLo: 88C

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish9

Nasuo³³#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’ kɤ̱²¹ ‘head’Chen 86 Yi: 2.1
Nesuŋˌ³³#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’ kɤ̱³³ ‘head’Chen 86 Yi: 2.1
Nesuŋˌ³³#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’ ɣɤ³³ ‘skull’Chen 86 Yi: 2.4
Yi (Dafang)o³³#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’ gu⁵⁵ ‘head’Chen 85 YiJZ

6.1.2.2Central Loloish50

Ahio⁵⁵#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’ ko̱³³ ‘head’Luo 90: 2.1
Ahio⁵⁵#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’ko̱³³ ‘head’Chen 86 Yi: 2.1
Lolo (Ni)o#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’◦kó ‘head, front’Luce 85: T.28
Lahu (Lancang)o³⁵#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’qo¹¹phɑ³⁵morphemetɕe²¹morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.43
Lahu (Lancang)o³⁵#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’qo¹¹qɔ²¹morphemelɑ³³morpheme v.‘turn one's head to the back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1387.43
Lahu (Black)ō#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’◦kʼo ‘head, front’Luce 85: T.28
Lahu (Black)v̩³⁵#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’ qu¹¹ ‘head’Chang 86
Lahu (Yellow)ɔ²prefixqu⁵ ‘hole’Chang 86
Lahu (Banlan)a:prefix◦koˍ ‘head’Bradley 79 Lahu: 88
Lisu (Central)wu¹#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’-ku³-ma³morpheme ‘hair (head, long)’Fraser 22
Lisuwu¹#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’-ku³-m³morpheme ‘long hair’Matisoff 87 BP
Lisuwu¹#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’ku³ma³morpheme ‘head hair’Bradley 79 PLo: 89-1
Lisuwu¹#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’ku³ma³morpheme ‘head hair’Bradley 79 PLo: 89-2
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵#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’ku³³ma³³morpheme ‘hair on head’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵#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’ku³⁵vy²¹morpheme ‘head’Bradley 94 Lisu
Sani [Nyi]o⁵⁵#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’ qo²¹ ʑæ²¹morpheme mɑ³³morpheme ‘skull’Wu 84: 326.2
Sani [Nyi]o⁵⁵#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’(qo²¹) ‘head’Wu 84
Sani [Nyi]o⁵⁵#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’qo²¹ne⁴⁴morphememɑ³³morpheme ‘top of head’Chen 86 Yi: 2.2
Sani [Nyi]ɑ⁴⁴prefix n̩³³#254 PTB *s-nya-n ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’ o⁵⁵#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’ qo¹¹ ‘nipple’Literally “breast-head”.Ma 89 SanQ: 368.3

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

6.2Naxi1

Naxi (Eastern)ɣo³³#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’kʰuɑ³¹ ‘head’He 85

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #387, *s-kawŋ ‘HOLLOW / HOLLOW OBJECT / HEAD’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/387
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-387,
  title  = {{*s-kawŋ 'HOLLOW / HOLLOW OBJECT / HEAD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #387},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/387}
}