Reconstruction analysis
handlechyuprefixminitialchyrhymeucoverTS · V
Notes
The last syllable of the Lahu form khɨ-mɛ̄-cu ‘heel’ also occurs in làʔ-mɛ̄-cu ‘elbow’ and qhɔ-cu ‘hill, mountain peak’, and seems to mean “rounded object”. (The form cwi is a more colloquial variant of cu. See GL:19.)
Further confirmation of this root would be welcome.
Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 2 subgroups
2.1.4Tamangish3
6.1.2.2Central Loloish3
Lahu (Black)khɨ#335 PTB *krəy ‘FOOT’-mɛ̄#1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’MesorootsPTani *me ~ *mjo ‘TAIL’PKC *C-may ‘TAIL’PLB *ʔ-m(r)ay² ‘TAIL’PL *ʔmri² ‘TAIL’Allofams1 #1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’1a #5545 PTB *r-mey ‘TAIL’-cu ‘heel’Matisoff 87 BP
Lahu (Black)khɨ#335 PTB *krəy ‘FOOT’-mɛ̄#1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’MesorootsPTani *me ~ *mjo ‘TAIL’PKC *C-may ‘TAIL’PLB *ʔ-m(r)ay² ‘TAIL’PL *ʔmri² ‘TAIL’Allofams1 #1288 PTB *r-may ⪤ *m-ray ‘TAIL / PENIS’1a #5545 PTB *r-mey ‘TAIL’-cwi ‘heel’Matisoff 87 BP
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #395,
*tsyu ‘HEEL’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/395Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-395,
title = {{*tsyu 'HEEL'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #395},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/395}
}