*gwa-ŋ

HEEL

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlegwainitialgwrhymea-ŋsuffixŋcoverK · VN

Notes

This sparsely attested root is so far to be found only in a few languages of the Himalayas.

Reflexes & cognates3 reflexes · 3 subgroups

2.2Newar1

Newargwā◦limorpheme ‘heel’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Hayukõː-teŋ#394 PTB *r-ti(ŋ/n) ‘HEEL’ ‘heel’Matisoff 87 BP

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Chepanggo-deʔ#394 PTB *r-ti(ŋ/n) ‘HEEL’ ‘heel’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #397, *gwa-ŋ ‘HEEL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/397

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-397,
  title  = {{*gwa-ŋ 'HEEL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #397},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/397}
}