STEDT #404
*(p/b)waŋ
HIPS / BUTTOCKS / TAIL / ANUS
Reconstruction analysis
handlepoKinitialprhymeo(ŋ/k)coverP · NT
Notes
This root seems to be quite distinct from #2151 PTB *s-baŋ DUNG, although WB phaŋ ‘anus’ was cited in connection with the latter in HPTB:264.
Reflexes & cognates59 reflexes · 16 subgroups
1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2
1.1.2Deng5
1.3“Naga” Areal Group1
1.5Mikir [Karbi]3
1.7.1.1Bodo1
Dimasaya#375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’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’◦phong ‘thigh’Marrison 67 Naga
2.1.2.1Tibetan2
2.1.3Lepcha1
2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1
Limbusemorpheme◦boŋ◦bā#410 PTB *m-(p/b)a ‘HIPS / BUTTOCKS / TAIL’PLB *m-ba²/³ ‘TAIL’ ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP
3.1Tangut1
3.2Qiangic3
Guiqiongbo³³#398 PTB *m-pu ‘HIPS’PTk *pɐ ‘BUTTOCKS / HIP’ bo⁵³ ‘buttocks’It is not clear which of the two syllables descends from the present root, or whether some type of reduplication is involved.Sun H 91 GuiQ
3.3.1rGyalrong1
5Tujia6
6.1.1Burmish20
Bolatʃʰauʔ⁵⁵#215 PTB *gyu-k ⪤ *dzyu-k ‘WAIST’PLB *gyukᴸ ⪤ *džukᴸ ‘WAIST’ pauŋ⁵⁵ ‘buttocks’Dai 89 Bola: 122
Burmese (Written)poŋ-rûi#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’ ‘thigh bone’Matisoff 87 BP
Hpun (Northern)ăprefix◦pɔ́ŋ càmorpheme; pɔŋ ceʔ#217 PTB *krya(t/n) ‘WAIST / LOINS’ ‘groin’Henderson 86 Hpun
Lashita̱ŋ⁵⁵#225 PTB *m-daŋ ‘BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS’ pou⁵⁵ ʃo⁵⁵morpheme ‘rump’Dai 89 Lash: 5.10
Maru [Langsu]tɔ̃⁵⁵#225 PTB *m-daŋ ‘BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS’ puk⁵⁵ ʃɔ³⁵morpheme ‘rump’Dai 89 Lang: 5.10
Maru [Langsu]tʃhauk⁵⁵#577 PTB *r/s-kya(k/ŋ) ‘SHIT / EXCREMENT’ puŋ⁵⁵ ‘anus / rectum’Dai 89 Lang: 9.12
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish3
6.1.2.2Central Loloish3
Ahimɑ⁵⁵#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’ po²² ‘buttocks’Luo 90: 5.10.1
Sani [Nyi]mæ⁵⁵#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’ pu³³ ‘buttocks’Wu 84: 33.2
Sani [Nyi]mɛ⁵⁵#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’pu³³ ‘buttocks’Wu 84
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish6
Côông [Phunoi]ã#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’◦pũ⁵⁵ comorpheme◦ca³¹morpheme ‘groin / loins / hips’Ferlus 91: 1.10
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #404,
*(p/b)waŋ ‘HIPS / BUTTOCKS / TAIL / ANUS’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/404Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-404,
title = {{*(p/b)waŋ 'HIPS / BUTTOCKS / TAIL / ANUS'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #404},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/404}
}