STEDT
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

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]înprefix-bok ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP
Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]taprefix-pong ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

1.1.2Deng5

Idue⁵⁵prefixpi⁵⁵#400 PTB *pin ‘HIPS’pu⁵⁵ ‘haunches (of animal)’Sun H 91 IduQ: 5.8.3
Iduiprefix#400 PTB *pin ‘HIPS’ ‘buttocks’Pulu 78
Iduiprefixpi#400 PTB *pin ‘HIPS’ ‘buttocks’Anonymous 62 Idu

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchapán̊ ‘waist’Matisoff 87 BP

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]phon¹ ‘bosom’Sofronov 97

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

rGyalrong (NW)prefixχpon ʁomorphemermamorpheme ‘lap’Sun H 91 rNW: 1.8

6.1.1Burmish20

Burmese (Written)poŋ-khyanmorpheme ‘groin’Matisoff 87 BP
Burmese (Written)poŋ-rûimorpheme ‘thigh’Matisoff 87 BP
Burmese (Written)poŋ³ ‘thigh / buttocks’Luce 85: X.134
Burmese (Written)əprefix-poŋ ‘thigh; side of door’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)ʔəprefixpoŋ ‘thigh’Matisoff 87 BP
Hpun (Northern)ăprefixpɔ́ŋ ‘thigh’Henderson 86 Hpun
Hpun (Northern)ăprefixpɔ́ŋ morpheme; pɔŋ ceʔ#217 PTB *krya(t/n) ‘WAIST / LOINS’ ‘groin’Henderson 86 Hpun
Marmaəprefixpɔŋ ‘thigh’Huziwara 08 Sak: 42-11

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish3

Nusu (Central/Zhizhiluo)bõ³⁵ bõ³⁵ ‘thigh’Dai 89 NusA: 123.

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish6

Bisupɔ́ŋmorpheme ‘thigh’Beaudouin 88 Bisu: 15
Côông [Phunoi]ã#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’pũ⁵⁵ comorphemeca³¹morpheme ‘groin / loins / hips’Ferlus 91: 1.10
Ugongphùŋbǎlǎŋmorpheme ‘thigh’Bradley 93 Ugo: 6.2.1
Ugongphùŋbàlǎŋwúmorpheme/ᴜ ‘thigh bone / femur’Bradley 93 Ugo: 6.2.1.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #404, *(p/b)waŋ ‘HIPS / BUTTOCKS / TAIL / ANUS’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/404
Data: 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}
}