STEDT #411

*mu(n/ŋ)

BUTTOCKS / TAIL / BACK

Reconstruction analysis

handlemun/tinitialmrhymeun/tcoverM · NT

Notes

This etymon seems to partially overlap with #1107 PTB *man BACK (lower) / BUTTOCKS, and should perhaps be merged with it in the future.

This weakly attested but fairly solid root has so far been found almost exclusively in Himalayish languages, with a likely Deng cognate. Hayu shows variation between final -n and -m, but the basic form of the etymon seems to reflect the former, especially since Tsangla has a final dental stop.

Reflexes & cognates16 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.1.2Deng1

Idulɯ³¹morphememum⁵³ ‘tail (of animal)’Sun H 91 IduQ: 5.10.3

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lushai [Mizo]mong ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

Lushai [Mizo]mong-kua#665 PTB *kwar ‘HOLE / ORIFICE / INNARDS’PKC *kuar ‘HOLLOW / SUNKEN’PKC *kua ‘HOLE / BURROW / CAVITY’PKC *khur ⪤ *khor ‘DITCH / HOLE / PIT / WELL (n.)’PCN *a-ku ⪤ *a-khən ‘HOLE’PTk *kʰur ‘HOLE / ANUS’PNN *gor ‘HOLE / CAVE’ ‘anus’Matisoff 87 BP

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Tangkhulmoŋ◦khuimorpheme ‘pelvis’Matisoff 87 BP

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]mung ‘back’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2Bodic1

Tsangla (Tilang)mut-pʰrokmorpheme-pasuffix ‘buttocks’Zhang Jichuan 86

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3

Hani (Caiyuan)ɔ³¹prefix mu⁵⁵ ‘back (of body)’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Caiyuan)ɔ³¹prefixmu⁵⁵ ‘back (of body)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 258.30

Hani (Gelanghe)xɔ⁵⁵morpheme mɔ⁵⁵ ‘back (of body)’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #411, *mu(n/ŋ) ‘BUTTOCKS / TAIL / BACK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/411

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

References: cf. 1107

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-411,
  title  = {{*mu(n/ŋ) 'BUTTOCKS / TAIL / BACK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #411},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/411}
}