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STEDT #448

*d(y)al

LIP / SKIN
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handledyalinitiald(y)rhymealcoverT · L

Connections

HPTB*d(y)al ‘lip’p. 405

Notes

See HPTB pp. 405-6.

The final liquid in this root is well-attested: directly in Mizo, Garo, Khaling, and Tangut, and indirectly by Jingpho final -n.

The first syllables of a pair of forms from the North Assam group (Darang thɯ⁵⁵ no⁵⁵, Idu tia³⁵ ndze⁵⁵ ‘lip’) look rather like the reflexes of this etymon, but they appear to represent a body part prefix which occurs in several other words related loosely to MOUTH: Darang tʰɯ³¹ liɯŋ⁵³ nɑ³⁵ ‘tongue’, tʰɯ³¹ ɹɯm⁵³ m̩⁵⁵ ‘beard’, tʰɯ³¹ tiɑ⁵⁵ ‘chin’, Idu tia³⁵pɹa³⁵ ‘tooth’.

Reflexes & cognates37 reflexes · 15 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.2.2Central Chin1

1.7.3.1Jingpho6

Jingphoǹprefix-tēn ‘lip’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphoningprefix◦ten ‘lip’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphon̩³¹prefix te̱n³³ ‘lip’Liu 84
Jingphonprefix◦ten ‘lip’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingphosaimorpheme◦lenmorpheme nprefix-ten ‘lip’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphoshingprefix◦ten ‘lip’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti3

Limbumumorpheme◦kon#473 PTB *kwaŋ ‘MOUTH’◦de ‘lower lip’Matisoff 87 BP
Limbuthāŋ#1722 PTB *l-t(y)ak ‘UPPER SURFACE / TOP / ABOVE / CLIMB / LIFT / ASCEND / PALATE’Allofams9 #1722 PTB *l-t(y)ak ‘UPPER SURFACE / TOP / ABOVE / CLIMB / LIFT / ASCEND / PALATE’9a #391 PTB *s-tak ‘HEAD’◦kon#473 PTB *kwaŋ ‘MOUTH’◦de ‘upper lip’Matisoff 87 BP

3.1Tangut1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #448, *d(y)al ‘LIP / SKIN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/448
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p.405
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-448,
  title  = {{*d(y)al 'LIP / SKIN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #448},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/448}
}