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g-ts(y)u(k/ŋ) ⪤ g-ts(y)i-k

BRAIN / MARROW

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handletsyuprefixginitialts(y)rhymeu(k/ŋ)⪤gcoverTS · NT

Notes

Cf. FAT 1437/1439.

Reflexes & cognates59 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.2.4“Old Kuki”3

Kom Remlu#1221 PTB *k-lu ‘HEAD’PKC *luu ‘HEAD’PKar *kləɁᴰ ‘HEAD’ tʰuk ‘brain’Toba 91 KRQ: 9.1

Kom Remru#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’◦tʰuk ‘marrow’Toba 91 KRQ: 9.1.2

Kom Remrə#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’◦tʰik ‘marrow’Toba 91 KRQ: 8.4.3

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)3

Lotha Nagaki¹tʃhok³ n.‘brain’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha NagaKichuk ‘brain’Nienu 90 LotQ: 2.5

Lotha Nagakichuk ‘brain’Nienu 90 LotQ: 9.1

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchasŭn̊-dăk#1133 PTB *t(w)a(k/ŋ) ‘BRAIN / MARROW’PTk *tlok ‘BRAIN’ ‘marrow’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3Kiranti2

*Kirantici ‘brain’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 19

*BSDTKnep#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦ci ‘brain’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 20

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti12

Limbuhuk◦sī ‘marrow’Matisoff 87 BP

Limbuna#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦hiː◦masuffix ‘brain’Weidert 87 TBTo: 619

LimbunE#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦hiː ‘brain’Michailovsky 89 Lm

Limbuni#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦hi ‘brain’Weidert 87 TBTo: 619

Limbuni#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦sik◦pāsuffix ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP

Limbuni#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦siːk◦pasuffix ‘brain’Weidert 87 TBTo: 619

Limbuni#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦siːk◦pasuffix ‘brain’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 20

Limbunɛ#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦hi ‘brain’Weidert 87 TBTo: 619

Limbunɛ#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦hi ‘brain’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 20

Yakhana#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦gaciʔ◦wasuffix ‘brain (= 2.5 )’Kohn 90: 9.1

Yakhana#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦gadziʔ◦wasuffix ‘brain (= 9.1 )’Kohn 90: 2.5

Yakhau#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’-na#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦ciʔ◦wasuffix ‘brain’Weidert 87 TBTo: 619

2.3.2Southern Kiranti19

Bantawadunmorpheme-dumorpheme-chut ‘marrow’Rai 84 BnDc: 24

Bantawadung#1133 PTB *t(w)a(k/ŋ) ‘BRAIN / MARROW’PTk *tlok ‘BRAIN’-kuchut ‘marrow’Rai 84 BnDc: 24

Bantawadutmorpheme◦lunmorpheme-chut ‘marrow’Rai 84 BnDc: 21

Bantawadumorpheme◦dummorpheme tshït ‘marrow’Matisoff 87 BP

Bantawaḏumorpheme◦ḏummorpheme-chut ‘marrow’Rai 84 BnDc: 24

Bantawadumorpheme◦dummorpheme◦tshut ‘marrow’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 115

Bantawaïlummorpheme◦tshuk ‘marrow’Matisoff 87 BP

Bantawatang#1133 PTB *t(w)a(k/ŋ) ‘BRAIN / MARROW’PTk *tlok ‘BRAIN’◦küchut ‘brain’Rai 84 BnDc: 68

Bantawatang#1133 PTB *t(w)a(k/ŋ) ‘BRAIN / MARROW’PTk *tlok ‘BRAIN’◦kücük ‘brain’Rai 84 BnDc: 68

BantawaTaN#1133 PTB *t(w)a(k/ŋ) ‘BRAIN / MARROW’PTk *tlok ‘BRAIN’◦kUcUk ‘brain’Rai 85 BnDs

Bantawataŋ|kï tshït#1133 PTB *t(w)a(k/ŋ) ‘BRAIN / MARROW’PTk *tlok ‘BRAIN’ (-k?) ‘brain’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 19

Bantawataŋ#1133 PTB *t(w)a(k/ŋ) ‘BRAIN / MARROW’PTk *tlok ‘BRAIN’◦kïcïk ‘brain’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 21

Bantawataŋ#371 PTB *m-twaŋ ‘FOREHEAD / HEAD / HAIR (OF HEAD) / HORN’◦kïtshïk ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP

Bantawataŋ#1133 PTB *t(w)a(k/ŋ) ‘BRAIN / MARROW’PTk *tlok ‘BRAIN’◦kïtshït ‘brain’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 21

Bantawatshïk ‘marrow’Matisoff 87 BP

Bantawaʈaŋ#1133 PTB *t(w)a(k/ŋ) ‘BRAIN / MARROW’PTk *tlok ‘BRAIN’◦kïcïk ‘brain’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 19

Chamlingche◦che◦lung#459 PTB *r-kliŋ ⪤ *r-klyaŋ ‘MARROW / BRAIN’PKC *khlik ⪤ *khliŋ ‘MARROW / SAP’PTk *tliŋ ‘MARROW’PLB *ʔkraŋ¹ ⪤ *ʔkyaŋ¹ ‘MARROW’◦masuffix ‘marrow’Winter 85: 9

Kulungtok#1133 PTB *t(w)a(k/ŋ) ‘BRAIN / MARROW’PTk *tlok ‘BRAIN’◦ci ‘brain’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 21

Kulungtok#1133 PTB *t(w)a(k/ŋ) ‘BRAIN / MARROW’PTk *tlok ‘BRAIN’◦ci ‘brain’Rai 75 Kul

2.3.3Central Kiranti5

Dumitaːk#1133 PTB *t(w)a(k/ŋ) ‘BRAIN / MARROW’PTk *tlok ‘BRAIN’◦tsi ‘brain’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 21

Dumitaːk#1133 PTB *t(w)a(k/ŋ) ‘BRAIN / MARROW’PTk *tlok ‘BRAIN’◦tsi ‘brain, brains’Driem 93 Dumi

Khaling'næ#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦s ‘brain’Weidert 87 TBTo: 619

Khalingneh#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦s ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP

Khalingne#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦s ‘brain’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 20

2.3.4Western Kiranti12

Bahingnip#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦tsi ‘brain’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 20

Bahingnip#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦tsi ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP

Sunwar'nip#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦si ‘brain’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 20

Sunwar'nip#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦si ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP

Sunwarnip#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦s(i) ‘brain’Weidert 87 TBTo: 619

ThulungchiT ‘marrow’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 115

ThulungchiT ‘marrow, magical substance’Allen 75

Thulungneop#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦ci ‘brain’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 19

Thulungneop◦ci ‘brain’also contains *s-nipMichailovsky 91 Kr: 20

Thulungnep#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦aprefix◦ci ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP

Thulungnep◦ci ‘brain’also contains *s-nipMichailovsky 91 Kr: 20

Thulungnep#249 PTB *s-nip ‘BRAIN’◦ci ‘brain’Allen 75

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Magarmi#1002 PPC *r-mi(y)-n ‘PERSON / MAN’PTani *miː ‘MAN (homo)’PKC *mii ‘PERSON / MAN / PEOPLE’PCN *a-[h]məjʔ ‘PERSON, HUMAN’PTk *mi ‘MAN / HUMAN’PNN *C̥-məy ‘MAN (generic)’TGTM *ᴬmi ‘MAN’-Thuk ‘marrow’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #463, *g-ts(y)u(k/ŋ) ⪤ *g-ts(y)i-k ‘BRAIN / MARROW’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/463

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-463,
  title  = {{*g-ts(y)u(k/ŋ) ⪤ *g-ts(y)i-k 'BRAIN / MARROW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #463},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/463}
}