STEDT
STEDT #470

*nap

MOUTH
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlenapinitialnrhymeapcoverM · T

Reflexes & cognates72 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani53

Bokarnap morpheme n‘beard / moustache / goatee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0086.24
Bokarnap tummorpheme ‘close (the mouth)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1155.24
Bokarnap tummorpheme v.‘close (the mouth) lightly’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1523.24
Bokar Lhobanap morpheme ‘beard’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 246.51
Bokar Lhobanap morpheme ‘chin’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 247.51
Galo`nabbeemorpheme n.‘drool’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`nabbikmorpheme adj.‘shrug (lips)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`nabbikmorpheme n.‘shrug (lips)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`nabjommorpheme adj.‘sloping-mouthed’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`napkapmorpheme n.‘pointy (chin)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`napkapmorpheme adj.‘pointy-chinned’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`napkapmorpheme n.‘sunken (mouth)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`naptummorpheme adj.‘closed (mouth)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`naptummorpheme n.‘closed (mouth)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galonabdoomorpheme adj.‘protruding (mouth)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galonabdoomorpheme n.‘protruding (mouth)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galonabjakmorpheme adj.‘cleft palate’GLDC 09 Galo
Galonap-pa#476 PTB *m-p(r)(w)aŋ ‘MOUTH’PTani *fi-buŋ ‘BEAK’PCN *paŋ ‘MOUTH’ ‘mouth’Galo seems to show an alternation between bu and pa. If these are indeed allofams, it would support the reconstruction of a rising diphthong *-wa-.Das Gupta 63 Gal
Galonappaamorpheme n.‘mouth’GLDC 09 Galo
Galonappormorpheme adj.‘malformed (mouth)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galonappormorpheme n.‘malformed (mouth)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galonaptormorpheme n.‘mouth (protruding)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galonaptuumorpheme adj.‘short (mouth)’GLDC 09 Galo
Taginnapcumorpheme ‘upper lip’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

2.1.2Bodic10

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #470, *nap ‘MOUTH’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/470
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-470,
  title  = {{*nap 'MOUTH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #470},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/470}
}