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STEDT #473

*kwaŋ

MOUTH

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handleg/koŋinitialg/krhymeoŋcoverK · N

Connections

See alsoLIP

Notes

This root might be allofamically related to #1723 PTB *kwaŋ PALATE / GUMS.

Reflexes & cognates22 reflexes · 6 subgroups

2.1.1Western Himalayish5

Kanaurikhang ‘mouth’Sharma, D.D. 88 Kn: 13

Kanaurikha#273 PTB *m/s-k(w)a-y ‘MOUTH / OPENING / SPREAD / DOOR / FACE / JAW’PKC *kaa ‘ENTRANCE / MOUTH’PKC *kaa ⪤ *khaa ‘CHIN / JAW (lower)’PCN *ka ‘GAPE, OPEN MOUTH’PTk *ka ‘OPEN (MOUTH)’PTk *kʰa ‘CHIN / JAW’PKar *kaᴮ ‘CHIN, JAW’◦khang ‘mouth’Sharma, D.D. 88 Kn: 13

Kanaurikha#273 PTB *m/s-k(w)a-y ‘MOUTH / OPENING / SPREAD / DOOR / FACE / JAW’PKC *kaa ‘ENTRANCE / MOUTH’PKC *kaa ⪤ *khaa ‘CHIN / JAW (lower)’PCN *ka ‘GAPE, OPEN MOUTH’PTk *ka ‘OPEN (MOUTH)’PTk *kʰa ‘CHIN / JAW’PKar *kaᴮ ‘CHIN, JAW’◦köṅ n‘mouth’Bailey 11

Kanaurikha#273 PTB *m/s-k(w)a-y ‘MOUTH / OPENING / SPREAD / DOOR / FACE / JAW’PKC *kaa ‘ENTRANCE / MOUTH’PKC *kaa ⪤ *khaa ‘CHIN / JAW (lower)’PCN *ka ‘GAPE, OPEN MOUTH’PTk *ka ‘OPEN (MOUTH)’PTk *kʰa ‘CHIN / JAW’PKar *kaᴮ ‘CHIN, JAW’◦köṅ ‘mouth’Matisoff 87 BP

Kanaurikha#273 PTB *m/s-k(w)a-y ‘MOUTH / OPENING / SPREAD / DOOR / FACE / JAW’PKC *kaa ‘ENTRANCE / MOUTH’PKC *kaa ⪤ *khaa ‘CHIN / JAW (lower)’PCN *ka ‘GAPE, OPEN MOUTH’PTk *ka ‘OPEN (MOUTH)’PTk *kʰa ‘CHIN / JAW’PKar *kaᴮ ‘CHIN, JAW’◦kəṅ ‘mouth’Sharma, D.D. 88 Kn: 29

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti3

Limbukon◦de#448 PTB *d(y)al ‘LIP / SKIN’ ‘lip’Matisoff 87 BP

Limbumumorpheme◦kon◦de#448 PTB *d(y)al ‘LIP / SKIN’ ‘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◦de#448 PTB *d(y)al ‘LIP / SKIN’ ‘upper lip’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.2Loloish1

Lolophome³¹#467 PTB *s-muːr ‘MOUTH / LIP / HOLD IN MOUTH / CHEW / FACE / GILLS’PKC *hmuur ‘LIP / BEAK / MOUTH / TIP’PCN *mən ‘MOUTH’PTk *mor ‘MOUTH’ khv̩⁴⁴ ‘mouth’Dai 89 Lolo: 3.7

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish5

Nusu (Central)n̥a⁵⁵#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ kɔ̃³³ ‘mouth’Dai 89 NusB: 107.

Nusu (Central/Zhizhiluo)n̥a⁵⁵#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ kʰõ³⁵ ‘mouth’Dai 89 NusA: 107.

Nusu (Southern)n̥i⁵⁵#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ kʰõ³¹ ‘mouth’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Central)n̥ɑ⁵⁵#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ kɔ̃³⁵ ‘mouth’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Northern)nɑ⁵⁵#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’ kʰõ³¹ ‘mouth’Sun J 86 Nusu

6.1.2.2Central Loloish5

Jinuo (Baya/Banai)mø⁴⁴#467 PTB *s-muːr ‘MOUTH / LIP / HOLD IN MOUTH / CHEW / FACE / GILLS’PKC *hmuur ‘LIP / BEAK / MOUTH / TIP’PCN *mən ‘MOUTH’PTk *mor ‘MOUTH’ kʰjø⁴⁴ ‘mouth’Dai 89 JinA: 110.1

Lahu (Black)mɔ²¹#687 PTB *s-muk ‘MOUTH’qɔ³³ ‘mouth’The second syllable of Lahu ‘mouth’ occurs in several other words làʔ=tɔ-qɔ ‘palm of the hand’, mə̂-qɔ ‘lip’, mû-lɔ̀ʔ-qɔ ‘daytime; afternoon’, and is glossed ‘noun formative of elusive meaning’. For now, however, we are assigning it to the present root.Sun H 91 ZMYY: 242.33

Lahu (Black)mɔ̀ʔ#687 PTB *s-muk ‘MOUTH’-qɔ ‘mouth’Matisoff 87 BP

Lahu (Black)mɔʔ²¹#687 PTB *s-muk ‘MOUTH’ qɔ³³ ‘mouth’Chang 86

Lahu (Yellow)mɔ³¹#687 PTB *s-muk ‘MOUTH’ qɔ³³ ‘mouth’Chang 86

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #473, *kwaŋ ‘MOUTH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/473

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-473,
  title  = {{*kwaŋ 'MOUTH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #473},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/473}
}