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STEDT #483

*s-ŋwa(ŋ/k)

NECK / WAIST
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handleŋoKprefixsinitialŋrhymeoŋ/kcoverM · NT

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*hŋooŋ ‘NECK / COLLAR’PKC #916

Notes

Note that this root appears in some words for ‘waist’, as in Bokar Lhoba huŋ-ŋəŋ. It’s a natural extension for ‘neck’ to refer to any thin, bendable body part, as in the Korean words son-mok ‘wrist’ (literally ‘hand-neck’) and pal-mok ‘ankle’ (literally ‘foot-neck’).

This etymon is very similar to #3361 PTB *gwaŋ NECK / THROAT, and is very likely in an allofamic relationship to it.

Reflexes & cognates80 reflexes · 18 subgroups

1.1.2Deng9

Darang [Taraon]pa:morpheme◦hang ‘neck’Anonymous xx Tar
Darang [Taraon]paːmorpheme◦hang ‘voice, neck’Matisoff 87 BP
Darang [Taraon]pɑ³¹morpheme ŋ̊ŋˌ⁵⁵ ‘neck’Sun H 80 MLD
Darang [Taraon]pɑ³¹morphemeŋ̊ŋ⁵⁵ n‘neck’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0089.22
Darang [Taraon]pɑ³¹morphemeŋ̊ŋ⁵⁵ ‘neck’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 248.49
Kaman [Miju]xuŋ⁵⁵ ‘neck’Sun H 80 MLD

1.2.1.1Northern Chin10

Kuki-Chinngong ‘neck’Haokip 98: 4.1
Sizangngawng ‘neck’VanBik 09 PKC: 916
Thadongóong ‘neck’VanBik 09 PKC: 916
Thadoŋòŋ ‘neck’Thirumalai 72: 39
Tiddim-ŋɔːŋ n‘neck’Henderson 65 TidC
Tiddim-ŋɔːŋ ‘neck’Matisoff 87 BP
Tiddimngoːng² ‘neck’VanBik 09 PKC: 916
Tiddimngoːng² ‘neck’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1302
Tiddimŋɔŋ ‘neck’Matisoff 87 BP
Tiddimŋɔːŋ¹ ‘neck’Luce 85: N.44

1.2.3Maraic2

Xongsaiŋɔːŋ³ ‘neck’Luce 85: N.44
Zotungŋin ‘neck’Matisoff 87 BP

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group3

Chokringüm ‘throat’Marrison 67 Naga
Maokoprefix◦ngo ‘neck’Marrison 67 Naga
Maokoprefix◦ngo ‘throat’Marrison 67 Naga

1.6Mru1

Mrungong ‘neck’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Changngam ‘neck’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

Kanauris̱ẖaprefix◦ṅo n‘throat’Bailey 11
Kanauris̱ẖaprefix◦ṅo ‘throat / gullet / esophagus’Matisoff 87 BP

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]ngwə ‘throat / gullet / pharynx’Dai 89 Xixi: 4.2

7Karenic4

Pa-Opàtmorpheme ŋɔ̄n ‘hang on neck’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Oŋɔ̄n ‘neck’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Oŋɔ̄ŋ ʔɔ́ʔmorpheme ‘neck, back of’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Oŋən ‘neck’Jones 61: 399

8Bai3

Bai (Dali)ŋœ³ ‘throat / collar’Dell 81: pp.150-169
Bai (Dali)ŋœ³ pʰiœ¹morpheme ‘throat / collar’Dell 81: pp.150-169
Bai (Dali)ŋœ⁴ ‘throat / collar’Dell 81: pp.150-169

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #483, *s-ŋwa(ŋ/k) ‘NECK / WAIST’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/483
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-483,
  title  = {{*s-ŋwa(ŋ/k) 'NECK / WAIST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #483},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/483}
}