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STEDT #496

*m-g(u/i)l

THROAT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

Poss. allofams*k-(r/l)aw ‘THROAT / PALATE’, *m-g(u/i)l ‘THROAT’

Reflexes & cognates23 reflexes · 14 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetankul~gul ‘neck’also contains *kulCoblin 86: 112

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]gí-rímorpheme ‘Adam's apple’Matisoff 87 BP

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Kom Remkəprefix◦dəŋ#822 PTB *dwa(ː)ŋ ‘HOLE / ORIFICE / CAVE / PIT / WELL (FOR WATER)’ kʰul ‘windpipe / trachea’Toba 91 KRQ: 4.2.1

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix ru¹¹#488 PTB *k-(r/l)aw ‘THROAT / PALATE’ ki⁵⁵ ‘windpipe / trachea’Nienu 90 AngQ: 4.2.1

1.5Mikir [Karbi]2

Mikir [Karbi]lang#479 PTB *g/m-liŋ ‘NECK’PTani *lɯŋ ‘NECK’◦joi (aprefix◦pongmorpheme) ‘throat / gullet / esophagus’Matisoff 87 BP

Mikir [Karbi]lang#479 PTB *g/m-liŋ ‘NECK’PTani *lɯŋ ‘NECK’◦joi, chemorpheme◦thok#359 PTB *tuk ⪤ *twak ‘HEAD / SKULL / NECK’ ‘throat’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Bodobo#3365 PTB *baw ‘LARYNX / WINDPIPE / NECK’◦gol tumorpheme◦tí#501 PTB *ti ‘WINDPIPE / TRACHEA / THROAT’ ‘windpipe’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodobo#3365 PTB *baw ‘LARYNX / WINDPIPE / NECK’◦gol tumorpheme◦tí#501 PTB *ti ‘WINDPIPE / TRACHEA / THROAT’ ‘windpipe / trachea’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garo (Bangladesh)git-ok#359 PTB *tuk ⪤ *twak ‘HEAD / SKULL / NECK’-du'#3411 PTB *tsyi-k ‘WINDPIPE / ADAM'S APPLE’-chi ‘adam's apple’[Source note] (lit: neck-egg).Burling 92 GaBa

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Bunankhã#3361 PTB *gwaŋ ‘NECK / THROAT’PTani *gruŋ? ‘THROAT’PTk *kʰoŋ ‘NECK’PLB *ʔgoŋ² ‘NECK / NECK-LIKE PART’◦gul ‘neck’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 4.1

2.1.2.1Tibetan6

Tibetan (Written)'gul-pa#1902 PTB *-pu ⪤ *-pwa ‘SUFFIX (nominalizer; bulk-provider)’ ~ mgul(-pa#1902 PTB *-pu ⪤ *-pwa ‘SUFFIX (nominalizer; bulk-provider)’) ‘neck, throat’Coblin 86: 112

Tibetan (Written)h̥gul ‘throat / neck (resp.)’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)mgul ‘throat’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)mgul(-pasuffix) ‘throat / neck (resp.)’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)mgur ‘neck’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)mgur ‘throat / neck (resp.)’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.4Tamangish2

Chantyalkil◦tiŋmorpheme ‘adam's apple / larynx’Noonan 92: 4.1.4

Manang (Gyaru)da⁴morpheme jɯ³morpheme gɯ³ ‘nape’Nagano 84 Man: 025-01

2.3.3Central Kiranti1

Dumikil◦likmorpheme-kil◦likmorpheme ‘Adam's apple, the lump caused by projecting thyroid cartilage in’Driem 93 Dumi

3.1Tangut3

Tangut [Xixia]kor ‘larynx, throat’Li 97 Tangut: 0458

Tangut [Xixia]kor ‘throat’Nishida 64 Tan: 98-072

Tangut [Xixia]kor-nʷeɦmorpheme ‘throat’Nishida 64 Tan: 184

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old)kenx ‘neck’also contains *kulCoblin 86: 112

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Chinese (Middle)kən: ‘neck’also contains *kulCoblin 86: 112

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #496, *m-g(u/i)l ‘THROAT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/496

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-496,
  title  = {{*m-g(u/i)l 'THROAT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #496},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/496}
}