Reconstruction analysis
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Notes
This etymon, which never occurs as an initial syllable in a compound, bears a certain resemblance to #1017 PTB *lam ROAD, with a putative semantic association based on the throat’s being a pathway to the interior of the body.
Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 6 subgroups
1.1.2Deng4
Idueprefix◦ro#489 PTB *k/s-raw(k/ŋ) ⪤ *k-rwa(k/ŋ) ‘THROAT’PTk *rok ‘THROAT / LARYNX / VOICE’-lõ ‘throat’Anonymous 62 Idu
Idueprefix◦rõ#489 PTB *k/s-raw(k/ŋ) ⪤ *k-rwa(k/ŋ) ‘THROAT’PTk *rok ‘THROAT / LARYNX / VOICE’◦lõ ‘Adam's apple’Pulu 78
2.1.1Western Himalayish1
Pattani [Manchati]ol#490 PTB *wa(l/r) ‘THROAT’PKC *ʔor ‘THROAT (outside)’◦loŋ ‘adam's apple / larynx’Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 4.1.4
2.1.3Lepcha1
Lepchaaprefix-sóm#66 PTB *s(y)am-s ‘BREATH / LUNG / SPIRIT / VOICE / HEART’ lóm ‘windpipe / trachea’Matisoff 87 BP
2.3.1Eastern Kiranti2
Yakhaikmorpheme◦laːm ‘throat / gullet / pharynx’For Yakha ik, cf. *ik STC #113 STRANGLE/THROTTLE.Kohn 90: 4.2
4Nungic3
Nungkɔ³¹#3361 PTB *gwaŋ ‘NECK / THROAT’PTani *gruŋ? ‘THROAT’PTk *kʰoŋ ‘NECK’PLB *ʔgoŋ² ‘NECK / NECK-LIKE PART’lɔn⁵³ n‘throat’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0141.21
Anongkɔ³¹#3361 PTB *gwaŋ ‘NECK / THROAT’PTani *gruŋ? ‘THROAT’PTk *kʰoŋ ‘NECK’PLB *ʔgoŋ² ‘NECK / NECK-LIKE PART’lɔn⁵³ ‘throat’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 249.44
Trung [Dulong]ko⁴⁴#3361 PTB *gwaŋ ‘NECK / THROAT’PTani *gruŋ? ‘THROAT’PTk *kʰoŋ ‘NECK’PLB *ʔgoŋ² ‘NECK / NECK-LIKE PART’ lom⁴⁴ ‘Adam's apple / larynx / glottis’Matisoff 87 BP
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #499,
*lwam ‘THROAT’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/499Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-499,
title = {{*lwam 'THROAT'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #499},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/499}
}