*sit

NAPE / NECK / THROAT

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This sparsely attested root awaits further confirmation. As a long shot, one could compare #5592 PTB *sit WHISTLE[q.v.], with the semantic connection residing in the expulsion of air through the vocal organs.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.4Meithei1

Meitheiŋuŋ#483 PTB *s-ŋwa(ŋ/k) ‘NECK / WAIST’PKC *hŋooŋ ‘NECK / COLLAR’◦sit umorpheme◦toŋ#822 PTB *dwa(ː)ŋ ‘HOLE / ORIFICE / CAVE / PIT / WELL (FOR WATER)’ ‘windpipe / trachea’Singh 91 MeiQ: 4.2.1

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti5

Limbusik◦komamorpheme ‘nape of the neck’Michailovsky 89 Lm

Limbusik◦kumbāmorpheme ‘nape’Matisoff 87 BP

Limbusik◦ruŋ#479 PTB *g/m-liŋ ‘NECK’PTani *lɯŋ ‘NECK’◦nāmorpheme ‘nape’Matisoff 87 BP

Limbusit◦lamorpheme ‘neck, throat’Michailovsky 89 Lm

Limbusit◦lāmorpheme ‘neck’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.3Central Kiranti1

Dumitok#359 PTB *tuk ⪤ *twak ‘HEAD / SKULL / NECK’◦sɨ ‘neck / throat’Driem 93 Dumi

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #500, *sit ‘NAPE / NECK / THROAT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/500

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-500,
  title  = {{*sit 'NAPE / NECK / THROAT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #500},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/500}
}