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STEDT #514

*m-tsyal

NAIL / CLAW

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletsyelprefixminitialtsyrhymeelcoverTS · L

Connections

Allofams

HPTB*m-(t)syen ‘nail / claw’pp. 29, 278, 290, 296

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.4Meithei5

Meitheikhu#712 PTB *k(r)u-t ‘HAND / FIST / ARM’PKC *kut ⪤ *khut ‘HAND’PKC *kut-tum ⪤ *khut-tum ‘FIST’PTk *kʰut ‘HAND / ARM’◦jil ‘claw (of animal)’Singh 91 MeiQ: 7.4.3

Meitheikhu#712 PTB *k(r)u-t ‘HAND / FIST / ARM’PKC *kut ⪤ *khut ‘HAND’PKC *kut-tum ⪤ *khut-tum ‘FIST’PTk *kʰut ‘HAND / ARM’◦jil ‘talon (of bird)’Singh 91 MeiQ: 7.4.4

Meitheikhu#712 PTB *k(r)u-t ‘HAND / FIST / ARM’PKC *kut ⪤ *khut ‘HAND’PKC *kut-tum ⪤ *khut-tum ‘FIST’PTk *kʰut ‘HAND / ARM’◦jil ‘claw’Marrison 67 Naga

Meitheikhu#712 PTB *k(r)u-t ‘HAND / FIST / ARM’PKC *kut ⪤ *khut ‘HAND’PKC *kut-tum ⪤ *khut-tum ‘FIST’PTk *kʰut ‘HAND / ARM’◦jil ‘claw’Marrison 67 Naga

Meitheikhu#712 PTB *k(r)u-t ‘HAND / FIST / ARM’PKC *kut ⪤ *khut ‘HAND’PKC *kut-tum ⪤ *khut-tum ‘FIST’PTk *kʰut ‘HAND / ARM’◦jil ‘fingernail’Matisoff 87 BP

4Nungic2

Trung [Dulong]ñil⁴⁴ ‘fingernail’Matisoff 87 BP

Trung [Dulong]ñil⁴̯⁴̯ sɹi⁴⁴morpheme hlam⁴²#768 PTB *m/s-lam ‘WING / ARM / HAND / FINGER’ ‘finger (little)’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #514, *m-tsyal ‘NAIL / CLAW’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/514

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-514,
  title  = {{*m-tsyal 'NAIL / CLAW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #514},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/514}
}