STEDT #526

*(t)sum

NAVEL

Reconstruction analysis

handletsumprefixtinitial(t)srhymeumcoverTS · N

Notes

This root is virtually confined to Himalayish. The Konyak form with initial h- is also probably related. Note the two Thulung forms, which may be co-allofams; theom seems to fit better phonologically, despite the semantic divergence.

Reflexes & cognates13 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Konyakhum◦bomorpheme ‘navel’Marrison 67 Naga

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti3

Limbunāmorpheme◦sum◦bro#527 PTB *br(w)ak ‘NAVEL’ ‘navel’Matisoff 87 BP

Limbusām◦brok#527 PTB *br(w)ak ‘NAVEL’◦pāmorpheme ‘navel’Matisoff 87 BP

Yakhaphok#164 PTB *d-puːk ‘BELLY / VITALS / HOLLOW OBJECT / CAVE’MesorootsPTani *puk ‘HEART’PTani *pɯk ‘CAVE’PCN *puk ‘STOMACH, BELLY’PTk *buk ‘BELLY / STOMACH’Allofams1 #6723 PTB *d-(p/b)u-k ‘BELLY / STOMACH / CAVE’1a #2104 PTB *pʷik ‘BELLY / STOMACH’1b #2106 PTB *wuk ‘BELLY / STOMACH’1c #164 PTB *d-puːk ‘BELLY / VITALS / HOLLOW OBJECT / CAVE’1d #2103 PTB *pʷu ‘BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY’1e #2102 PTB *wu ‘BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY’1g #2111 PTB *pwa(ŋ/n) ‘BELLY / CENTER’◦su◦kəliːkmorpheme ‘navel’Kohn 90: 5.7.1

2.3.2Southern Kiranti5

Bantawachum◦buymorpheme◦tli#517 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ‘NAVEL / CENTER / SELF’MesorootsPKC *laay ‘CENTER / MIDDLE / NAVEL’PCN *ph-laj ‘NAVEL, BELLY BUTTON’PTk *laj ‘NAVEL’Allofams40 #518 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ⪤ *s-tay ‘NAVEL’40a #517 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ‘NAVEL / CENTER / SELF’40b #519 PTB *s-tay ‘NAVEL / ABDOMEN / CENTER / SELF’ ‘navel’For Bantawa tl-, cf. Lakher [Mara] and Miju forms with similar reflexes of #517 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y NAVEL / CENTER / SELF.Weidert 87 TBTo: 214

Bantawachum◦bumorpheme◦li#517 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ‘NAVEL / CENTER / SELF’MesorootsPKC *laay ‘CENTER / MIDDLE / NAVEL’PCN *ph-laj ‘NAVEL, BELLY BUTTON’PTk *laj ‘NAVEL’Allofams40 #518 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ⪤ *s-tay ‘NAVEL’40a #517 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ‘NAVEL / CENTER / SELF’40b #519 PTB *s-tay ‘NAVEL / ABDOMEN / CENTER / SELF’ ‘middle’Weidert 87 TBTo: 214

Bantawatshum-bumorpheme◦li#517 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ‘NAVEL / CENTER / SELF’MesorootsPKC *laay ‘CENTER / MIDDLE / NAVEL’PCN *ph-laj ‘NAVEL, BELLY BUTTON’PTk *laj ‘NAVEL’Allofams40 #518 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ⪤ *s-tay ‘NAVEL’40a #517 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ‘NAVEL / CENTER / SELF’40b #519 PTB *s-tay ‘NAVEL / ABDOMEN / CENTER / SELF’ ‘navel’Matisoff 87 BP

Bantawatshum◦bumorpheme◦rimorpheme ‘umbilical cord’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.4Western Kiranti4

Hayusᴜ◦li#517 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ‘NAVEL / CENTER / SELF’MesorootsPKC *laay ‘CENTER / MIDDLE / NAVEL’PCN *ph-laj ‘NAVEL, BELLY BUTTON’PTk *laj ‘NAVEL’Allofams40 #518 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ⪤ *s-tay ‘NAVEL’40a #517 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ‘NAVEL / CENTER / SELF’40b #519 PTB *s-tay ‘NAVEL / ABDOMEN / CENTER / SELF’◦pᴜŋ#2111 PTB *pwa(ŋ/n) ‘BELLY / CENTER’Allofams1 #6723 PTB *d-(p/b)u-k ‘BELLY / STOMACH / CAVE’1a #2104 PTB *pʷik ‘BELLY / STOMACH’1b #2106 PTB *wuk ‘BELLY / STOMACH’1c #164 PTB *d-puːk ‘BELLY / VITALS / HOLLOW OBJECT / CAVE’1d #2103 PTB *pʷu ‘BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY’1e #2102 PTB *wu ‘BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY’1g #2111 PTB *pwa(ŋ/n) ‘BELLY / CENTER’ ‘navel’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 129

Thulungbyumorpheme◦syu◦masuffix ‘navel’Matisoff 87 BP

Thulungtheom ‘belly’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 90

Thulungtheom ‘belly’Allen 75

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #526, *(t)sum ‘NAVEL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/526

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-526,
  title  = {{*(t)sum 'NAVEL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #526},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/526}
}