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STEDT #536

*r-g-yuŋ

OBSCURE INTERNAL CHANNEL / BLOOD VESSEL / SINEW / MUSCLE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handleg-yuŋprefixrinitialg-yrhymeuŋcoverK · N

Notes

THis root is somewhat speculative, although it seems quite promising.

Reflexes & cognates23 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.1.2Deng2

Kaman [Miju]giɑn³⁵ ‘muscle’Sun H 80 MLD

Idujaŋ⁵⁵bɹeŋ⁵⁵morpheme ‘muscle’Sun H 91 IduQ: 8.8

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

Kanaurisī#230 PTB *s-hywəy-t ‘BLOOD’MesorootsPTani *viː ‘BLOOD’PKC *thii ‘BLOOD’PCN *a-(h)jəjʔ ‘BLOOD’PTk *ʃi ‘BLOOD’PNN *C̥-həːy ‘BLOOD’PNN *syi ‘BLOOD’PLB *swəy² ‘BLOOD’PKar *swiᴮ ‘BLOOD’Allofams1a #230 PTB *s-hywəy-t ‘BLOOD’1b #5485 PTB *suy ‘MARROW’◦röṅ ‘blood vessel / vein / artery’Matisoff 87 BP

Pattani [Manchati]jàŋ ‘blood vessel / vein / artery’Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 8.7.1

2.1.2.1Tibetan4

Tibetan (Written)c̀ʻu#538 PTB *tsyu ‘OBSCURE INTERNAL CHANNEL / SINEW / NERVE / MUSCLE’-rgyus ‘sinews; ligaments; nerves’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)rgyuṅ-basuffix ‘nerve’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)rgyuṅ-basuffix ‘lg. sinew’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)rgyus-pasuffix ‘muscle, sinew’Zhang Liansheng 88: 56

2.1.4Tamangish3

Tamang (Risiangku)¹tsjaŋ ‘vein, blood vessel, nerve, lig’Mazaudon 91 TamQ: 8.7.1, 8.6

Tamang (Sahu)'kā#231 PTB *krak ‘BLOOD / RED’.cyāhng ‘blood vessel / vein / artery’Matisoff 87 BP

Tamang (Sahu)'kaː#231 PTB *krak ‘BLOOD / RED’.cyahŋ ‘blood vessel’Taylor 72 TmVo: 2.6

2.2Newar1

Newarchõ ‘sinew / tendon’Shakya 89: 8.5

3.2Qiangic9

Muyandʐə²⁴ n‘tendon / sinew’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0130.15

Muya [Minyak]ndʐuɯ³⁵ ‘sinew’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 267.15

Muya [Minyak]nprefix◦dʐuɯ³⁵ ‘sinew / tendon’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 8.5

Pumi (Taoba)dʐu⁵³ ‘muscle / sinew’Lu 83 Pumi

Pumi (Taoba)dʐu⁵³ ‘sinew’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 267.10

Qiang (Taoping)dʐɿ²⁴¹ ‘sinew’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 267.9

Qiang (Taoping)dʐʅ²³¹ ‘muscle / sinew’Sun H 81 Qia

Queyu (Xinlong)tʂy⁵⁵ n‘tendon / sinew’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0130.13

Zhaba (Daofu County)tʂu¹³ n‘tendon / sinew’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0130.14

6.1.1Burmish2

Lashisui⁵⁵#230 PTB *s-hywəy-t ‘BLOOD’MesorootsPTani *viː ‘BLOOD’PKC *thii ‘BLOOD’PCN *a-(h)jəjʔ ‘BLOOD’PTk *ʃi ‘BLOOD’PNN *C̥-həːy ‘BLOOD’PNN *syi ‘BLOOD’PLB *swəy² ‘BLOOD’PKar *swiᴮ ‘BLOOD’Allofams1a #230 PTB *s-hywəy-t ‘BLOOD’1b #5485 PTB *suy ‘MARROW’ khjo³³ ‘blood vessel / vein / artery’Dai 89 Lash: 8.7.1

Maru [Langsu]sa³⁵#230 PTB *s-hywəy-t ‘BLOOD’MesorootsPTani *viː ‘BLOOD’PKC *thii ‘BLOOD’PCN *a-(h)jəjʔ ‘BLOOD’PTk *ʃi ‘BLOOD’PNN *C̥-həːy ‘BLOOD’PNN *syi ‘BLOOD’PLB *swəy² ‘BLOOD’PKar *swiᴮ ‘BLOOD’Allofams1a #230 PTB *s-hywəy-t ‘BLOOD’1b #5485 PTB *suy ‘MARROW’ khjɔ³¹ ‘blood vessel / vein / artery’Dai 89 Lang: 8.7.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #536, *r-g-yuŋ ‘OBSCURE INTERNAL CHANNEL / BLOOD VESSEL / SINEW / MUSCLE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/536

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-536,
  title  = {{*r-g-yuŋ 'OBSCURE INTERNAL CHANNEL / BLOOD VESSEL / SINEW / MUSCLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #536},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/536}
}