*kan

PHLEGM / SALIVA

Reconstruction analysis

handlekaninitialkrhymeancoverK · N

Notes

This root is much less widespread than the resemblant #540 PTB *k(r)aːk PHLEGM / SPUTUM / MUCUS and seems distinct from it.

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Moyonbʌmorpheme◦cír#600 PTB *m-ts(y/r)il ‘SPIT’PKC *tsil ‘SPITTLE / SALIVA’PCN *m-tʃə ‘SALIVA, SPITTLE / SPIT (v.)’PTk *cer ‘SALIVA’◦khæ̀n ‘saliva (dribbling from mouth)’Kosha 90: 3.7.5

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)badmorpheme-kan ‘phlegm / sputum / saliva / mucus’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.1Burmish8

Achang (Lianghe)tɕin³¹morpheme khɑn³¹ ‘phlegm’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Luxi)tsa⁵⁵morpheme kan⁵⁵ ‘saliva’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Xiandao)cʰu³¹morpheme xan³¹ ‘phlegm’Dai 89 Xian: 184

Burmese (Written)khywâymorpheme-khân ‘phlegm / sputum / saliva / mucus’Matisoff 87 BP

Lashiʃə̌⁵⁵morpheme ka̱n⁵⁵ ‘liquid mucus’Dai 89 Lash: 3.5.6

Lashiʃə̌⁵⁵morpheme ka̱n⁵⁵ ‘solid mucus’Dai 89 Lash: 3.5.7

Lashiʃɛ̌⁵⁵morpheme ka̱n⁵⁵ ‘phlegm’Dai 89 Lash: 9.2.5

Leqi (Luxi)ʃə̆⁵⁵morphemeka̱n⁵⁵ nbp‘sputum’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0155.33

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish4

Bisukhàn◦laŋ#191 PTB *laŋ ‘WATER / FLUID / RIVER / VALLEY’PTani *laŋ ‘SOUP’PLB *laŋ¹ ‘RIVER / VALLEY’ ‘saliva’Beaudouin 88 Bisu: 15

Côông [Phunoi]khan ‘spittle / saliva’Matisoff 87 BP

Pyenkan33 chao31morpheme ‘phlegm’Shintani 09 Pyen: 131083

Pyenkhan31 ‘saliva’Shintani 09 Pyen: 131081

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #539, *kan ‘PHLEGM / SALIVA’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/539

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-539,
  title  = {{*kan 'PHLEGM / SALIVA'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #539},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/539}
}