*m-kup

EDGE / BANK / MOUTH

Notes

This so far sparsely attested root bears a certain resemblance to #454 PTB *r-ka(ː)m LIP / MOUTH / EDGE / BANK, but we are treating it as a separate etymon.

Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)2

Yimchungrüamüngmorpheme◦küp ‘bank (edge)’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrüküp ‘bank (edge)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho9

Jingphon-gup ‘mouth’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphoǹ-gùp ‘mouth’Matisoff 87 BP

Jingphon-gup nprefix-gaumorpheme ‘mouth’Matisoff 87 BP

Jingphon-gup nprefix-mun#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘moustache’Matisoff 87 BP

Jingphongup ‘mouth’Matisoff 87 BP

Jingphon̩³¹ kup³¹ ‘mouth’Liu 84

Jingphon³¹kup³¹ n‘mouth’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0084.19

Jingphon³¹kup³¹ ‘mouth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 242.47

Jingpho¹n¹gup ‘mouth’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1104

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5471, *m-kup ‘EDGE / BANK / MOUTH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5471

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5471,
  title  = {{*m-kup 'EDGE / BANK / MOUTH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5471},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5471}
}