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STEDT #565

*d(y/w)ar

SHOULDER
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handledarinitialdrhymearcoverT · L

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*ta ‘SHOULDER’KEEP 6/2012

Notes

Perhaps also the second syllables of the Manang forms ban³ da?¹ and ²pən taː. So far this root has been attested in the NE Indian Areal group, Qiangic, and probably Lolo-Burmese.

is only attested in the NE Indian Areal Group and Qiangic.

Reflexes & cognates28 reflexes · 8 subgroups

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

1.5Mikir [Karbi]2

Mikir [Karbi]keprefixtvar ‘armpit behind the shoulder’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]keprefixtwàr ‘shoulder blade / scapula’Grüssner 79 BP: 43

2.1.2Bodic3

Tshona (Wenlang)tɕɑr⁵⁵ ‘carry on shoulder’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)kᴀ³¹morphemeɕᴀr⁵⁵ ‘carry on shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 593.6

3.2Qiangic1

6.1Lolo-Burmese

This etymon has so far only been found as a second syllable of Loloish forms.

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #565, *d(y/w)ar ‘SHOULDER’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/565
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("KMR") KEEP 6/2012
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-565,
  title  = {{*d(y/w)ar 'SHOULDER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #565},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/565}
}