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STEDT #5680

*phokso

LUNG
Indo-Aryan

Notes

These forms from TB languages of Nepal are from Nepali phokso. The second syllable resembles the native TB root #34 PTB *sya-n FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL, which appears in compounds like Tamang Risiangku ⁴klop -¹sja ‘lung’.

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 5 subgroups

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

2.1.4Tamangish3

Chantyalphwaksa ‘lung’Noonan 92: 9.2
Tamang (Sahu)phoksā ‘lung’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Bantawaphokso ‘lung’Rai 84 BnDc: 60

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Sunwarphokso ‘lung’Matisoff 87 BP

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang4

Kham'phoːsa ‘lung’Watters 89 KhQ: 2.A.36
Kham'pʰoːsa ‘lung’Watters 89 KhQ: 2.A.36
Khampho:sā ‘lung’Matisoff 87 BP
Magarphokso ‘lung’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5680, *phokso ‘LUNG’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5680
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5680,
  title  = {{*phokso 'LUNG'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5680},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5680}
}