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STEDT #574

*r-t(u/i)l

BUTTOCKS / HEEL / DULL / BLUNT / ROUNDED PART
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*lə-du ‘HEEL’JS-HCST: 94

Chinese comparandum

𡱂 OC *d’wən, GSR #429a ‘buttocks’; Mand. tún.

臀 OC *d’wən, GSR #429b-c ‘buttocks’; Li 1971: *dən; Baxter 1992: *dun; Mand. tún.

殿 OC *tiən, GSR #429d ‘rear of army’; Li 1971: *tiənh; Baxter 1992: *tɨns; Mand. diàn.

沌 OC *d’wən, GSR #427h ‘confused, stupid’; Li 1971: *dənx; Baxter 1992: *dunʔ; Mand. dùn.

鈍 OC *d’wən, GSR #427i ‘dull’; Li 1971: *dənh; Baxter 1992: *duns; Mand. dùn.

頓 OC *twən, GSR #427j ‘worn, dull, spoiled’; Li 1971: *tənh; Baxter 1992: *tuns; Mand. dùn.

Reflexes & cognates36 reflexes · 16 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetandul ‘dull / blunt’Coblin 86: 67

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanr-tul ⪤ r-til ‘dull / buttock / heel / rounded part’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 615

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanilə-du ‘heel’Sun J 93 HCST: 197

1.1.1.1Western Tani12

Apatanilɯ-du ‘heel’Sun J 93 HCST
Apatanilɯ-du ‘heel’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanilɯ-du ‘heel’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengnilu-du ‘heel’Sun J 93 HCST
Bengnilu-duk ‘heel’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarli-du ‘heel’Sun J 93 HCST
Bokarli-tu ‘heel’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarlə-kam ‘shoe’Sun J 93 HCST
Galo`lədo n.‘heel’GLDC 09 Galo
Miri, Hilllɯ-dɯ ‘heel’Simon 76 Miri

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani4

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]komorpheme-dun ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP
Damulə-du ‘heel’Sun J 93 Tani
Damulə-tu ‘heel’Sun J 93 Tani

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Khezhašɯ̵́́morpheme◦dò ‘heel’Yabu 94 Khö: 6.2.6.1

1.4Meithei1

Meitheiməprefix◦thun ‘hips’Singh 91 MeiQ: 5.8.1

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Wanchochimorpheme◦dun ‘heel’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho4

Jingpholaprefix◦gawmorpheme◦laprefix◦tin ‘heel’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingpholəprefix-gawmorpheme ləprefix-htīn ‘heel’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphoshaprefix◦tin ‘rump’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphoshəprefix◦tīn ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Pattani [Manchati]ɖʰu◦ʐumorpheme ‘buttock’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)rtul◦pomorpheme adj‘blunt’Marrison 67 Naga

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3

Côông [Phunoi]pimorpheme tùn ‘heel’Bradley 79 PLo
Côông [Phunoi]pi³³morpheme tun¹¹ ‘heel’Bradley xx Phu
Côông [Phunoi]pimorpheme◦tùn ‘heel’Matisoff 87 BP

9Sinitic1

9.0.1Old Chinese3

Chinese (Old/Mid)dʼwən/dʼuən ‘buttocks’Karlgren 57 GSR: 429b-c
Chinese (Old/Mid)tiən/tien ‘rear (of army)’Karlgren 57 GSR: 429d
Chinese (Old)dˤən {[d]ˤə[n]} (dial. > -won) ‘buttocks’BaxterSagart 2011: 2826

9.0.3Modern Chinese3

Chinese (Mandarin)tún-bùmorpheme ‘buttocks’Sun J 85 ChGl: 113

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #574, *r-t(u/i)l ‘BUTTOCKS / HEEL / DULL / BLUNT / ROUNDED PART’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/574
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB pp.419, 422, 500, 504
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-574,
  title  = {{*r-t(u/i)l 'BUTTOCKS / HEEL / DULL / BLUNT / ROUNDED PART'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #574},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/574}
}