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*kur ⪤ *kwar

SKIN

Reconstruction analysis

handlegulinitialgrhymeul ~ g-ucoverK · VL

Intermediate reconstructions

Tangkhulic*kor ‘BARK’DRM#519
Northern Naga/Konyakian*C̬-kʰuar ‘SKIN’

Notes

Bodo-Garo has developed voiced initials in this root, and also shows its typical medial *-u-*-i- alternation, leading to a possible Proto Bodo-Garo reconstruction *gul ⪤ *gil.

Chinese comparandum

OC *k’ɑ̂ng, GSR #746n-o ‘husk, chaff’; Schuessler 2007:332 *khâŋ; Mand. kāng.

Reflexes & cognates60 reflexes · 12 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmankoːr ‘peel / husk’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.2.2Central Chin1

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Sorbungʔəprefixkór ‘peel’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: Verbs.040

1.7.1Bodo-Garo1

1.7.1.1Bodo16

Bodobiʔprefix-gur ‘skin’Matisoff 87 BP
Bodobiprefixgur ‘skin / bark’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodobimorphemegúr ‘skin, bark’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodobiprefixgur ‘skin’Matisoff 87 BP
Bodobiprefixgúrʔ ‘skin’Weidert 87 TBTo: 170
Bodomumorphememorphemegur ‘eyebrow’Matisoff 87 BP
Dimasabumorphemegur ‘skin’Marrison 67 Naga
Kokborokprefix-ku ‘skin’Tripuri 88
Lalung [Tiwa]kurlemorphemedamorpheme n.‘skin’Balawan 65: 89
Mechebiŋprefixgur ‘skin’Weidert 87 TBTo: 170
Mechebiprefixgur ‘skin’Weidert 87 TBTo: 170

1.7.1.2Garo10

Garoanʔprefixgil ‘skin’Weidert 87 TBTo: 170
Garobiprefix-gir ‘skin’Matisoff 87 BP
Garobiprefixgil ‘skin’Weidert 87 TBTo: 170
Garo (Bangladesh)biprefix-gil n‘leather; skin’Burling 03 Garo: 6.29-II:idx
Garo (Bangladesh)gil-chrakmorpheme-amorpheme vt‘peel’Burling 03 Garo: 8.953-II:idx
Garo (Bangladesh)gil-gokmorpheme-amorpheme vi‘peel’Burling 03 Garo: 8.953-II:idx
Garo (Bangladesh)gil-simorpheme-rimorpheme-amorpheme vt‘peel; shed skin’Burling 03 Garo: 4.482-II:idx

1.7.1.3Koch2

Atongkar- v‘peel off’van Breugel 08 Atong
Atongkor ‘skin’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagaprefix-kʰuar ‘skin’French 83: 549

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte5

Nocteaprefix kʰuon ‘skin’French 83: 549
Nocteaprefix kʰuon ‘bark’French 83: 549
Nocteaprefixkhuon ‘skin’Marrison 67 Naga
Noctekʰo-wan ‘skin’French 83: 549
Nocte¹khoʌn ‘skin’Weidert 87 TBTo: 170

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang15

Changkhon ‘skin’Marrison 67 Naga
Changkhowun ‘leather’Marrison 67 Naga
Changkʰo an ‘leather’French 83: 549
Changkʰo un ‘leather’French 83: 549
Changkʰo wun ‘leather’French 83: 549
Changkʰon ‘skin, bark, leather’French 83: 549
Konyakšo ‘skin’French 83: 549
Phompʰaimorpheme šu ‘leather’French 83: 549
Phomshu ‘skin’Marrison 67 Naga
Phomšu ‘skin’French 83: 549
Wanchokan ‘skin’French 83: 549
Wanchokuon ‘skin’French 83: 549

2.1.1Western Himalayish6

Kanaurikhŭl(h) n‘skin (of sheep, goats, birds)’Bailey 11
Kanaurikhŭl(h) ‘skin of sheep, goats, birds’Matisoff 87 BP
Kanaurikhŭlkhōmigʻmorpheme vt‘skin’Bailey 11
Pattani [Manchati]khàl ‘hide / leather (dried animal s’Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 8.2.6

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #593, *kur ⪤ *kwar ‘SKIN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/593
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-593,
  title  = {{*kur ⪤ *kwar 'SKIN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #593},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/593}
}