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STEDT #6388

*koː

CHILD

Proto-Tani · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

initialkrhymeoː

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanikoː ‘child’Sun J 93 HCST: 67

1.1.1.1Western Tani9

Bengnikuː ‘child’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengnikuː ‘children (son and daughter)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnikuː gɯː#6339 PTani *gəː ‘CARRY ON BACK / PREGNANT’ ‘carry on back / pregnant’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengnikuː ñimorpheme-gaːmorpheme ‘son’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnikuː ñimorpheme-məːmorpheme ‘daughter’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnikuː-bak#570 PTB *ba-k ‘CARRY / SHOULDER’PTani *bak ‘CARRY ON BACK’ ‘carry child on back’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnikuː-gɯː#6339 PTani *gəː ‘CARRY ON BACK / PREGNANT’ ‘pregnant’Sun J 93 Tani

Nishingku ‘son / child’Das Gupta 69 Daf

Taginaprefix◦nɤɤ#1621 PTB *n(y)u ‘FEMALE / MOTHER’PTani *nə ‘MOTHER’PKC *nuu ‘FEMALE’PKC *nuu ‘MOTHER’PKC *nu-ŋaak ⪤ *ŋaak-nuu ‘MAIDEN / BELLE / WOMAN (unmarried)’PNN *ɲəːw ‘BIG / MOTHER’ ku momorpheme◦pup#3450 PTB *m-pup ⪤ *pip ‘KISS / SUCK / SUCKLE’PTani *pup ~ *puk ‘KISS’◦domorpheme ‘Mother kisses the child’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]ko ‘child’Sun J 93 HCST

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6388, *koː ‘CHILD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6388

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

References: JS-HCST: 162

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6388,
  title  = {{*koː 'CHILD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6388},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6388}
}