STEDT #659

*zu

CORD / UMBILICAL CORD / NAVEL

Reconstruction analysis

handlezoinitialzrhymeocoverS · V

Notes

This root is of restricted distribution, but the Lepcha form certainly looks related to the Meluri and Tangkhul ones, which might be enough to set it up for PTB.

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)2

Lotha Nagaōprefix◦zó ‘navel, place below’Acharya 75

Lotha Nagaoprefix◦zu n‘rope’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group4

Angami (Khonoma)keprefix◦ro n‘rope’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)keprefix◦ro n‘rope’Marrison 67 Naga

Chokriküprefix◦ro n‘rope’Marrison 67 Naga

Meluriaprefix◦bo#2103 PTB *pʷu ‘BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY’MesorootsPKC *poo ‘BELLY / STOMACH’TGTM *ᴮpho ‘BELLY’PKar *g-phowᴬ ‘STOMACH’Allofams1 #6723 PTB *d-(p/b)u-k ‘BELLY / STOMACH / CAVE’1a #2104 PTB *pʷik ‘BELLY / STOMACH’1b #2106 PTB *wuk ‘BELLY / STOMACH’1c #164 PTB *d-puːk ‘BELLY / VITALS / HOLLOW OBJECT / CAVE’1d #2103 PTB *pʷu ‘BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY’1e #2102 PTB *wu ‘BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY’1g #2111 PTB *pwa(ŋ/n) ‘BELLY / CENTER’◦zü ‘navel’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic3

Tangkhulhai#517 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ‘NAVEL / CENTER / SELF’MesorootsPKC *laay ‘CENTER / MIDDLE / NAVEL’PCN *ph-laj ‘NAVEL, BELLY BUTTON’PTk *laj ‘NAVEL’Allofams40 #518 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ⪤ *s-tay ‘NAVEL’40a #517 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ‘NAVEL / CENTER / SELF’40b #519 PTB *s-tay ‘NAVEL / ABDOMEN / CENTER / SELF’◦zo ‘navel’The h- in these Tangkhul forms apparently descends from the lateral cluster *s-l (cf. the forms from Abor-Miri and Naga languages with zero initial).Tangkhul h- apparently descends from the lateral cluster *s-l (cf. Abor-Miri and Naga forms with zero initials).Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhulhay#517 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ‘NAVEL / CENTER / SELF’MesorootsPKC *laay ‘CENTER / MIDDLE / NAVEL’PCN *ph-laj ‘NAVEL, BELLY BUTTON’PTk *laj ‘NAVEL’Allofams40 #518 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ⪤ *s-tay ‘NAVEL’40a #517 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ‘NAVEL / CENTER / SELF’40b #519 PTB *s-tay ‘NAVEL / ABDOMEN / CENTER / SELF’◦zo ‘navel’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 071

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepcha'aprefix◦yen̊#672 PTB *k-yaŋ ‘UTERUS / PLACENTA / CRADLE / NEST’-zo ‘umbilical cord’Lepcha 'a yen̊ ‘child’.Matisoff 87 BP

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2

Chepangtoyʔ#519 PTB *s-tay ‘NAVEL / ABDOMEN / CENTER / SELF’MesorootsPKar *Ɂdeᴬ ‘NAVEL, UMBILICAL CORD’Allofams40 #518 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ⪤ *s-tay ‘NAVEL’40a #517 PTB *m/s-la(ː)y ‘NAVEL / CENTER / SELF’40b #519 PTB *s-tay ‘NAVEL / ABDOMEN / CENTER / SELF’-ru ‘umbilical cord’Caughley 72 CVoc: 2.A.39

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #659, *zu ‘CORD / UMBILICAL CORD / NAVEL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/659

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-659,
  title  = {{*zu 'CORD / UMBILICAL CORD / NAVEL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #659},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/659}
}