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STEDT #710

*dwaŋ

CUBIT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handledoŋinitialdrhymeoŋcoverT · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*ɗoŋ ⪤ *toŋ ‘CUBIT’PKC #71

Connections

Allofams

Notes

This is evidently the same etymon as #711 PTB *dwaŋ WING / HAND.

Reflexes & cognates30 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.1.2Deng3

Idue⁵⁵morphemethoŋ⁵⁵ge⁵⁵morpheme ‘handspan’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 960.50
Idue⁵⁵morphemetʰoŋ⁵⁵ge⁵⁵morpheme ‘cubit (elbow to fingers)’Sun H 91 IduQ: 13.3
Iduemorpheme◦thõ◦jugamorpheme ‘beckon (with hand)’Pulu 78

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinɗoŋ ⪤ toŋ VanBik 09 PKC: 71

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

Kuki-Chintong ‘cubit (elbow to fingers)’Haokip 98: 13.3
Sizangtong ‘cubit’VanBik 09 PKC: 71
Thadotòŋ ‘cubit’VanBik 09 PKC: 71
Tiddimtongʔ³ ‘cubit’VanBik 09 PKC: 71

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Womatuđɔ̆ŋ² ‘cubit’Luce 85: R.43

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)dǒŋ ‘cubit (measurement: from elbow-fingertip)’VanBik 09 PKC: 71
Lai (Hakha)dɔ̆ŋ² ‘cubit’Luce 85: R.43

1.2.3Maraic1

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Bodoməmorpheme◦tən ‘cubit’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodoməmorpheme◦tən ‘cubit’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.3.1Jingpho3

Jingphodòŋ ‘cubit’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.1Burmish11

Burmese (Written)toŋ ‘measure with a cubit’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)əprefix-toŋ n.‘cubit’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)ʔəprefix◦toŋ n.‘cubit’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 42
Lashituŋ³³ ‘cubit (elbow to fingers)’Dai 89 Lash: 13.3

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #710, *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/710
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-710,
  title  = {{*dwaŋ 'CUBIT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #710},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/710}
}