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STEDT #739

*k(w)ay

ARM / HAND / WING
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlekwiinitialkwrhymeaycoverK · WT

Notes

This form is attested in several different subgroups, although the evidence is rather scanty.

Reflexes & cognates20 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1NE Indian Areal Group1

Mijigi ‘hand’Simon 79 Miji

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Thadoxʌ̀i ‘hand’Thirumalai 72: 69

1.7.1.1Bodo8

Bodoaʔprefix-kaiʔ ‘hand’Burling 59 PBo: 441
Bodoaprefix◦kái ‘hand’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1126
Bodoaprefix◦káy ‘arm / hand’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodoaprefix◦káy ‘hand / arm’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodohamorpheme◦káy ‘arm / hand’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodonamorpheme◦káy ‘hand’Bhat 68 Boro
Mecheaprefix◦kai ‘hand’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1126
Mechenamorpheme◦kai ‘hand’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1126

3.1Tangut1

4Nungic1

Trung [Dulong]a³²morphemekui⁴⁴ul⁴⁴#373 PTB *wul ‘HAND’ ‘right hand’Lo 45

5Tujia7

Tujia (Northern)tɕe³⁵R tʰã³⁵#711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’Allofams16 #711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’16a #710 PTB *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’ kʰɨe⁵⁵ ‘wing’Tian 86
Tujiatɕe³⁵R◦tʰã³⁵#711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’Allofams16 #711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’16a #710 PTB *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’◦kʰɯe⁵⁵ ‘wing (of bird)’Chen 86 TuBQ: 6.1.9
Tujiatɕie³⁵Rtan⁵⁵#711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’Allofams16 #711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’16a #710 PTB *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’khɯe⁵⁵ n‘wing’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0298.49
Tujiatɕie³⁵Rtan⁵⁵#711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’Allofams16 #711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’16a #710 PTB *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’khɯe⁵⁵ ‘wing’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 171.38

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #739, *k(w)ay ‘ARM / HAND / WING’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/739
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-739,
  title  = {{*k(w)ay 'ARM / HAND / WING'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #739},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/739}
}