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STEDT #742

*ka-t

WING / HAND

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlekainitialkrhymea-tsuffixtcoverK · VT

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)(a) *khat ‘HAND, ARM’PCN #186

Notes

Like #712 PTB *k(r)u-t HAND / FIST / ARM above, this root seems to show a semantic connection with the numeral ONE: cf. Chungli Ao ka ‘one’, teka ‘hand’ and Lepcha kát ‘one’, ʔákâ ‘hand’.

Yacham-Tengsa takhat and Ao (Mongsen) tükhet ‘hand’ seem to point to a dental suffix, which may well be the same element to be found in Newar lhā ⪤ lhāt ‘hand, arm’.

Sangtam khe and Lotha okhe ‘hand’ might also be reflexes of the suffixed version of this etymon.

Reflexes & cognates37 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Milangtaprefix-ka ‘wing’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)30

*Central Nagakhat ‘HAND, ARM’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.186

Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦ka ‘hand’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦ka◦bomorpheme ‘palm (of hand)’Marrison 67 Naga: 187

Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦ka◦nük#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ ‘wrist’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)tə³prefix-ka¹ n.‘hand, arm’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.185

Ao (Chungli)tɯ́prefix◦kà ‘hand’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: p.14

Ao (Chungli)²taprefix³ka³pumorpheme ‘palm (hand)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 592

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tüprefix◦khet ‘hand’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[tə]prefix-khə́t n.‘hand, arm’Coupe 07 Ao

Lotha Nagakhe²roʔ³morpheme n.‘branch’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagakhe²tʃəʔ³morpheme n.‘elbow’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagao¹prefix-kheʔ² n.‘hand, arm’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.186

Lotha Nagakhe◦chü#819 PTB *d-krəw ‘HORN’PLB *krəw¹ ‘HORN’PL *kro¹ ‘HORN’ ‘elbow’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagakhe◦khapmorpheme ‘bracelet’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagakhe◦mhyek#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ ‘wrist’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha NagaKhe◦no#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’◦emorpheme namorpheme oprefix◦khe nandengmorpheme ‘nose to fingertip’Nienu 90 LotQ: 13.4.1

Lotha Nagaōprefix◦khē ‘hand’Acharya 75

Lotha Nagaoprefix◦khe ‘hand’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagaoprefix◦khe ‘hand’Nienu 90 LotQ: 6.1.7

Lotha Nagaoprefix◦khe hamiwoemorpheme ‘right hand’Nienu 90 LotQ: 6.1.7.4

Lotha Nagaoprefix◦khe hayiwoemorpheme ‘left hand’Nienu 90 LotQ: 6.1.7.5

Lotha Nagaoprefix◦khe-ayiwemorpheme ‘left-hand’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagaoprefix◦kle ‘arms / hands’Nienu 90 LotQ: 1.7

Sangtamkhe ‘hand / arm’Kumar 73 Sang

Sangtamkhe ‘hand’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtamkhe◦na#681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’MesorootsPCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PLB *s-myak ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ ‘wrist’Marrison 67 Naga

Yacham-Tengsatamorpheme◦ka ‘wing’Marrison 67 Naga

Yacham-Tengsataprefix◦khat ‘hand’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrükha ‘hand’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrükhah ‘hand’Kumar 73 Yim: 97

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Ntenyiaprefix◦khwe◦samorpheme ‘bracelet’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.3Lepcha2

Lepcha(aprefix-)kă pek#705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’ ‘forearm’Mainwaring 98: 491

Lepchaʔámorpheme◦kâ n.‘hand’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

3.2Qiangic2

Pumi (Taoba)diã³⁵#711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’Allofams16 #711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’16a #710 PTB *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’ ka⁵⁵ ‘wing’Lu 83 Pumi

Pumi (Taoba)diã³⁵#711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’Allofams16 #711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’16a #710 PTB *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’ka⁵⁵ ‘wing’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 171.10

6.2Naxi2

Na (Yongning)du³³#711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’Allofams16 #711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’16a #710 PTB *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’ qæ³³ ‘wing’Lidz 10 Na: 774

Na (Yongning)dv˧#711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’Allofams16 #711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’16a #710 PTB *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’qæ˧ ‘wing’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #742, *ka-t ‘WING / HAND’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/742

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-742,
  title  = {{*ka-t 'WING / HAND'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #742},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/742}
}