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STEDT #745

*ban

ARM / HAND / SHOULDER

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlebaninitialbrhymea-nsuffixncoverP · VN

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*ɓaan ‘ARM’PKC #1

Tangkhulic*paan ‘HAND / ARM’DRM#465

Connections

Poss. allofam*m-bi ‘ARM / HAND’

Notes

The stronghold of this etymon is Kuki-Chin, with possible scattered cognates in Himalayish, as well as in Tujia.

Reflexes of this etymon never seem to mean ‘wing’. For similar-looking reflexes with that meaning, see #714 PTB *m/s-pa WING / FEATHER.

This root is phonosemantically similar to #1327 PTB *pwaŋ ARM (upper) / SHOULDER, but seems distinct from it. The final nasal in the present root is always -n, while that of #1327 PTB *pwaŋ ARM (upper) / SHOULDER is always -ŋ.

Reflexes & cognates97 reflexes · 18 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinɓaan ‘ARM’VanBik 09 PKC: 1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin10

Kuki-Chinban ‘arm’Haokip 98: 6.1

Kuki-Chinban thajungmorpheme ‘arm muscles / biceps’Haokip 98: 6.1.3

Kuki-Chinban◦laimorpheme ‘forearm / lower arm’Haokip 98: 6.1.5

Paitebaan ‘fore-arm’VanBik 09 PKC: 1

Sizangbān ‘arm’VanBik 09 PKC: 1

Thadobáan ‘arm (upper and lower)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1

Tiddim-baːn n‘arm’Henderson 65 TidC

Tiddimbaːn² ‘arm’VanBik 09 PKC: 1

Tiddimbaːn² ‘arm’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 63

Tiddimbɑn¹ ‘arm’Luce 85: N.35

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin6

Ashobawnˊˊ ‘arm’VanBik 09 PKC: 1

Cho (Mindat)ban ‘arm’VanBik 09 PKC: 1

Khumikíwmorpheme-báang ‘arm (especially the upper part)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1

Khumi (Ahraing)-bɑɛ̃⁴ ‘arm’Luce 85: N.35

Matupibɑn⁴ ‘arm’Luce 85: N.35

Womatuɓɑːn⁴ ‘arm’Luce 85: N.35

1.2.2Central Chin11

Khualsimbɑːn³ ‘arm’Luce 85: N.35

Lai (Hakha)bâan ‘arm’VanBik 09 PKC: 1

Lai (Falam)bǎan ‘arm’VanBik 09 PKC: 1

Lai (Hakha)bɑn⁵ ‘arm’Luce 85: N.35

Lushai [Mizo]báan n‘arm’VanBik 09 PKC: 1

Lushai [Mizo]bân ‘arm’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]bân-rêk#419 PTB *rik ‘JOINT’ ‘wrist’Matisoff 87 BP

Lushai [Mizo]bân◦bunmorpheme ‘armlet’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]ban◦rêk#419 PTB *rik ‘JOINT’ ‘wrist’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]baːn ‘arm’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 63

Lushai [Mizo]bɑːn¹ ‘arm’Luce 85: N.35

1.2.3Maraic7

Lailenpiməˊprefixbə'⁴ ‘arm’Luce 85: N.35

Lakher [Mara]bá ‘arm’VanBik 09 PKC: 1

Lothvo (Hiranpi)buə¹ ‘arm’Luce 85: N.35

Meraɓɑ⁶ ‘arm’Luce 85: N.35

Tha'oabɑːn¹ ‘arm’Luce 85: N.35

Xongsaibɑn³ ‘arm’Luce 85: N.35

Zotungkwiʔ¹#712 PTB *k(r)u-t ‘HAND / FIST / ARM’PKC *kut ⪤ *khut ‘HAND’PKC *kut-tum ⪤ *khut-tum ‘FIST’PTk *kʰut ‘HAND / ARM’ɓɔ⁴ ‘arm’Luce 85: N.35

1.2.4“Old Kuki”5

Kom Remban ‘arm’Toba 91 KRQ: 6.1

Kom Remban ‘upperarm’Toba 91 KRQ: 6.1.2

Kom Remkutmorpheme ban mətimorpheme ‘arm muscles / biceps’Toba 91 KRQ: 6.1.3

Moyonbæ̀n ‘arm’Kosha 90: 6.1

Moyonbæ̀n◦rupummorpheme ‘forearm / lower arm’Kosha 90: 6.1.5

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)4

Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦ben ‘arm’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)tə³prefix-pən¹ n.‘arm, hand’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tüprefix◦pen ‘arm’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtampün◦rümorpheme ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group9

Khezhaba ‘hand’Marrison 67 Naga

Khezhabap◦fo ‘forearm / lower arm’Note assimilation of the medial consonants.Yabu 94 Khö: 6.1.5

Khezhaba◦šumorpheme ‘elbow’Yabu 94 Khö: 6.1.4

Khezha²ba²šumorpheme ‘elbow’Weidert 87 TBTo: 407

Khezhaʼèprefix◦ba ‘arm’Yabu 94 Khö: 6.1

Maooprefix◦ba ‘arm’Marrison 67 Naga

Maooprefix◦ba ‘hand’Marrison 67 Naga

Maooprefix◦ba◦zho ‘palm (of hand)’Marrison 67 Naga: 187

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦bin◦gi#3395 NEIA *ki ‘SHOULDER’◦kamorpheme ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group14

Liangmeicha#735 PTB *sya ‘WING’MesorootsPCN *a-tʃha ‘WING’Allofams20a #735 PTB *sya ‘WING’20b #737 PTB *s/k-la ‘ARM / HAND / WING’◦bin ‘hand’Marrison 67 Naga

Liangmeikamorpheme-bẽn-zuŋ#320 PTB *s-nyuŋ ⪤ *s-m-yuŋ ⪤ *s-m-yuw ‘FINGER’PKC *yuŋ ‘FINGER / TOE / ROOT’PCN *m-juŋ ‘DIGIT (FINGER / TOE)’PTk *juŋ ‘ROOT’ ‘finger’Weidert 87 TBTo: 273

Maramaprefix◦va ‘hand’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeiban ‘hand’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeiban◦jung#320 PTB *s-nyuŋ ⪤ *s-m-yuŋ ⪤ *s-m-yuw ‘FINGER’PKC *yuŋ ‘FINGER / TOE / ROOT’PCN *m-juŋ ‘DIGIT (FINGER / TOE)’PTk *juŋ ‘ROOT’ ‘finger’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeiban◦pom#754 PTB *pum ‘ARM / SHOULDER’PL *pum¹ ‘SHOULDER’ ‘arm’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeibɑ̂n-pɔ̂#821 PTB *r-pak ‘LEAF / LEAFLIKE PART / FLAT OBJECT’PCN *a-pjak ‘FLAT’PCN *a-phak ‘MAT’ ‘palm (hand)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 592

Rongmei / Nruanghmeibɑ̂n-tí̱nmorpheme ‘nail’Weidert 87 TBTo: 290

Rongmei / Nruanghmeibɑ̂n-zú̱ŋ#320 PTB *s-nyuŋ ⪤ *s-m-yuŋ ⪤ *s-m-yuw ‘FINGER’PKC *yuŋ ‘FINGER / TOE / ROOT’PCN *m-juŋ ‘DIGIT (FINGER / TOE)’PTk *juŋ ‘ROOT’ ‘finger’Weidert 87 TBTo: 273

Rongmei / Nruanghmeiməimorpheme baan zuŋ#320 PTB *s-nyuŋ ⪤ *s-m-yuŋ ⪤ *s-m-yuw ‘FINGER’PKC *yuŋ ‘FINGER / TOE / ROOT’PCN *m-juŋ ‘DIGIT (FINGER / TOE)’PTk *juŋ ‘ROOT’ ‘finger’Matisoff 94 Rong

Rongmei / Nruanghmeiməimorpheme baan⁵³ ‘hand’Matisoff 94 Rong

Mziememi#1002 PPC *r-mi(y)-n ‘PERSON / MAN’PTani *miː ‘MAN (homo)’PKC *mii ‘PERSON / MAN / PEOPLE’PCN *a-[h]məjʔ ‘PERSON, HUMAN’PTk *mi ‘MAN / HUMAN’PNN *C̥-məy ‘MAN (generic)’TGTM *ᴬmi ‘MAN’◦ba ‘hand’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic17

The cognacy of the aberrant-seeming Huishu forms remains to be demonstrated.

*Tangkhulicpaan ‘hand / arm’Mortensen 12 Tk: 465

Champhungamorpheme-pan ‘hand’Brown 37 Indo

Huishuʔamorpheme-vej ‘forearm; lower arm; hand’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.114

Huishuʔamorpheme-vej ʔamorpheme-jiemorpheme ‘right hand’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.184

Huishuʔamorpheme-vej-kʰɐmmorpheme ‘back of hand’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.182

Huishuʔamorpheme-vej-məmorpheme-kʰɐmmorpheme ‘back of hand’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.181

Huishuʔamorpheme-vej-məmorpheme-remorpheme-rukmorpheme ‘fist’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.183

Huishuʔamorpheme-vej-tʰumorpheme ‘upper arm’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.013

Huishuʔamorpheme-vej-tʰumorpheme məmorpheme-sɐlmorpheme ‘arm muscles; biceps’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.173

Huishuʔamorpheme-vej-ʔamorpheme-vuemorpheme ‘left hand’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.185

Kachaiʔamorpheme-pon ‘forearm / lower arm / hand’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.157

Kachaiʔamorpheme-pon-tʰimorpheme ‘upper arm’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.150

Kachaiʔamorpheme-pon-ʔamorpheme-camorpheme-wamorpheme ‘right hand’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.161

Kachaiʔamorpheme-pon-ʔamorpheme-jumorpheme-wamorpheme ‘left hand’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.162

Tangkhul (Standard)paŋ ‘hand’Brown 37 Indo

Tusomʔɯmorpheme-pɯə̃ ‘arm’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.158

Ukhrulʔamorpheme-paŋ ‘hand / arm’Mortensen 12 Tk

2.1.4Tamangish2

Manang (Gyaru)ban³ da?¹morpheme ‘shoulder’Nagano 84 Man: 027

Manang (Prakaa)²pən◦taːmorpheme ‘shoulder’Hoshi 84: 0020

5Tujia2

Tujiatɕie³⁵#699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’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’pan⁵⁵tsi⁵⁵suffix nbp‘arm’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0105.49

6.1.2Loloish1

Lolophophæ³³ ‘arm’also contains *m-biDai 89 Lolo: 6.1

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Gazhuola⁵³#695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’MesorootsPTani *lak ‘HAND / ARM’PNN *glək ‘HAND’PLB *lakᴸ ‘HAND’PL *lakᴸ ‘HAND’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’ pha⁵⁵ ‘arm’Dai 89 Gazh: 6.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #745, *ban ‘ARM / HAND / SHOULDER’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/745

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-745,
  title  = {{*ban 'ARM / HAND / SHOULDER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #745},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/745}
}