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STEDT #769

*muː(k/ŋ)

ARM / CUBIT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlemuːkinitialmrhymeuː((k/ŋ)coverM · NT

Intermediate reconstructions

Kiranti*muk ‘ARM / HAND LENGTH / CUBIT’

Connections

HPTB*muːk ‘cubit / armlength’pp. 359, 361
See alsoKNEE

Notes

Most reflexes of this etymon (possibly including WB muik) have a final velar stop, but other Burmese forms point to an allofam with final velar nasal. Several Himalayish languages of Nepal have borrowed an accidentally similar Indo-Aryan root with the meaning ‘fist’: Kanauri muṭhu, mŭṭṭhu, Chantyal murki, Kham mutka < cf. Skt. muṣṭi-, Pali muṭṭhi-.

Reflexes & cognates33 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanmuːk ‘cubit / armlength’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 602
*Tibeto-Burmanmuːk ‘arm, hand (length), cubit’Benedict 72 STC: 394

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin3

Awa Khumimũʔ³ ‘cubit’Luce 85: R.43
Awa Khumimũʔ⁴ ‘cubit’Luce 85: R.43
Khumi (Ahraing)meᴜ⁵ ‘cubit’Luce 85: R.43

1.6Mru2

Mru[pă]morpheme◦mu² ‘cubit’Luce 85: R.43
Mrupămorpheme◦mu² ‘cubit’Luce 85: Q.64

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Bodomu ‘arm-length’Benedict 72 STC: 394
Kokborokmoʔ ‘cubit’Tripuri 88

1.7.1.2Garo2

2.3Kiranti2

*Kirantimuk ‘arm, hand length, cubit’Benedict 72 STC: 394
Lambichongmuk ‘arm, hand length, cubit’Benedict 72 STC: 394

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti15

Athpare (Rai)khekmorpheme◦muk ‘elbow’Ebert 97 Athpare
Athpare (Rai)kheŋmorpheme◦muk ‘elbow’Ebert 97 Athpare
Belharemuk ‘hand, arm’Bickel 95
Belharemuk ‘arm, hand’Bickel 95
Chhintangmuk ‘arm, hand length, cubit’Benedict 72 STC: 394
Yakhacuptaŋmorpheme muːk ‘right hand’Kohn 90: 6.1.7.4
Yakhamuk ‘arm,hand length,cubit’Benedict 72 STC: 394
Yakhamuːk ‘hand’Kohn 90: 6.1.7
Yakhamuːk ekomorpheme ‘one cupped hand’Kohn 90
Yakhamuːk paːkhuːramorpheme ‘arm’Kohn 90: 6.1
Yakhamuːk◦adzornimorpheme ‘knuckle (joint of digit)’Kohn 90: 7.3
Yakhamuːk◦coːŋmorpheme ‘back of hand’Kohn 90: 6.1.7.2
Yakhamuːk◦soːdzimorpheme ciʔmanamorpheme ‘cubit (elbow to fingers)’Kohn 90: 13.3
Yakhaphɛksaŋmorpheme muːk ‘left hand’Kohn 90: 6.1.7.5

6.1.1Burmish7

Burmese (Written)muik ‘measure with breadth of fist’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)muik ‘measure with breadth of fist’Benedict 72 STC: 394

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Mpimɯ² tuŋ⁶#711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’Allofams16 #711 PTB *dwaŋ ‘WING / HAND’16a #710 PTB *dwaŋ ‘CUBIT’ ‘wing’Bradley 79 PLo

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #769, *muː(k/ŋ) ‘ARM / CUBIT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/769
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#394
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-769,
  title  = {{*muː(k/ŋ) 'ARM / CUBIT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #769},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/769}
}