Reconstruction analysis
handleriinitialrrhymeicoverL · V
Notes
This root is abundantly attested in Karbi, with good cognates in Qiangic. The Tamangic cognates, except for Tamang 'naːri ‘arm’, have acquired the meaning of ‘digit’ (finger, toe).
Reflexes & cognates48 reflexes · 4 subgroups
1.5Mikir [Karbi]34
Mikir [Karbi](rí)-mùn#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’-dákmorpheme-wámmorpheme ‘middle finger’Grüssner 79 BP: 174, 195
Mikir [Karbi](rí)-mùn#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’-jòngmorpheme ‘index finger’Grüssner 79 BP: 174, 195
Mikir [Karbi](rí)-mùn#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’-ménmorpheme-wēmorpheme ‘ring finger’Grüssner 79 BP: 174, 195
Mikir [Karbi](rí)-mùn#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’-pīmorpheme ‘thumb’Grüssner 79 BP: 174, 195
Mikir [Karbi](rí)-mùn#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’-pōmorpheme ‘thumb’Grüssner 79 BP: 174, 195
Mikir [Karbi](rí)-mùn#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’-sékmorpheme ‘ring finger’Grüssner 79 BP: 174, 195
Mikir [Karbi](rí)-mùn#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’-sōmorpheme ‘little finger’Grüssner 79 BP: 175, 195
Mikir [Karbi](rí)-mùn#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’-thokwámmorpheme ‘thumb’Grüssner 79 BP: 174, 195
Mikir [Karbi]rí aprefix-sék#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ ‘elbow’Grüssner 79 BP: 194
Mikir [Karbi]rí-chimorpheme◦mī#416 PTB *m(y)uk ⪤ *r-mi-k ‘NAIL / CLAW / HOOF’ ‘fingernail’Grüssner 79 BP: 194
Mikir [Karbi]rí-chi#331 PTB *(t)si ‘FINGER’◦mùn#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’Grüssner 79 BP: 194
Mikir [Karbi]rí-pák#821 PTB *r-pak ‘LEAF / LEAFLIKE PART / FLAT OBJECT’PCN *a-pjak ‘FLAT’PCN *a-phak ‘MAT’ ‘hand’Grüssner 79 BP: 194
Mikir [Karbi]rí-pák#821 PTB *r-pak ‘LEAF / LEAFLIKE PART / FLAT OBJECT’PCN *a-pjak ‘FLAT’PCN *a-phak ‘MAT’ ‘palm’Grüssner 79 BP: 194
Mikir [Karbi]rí-pák#821 PTB *r-pak ‘LEAF / LEAFLIKE PART / FLAT OBJECT’PCN *a-pjak ‘FLAT’PCN *a-phak ‘MAT’ aprefix-nùng#203 PTB *s-nu(ŋ/k) ‘BACK / BEHIND / AFTER’PKC *nuŋ ⪤ *hnuŋ ‘BACK / BEHIND / LATER’ ‘back of hand’Grüssner 79 BP: 195
Mikir [Karbi]rí-pák#821 PTB *r-pak ‘LEAF / LEAFLIKE PART / FLAT OBJECT’PCN *a-pjak ‘FLAT’PCN *a-phak ‘MAT’ amorpheme-thákmorpheme ‘palm’Grüssner 79 BP: 194
Mikir [Karbi]ri-pak#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’ ⪤ ri-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’ ‘hand (distinct from arm)’Walker 25 Mik: 148
Mikir [Karbi]ri-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’ ‘palm’Walker 25 Mik: 360
Mikir [Karbi]rí-tùng?-dē? ‘elbow’Lit. “hand-knee”. Cf. tùng-dè ‘knee’, with a different tone on the second syllable.Grüssner 79 BP: 194
Mikir [Karbi]ri◦aprefix◦sek#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ ‘elbow’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]ri◦deng#772 PTB *dyaŋ ‘PALM / SOLE’TGTM *ᴬtʰiŋ ‘PALM (HAND)’ ‘palm (of hand)’Marrison 67 Naga: 187
Mikir [Karbi]ri◦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’ ‘palm (of hand)’Marrison 67 Naga: 187
1.6Mru1
2.1.4Tamangish5
3.2Qiangic8
Muya [Minyak]ɣi⁵⁵ʁɐ³⁵#2154 PTB *b(w)ay ‘LEFT (HAND)’PTk *joj ‘LEFT SIDE’PL *b-way² ‘LEFT’ʐɐ³⁵morpheme ‘left hand’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 6.1.7.5
Qiang (Taoping)i⁵⁵ sɑ³³#735 PTB *sya ‘WING’MesorootsPCN *a-tʃha ‘WING’Allofams20a #735 PTB *sya ‘WING’20b #737 PTB *s/k-la ‘ARM / HAND / WING’ ‘arm’Sun H 81 Qia
Qiang (Taoping)i⁵⁵sɑ³³#735 PTB *sya ‘WING’MesorootsPCN *a-tʃha ‘WING’Allofams20a #735 PTB *sya ‘WING’20b #737 PTB *s/k-la ‘ARM / HAND / WING’ ‘arm’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 253.9
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #770,
*ri ‘HAND’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/770Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-770,
title = {{*ri 'HAND'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #770},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/770}
}