Reconstruction analysis
handlereKinitialrrhymee(ŋ/k) >coverL · NT
Notes
This rare root has so far only been attested in Karbi and Chepang. The semantic structure of the Karbi forms meaning ‘ear’ is unclear.
Reflexes & cognates16 reflexes · 2 subgroups
1.5Mikir [Karbi]15
Mikir [Karbi]aprefix◦no#811 PTB *r/g-na ‘EAR / HEAR / LISTEN’PKC *naa ⪤ *hnaa ‘EAR’PCN *hnaʔ ‘EAR’PCN *a-hŋaj ‘HEAR, LISTEN’PTk *na ‘EAR’PTk *na ‘HEAR’PNN *na ‘EAR’PL *(C)-na² ‘EAR’PKar *-hnaᴮ ‘LISTEN TO’PKar *naᴮ ‘EAR’ arprefix◦lomorpheme aprefix◦reng ‘ear’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]mék#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’ aprefix-rèng ‘eyelid’Grüssner 79 BP: 167
Mikir [Karbi]mek#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’ aprefix◦reng ‘eyelid’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]mek#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’ kungmorpheme aprefix◦reng ‘eyelid’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]mék#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’-kúngmorpheme aprefix-rèng ‘eyelid’Grüssner 79 BP: 168
Mikir [Karbi]òk#586 PTB *s/r-kawk ⪤ *s/r-kwak ‘OUTER COVERING / SKIN / BARK / RIND’PTani *kruk ‘OUTER COVERING’-rèng ‘hide / leather’Grüssner 79 BP: 34
2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1
Chepang (Eastern)təyŋ#3421 PTB *tyaŋ ‘PENIS / CLITORIS / LONG’◦thyomorpheme◦reŋ ‘foreskin’Caughley 90 CheQ: 10.3.3
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #781,
*ryaŋ ‘SKIN’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/781Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-781,
title = {{*ryaŋ 'SKIN'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #781},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/781}
}