STEDT #796

*m-(t/d)un

FOREPART / FORESKIN

Reconstruction analysis

handleTuninitialt/drhymeuncoverT · N

Notes

This root has the general meaning of FOREPART. In combination with etyma for TOOTH it means FRONT TOOTH/INCISOR. In combination with SKIN it can mean FORESKIN (cf. WT mdun-lpags). The Lepcha form requires special comment (see note).

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 6 subgroups

Tibetan (Written)mdun-ṅosmorpheme ‘front of body’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)mdun-so#632 PTB *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’PTani *fiː ‘TOOTH’PKC *haa ‘TOOTH’PCN *p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PTk *ha ‘TOOTH’PNN *swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’PLB *swa² ‘TOOTH’PL *swa² ‘TOOTH’ ‘tooth (front)’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchaaprefix◦tʻun ‘foreskin’Lepcha t'un means ‘skin; hide’ in isolation (GBM-Lepcha p. 154), though the prefixed form a-t'un is glossed either ‘skin’ (pp. 154, 532) or ‘foreskin’ (p. 491).Matisoff 87 BP

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Chepang (Eastern)junʔ◦səyk#631 PTB *s-wik ‘TUSK / FANG / CANINE TOOTH’ ‘tooth (incisor)’Caughley 90 CheQ: 3.10.1

3.2Qiangic1

Qiang (Mawo)ʂə#632 PTB *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’PTani *fiː ‘TOOTH’PKC *haa ‘TOOTH’PCN *p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PTk *ha ‘TOOTH’PNN *swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’PLB *swa² ‘TOOTH’PL *swa² ‘TOOTH’◦zdu ‘tooth (incisor)’Sun H 91 MawQ: 3.10.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #796, *m-(t/d)un ‘FOREPART / FORESKIN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/796

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-796,
  title  = {{*m-(t/d)un 'FOREPART / FORESKIN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #796},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/796}
}