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STEDT #809

*(k/g)ywaŋ

NOSE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlek/goŋinitialk/grhymeoŋ ⪤ k/gcoverK · NT

Notes

This etymon very frequently occurs as a second element in compounds with #803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr NOSE. The vocalism of the reflexes varies from -a- to -u- or -o-, motivating the diphthongal reconstruction *-wa-. A few reflexes, however, have high front vowels (Garo, Sema, Bwe), so that we reconstruct a double medial glide *-yw-.

Reflexes & cognates231 reflexes · 34 subgroups

1.7.1.2Garo12

Garo (Bangladesh)ging etmorpheme-amorpheme vi‘blow nose’Burling 03 Garo: 9.44-II:idx
Garo (Bangladesh)ging-chimorpheme-mikmorpheme-chimorpheme ong•morpheme-katmorpheme-ingmorpheme-a vph‘run, nose’Burling 03 Garo: 8.93-II:idx
Garo (Bangladesh)ging-timorpheme ‘tip of nose’Burling 92 GaBa
Garo (Bangladesh)ging-tomorpheme-timorpheme ‘tip of nose’Burling 92 GaBa

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern NagaC/Vprefix-guːŋ ‘nose’French 83: 527

2.1.2.1Tibetan12

Tibetan (Written)s̀aṅsmorpheme-kʻuṅ ‘nostril’Matisoff 87 BP

3.2Qiangic24

6.1.1Burmish18

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish28

6.1.2.2Central Loloish20

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish19

Bisumorphemekʰáŋ ‘nose’Bradley 9x Bisu
Côông [Phunoi]lə̆prefixkã́ ‘nose’Bradley 79 PLo
Côông [Phunoi]prefixkã́ ‘nose’Matisoff 87 BP
Côông [Phunoi]prefixkã́ ‘nostril’Matisoff 87 BP
Côông [Phunoi]lə̆prefixkɑ̃⁵⁵ ‘nose’Bradley xx Phu
Côông [Phunoi]lə̆prefixkɑ̃⁵⁵ ‘nostril’Bradley xx Phu

6.2Naxi8

8Bai5

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #809, *(k/g)ywaŋ ‘NOSE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/809
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-809,
  title  = {{*(k/g)ywaŋ 'NOSE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #809},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/809}
}