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STEDT #817

*l-kwaŋ

EAR
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlekwaŋprefixlinitialkwrhymecoverK · N

Notes

This root is fairly well established, but is nowhere near as widespread as the general root #811 PTB *r/g-na EAR / HEAR / LISTEN.

Reflexes & cognates15 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.7.1.4Deori2

Deori/Deuriāprefix-kũ² ‘ear’unknown
Deori/Deuriáprefixkung ‘ear’Brown 95: 65

3.1Tangut2

Tangut [Xixia]ku̵ɦ ‘ear / auditory organ / extern’Nishida 64 Tan: 111-092

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #817, *l-kwaŋ ‘EAR’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/817
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-817,
  title  = {{*l-kwaŋ 'EAR'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #817},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/817}
}