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*d-krəw

HORN
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*krəw¹ ‘HORN’
Loloish*kro¹ ‘HORN’

Connections

See alsoEAR

Notes

There are two phonosemantically similar roots #814 PTB *m/g-(r)wa-ŋ/k/t HORN / ANGLE / CORNER and #2012 PTB *r-ki HORN.

For now, all Qiangic forms for HORN are assigned to these latter roots, rather than to the present root; all Himalayish forms are assigned to 814, while all Lolo-Burmese forms are deemed to descend from the present root.

Reflexes & cognates190 reflexes · 16 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burmankruw ‘horn (animal)’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 94

1.1.2Deng2

Darang [Taraon]mɑ³¹morpheme tɕu⁵³morpheme ɹɑu⁵⁵ ‘antler’Darang ɹɑu⁵⁵ could also be from #814 PTB *m/g-(r)wa-ŋ/k/t HORN / ANGLE / CORNER.Sun H 80 MLD
Darang [Taraon]raːbsuffix ‘horn / antlers’Matisoff 87 BP

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)7

Lotha Nagaprefix-tʃuʔ² n.‘horn’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Lotha Nagaeprefixchhü ‘horn’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagaeprefixchhü ‘horn’Marrison 67 Naga: 354
Lotha Nagaēprefixcə̀ ‘horn’Acharya 75
Lotha NagaEprefixjU ‘horn (of animal)’Nienu 90 LotQ: 2.10
Sangtamaprefix ‘horn’Marrison 67 Naga

3.1Tangut2

Tangut [Xixia]khwə̂ ‘horn (of animal)’Dai 89 Xixi: 2.10
Tangut [Xixia]khwə̂ ‘horn’Sofronov 97

3.2Qiangic26

Ersuru⁵⁵ ‘horn (of animal)’Sun H 91 ErsQ
Ersuru⁵⁵ ‘horn’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 176.18
Muyatʂhə̱⁵³ n‘horn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0263.15
Muyatʂhə̱⁵⁵mbɐ⁵³morpheme n‘horn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0263.15
Muya [Minyak]tsʰɯ⁵⁵mbɐ⁵³morpheme ‘horn (of animal)’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 2.10
Muya [Minyak]tʂhɯ⁵⁵mbɐ⁵³morpheme ‘horn’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 176.15
Namuyiqhuəʴ⁵³ ‘horn’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 176.19
Namuyiqʰuəʴ⁵³ ‘horn (of animal)’Sun H 91 NamQ: 2.10
Namuyikhu⁵³əʴ³¹ n‘horn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0263.46
Pumi (Jiulong)tʂhu⁵⁵bø⁵⁵morpheme n‘horn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0263.10
Pumi (Qinghua)tʂhy⁵⁵ ‘horn’Lu 83 Pumi
Pumi (Taoba)tʂhu̵⁵³ ‘horn’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 176.10
Pumi (Taoba)tʂʰu̵⁵³ ‘horn’Lu 83 Pumi
Qiang (Longxi)ɹà kə́ ‘horn’Evans 99 Qiang: 329
Qiang (Mawo)ɹəq ‘horn’Sun H 81 Qia
Qiang (Mawo)ɹəqə̥ ‘horn (of animal)’Sun H 91 MawQ: 2.10
Queyu (Xinlong)tʂhi⁵⁵mbə⁵⁵morpheme n‘horn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0263.13
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]ʐa³⁵morpheme tɕo⁵³ ‘horn (of animal)’Sun H 91 ZhaQ: 2.10
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]ʐa³⁵morphemetɕo⁵³ ‘horn’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 176.16
Xumiqhuɐ⁵⁵ ‘horn (of animal)’Sun H 91 ShiQ
Xumiqhuɐ⁵⁵ ‘horn’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 176.20
Xumiqhuɛ⁵³ n‘horn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0263.17

3.3rGyalrongic5

Ergong (Danba)qlɛm bɛmorpheme lamorpheme ‘horn (of animal)’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 2.10
Ergong (Danba)qlɛm bɛmorpheme lamorpheme ‘horn’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 176.14
Ergong (Daofu)qrə ‘horn (of animal)’Dai 89 Daof: 2.10
Daofuqrə mbəmorpheme n‘horn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0263.12
Ergong (Northern)qrə³³ ‘horn (of animal)’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 2.10

3.3.1rGyalrong9

rGyalrong (Northern)taprefixʁru ‘horn (of animal)’Sun H 91 rNQ: 2.10
Caodengtɐ́prefix-qʰru ‘horn’Sun J 97 Cao
rGyalrongprefix ru ‘horn (of animal)’Dai 89 Jiar: 2.10
rGyalrongprefix ru ‘horn’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 176.12
rGyalrong (Eastern)prefixru ‘horn (of animal)’Sun H 91 rEQ: 2.10
rGyalrong (NW)prefixʁʐə ‘horn (of animal)’Sun H 91 rNW: 2.10
rGyalrongtuprefix ru ‘horn’Nagano 97 GyQ: 2.10
rGBenzhenprefix-ruʔ ‘horn’Sun J 97 rGB

4Nungic7

Anongkʰɯ⁵⁵ ‘horn’Sun J 88 Ano
Anongprefixkru ‘horn’LaPolla 87: 167
Anongprefixkru ‘horn’Benedict 72 STC: 37
Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)tśi³¹morpheme xrɯ⁵⁵ ‘horn’LaPolla 87: 167
Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)tɕi³¹morpheme xɹɯ⁵⁵ ‘horn’Sun H 82 Dul
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)aŋ³¹prefix tɯ³¹prefix xrɯ⁵⁵ ‘horn’LaPolla 87: 167
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)ɑŋ³¹prefix tɯ³¹prefix xɹɯ⁵⁵ ‘horn’Sun H 82 Dul

5Tujia8

Tujiaa³³prefix kʰɯe³³ ‘horn (of animal)’Chen 86 TuMQ: 2.10
Tujiakhɯe⁵⁵ n‘horn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0263.49
Tujiakhɯe⁵⁵ ‘horn’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 176.38
Tujia (Northern)kʰɨe⁵⁵ ‘horn’Tian 86
Tujiakʰɯe⁵⁵ ‘horn (of animal)’Chen 86 TuBQ: 2.10
Tujia (Southern)ʔa³³prefix kʰɨe³³ ‘horn’Tian 86

6.1Lolo-Burmese2

6.1.1Burmish35

Achang (Lianghe)u⁵⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ tɕhɑu⁵⁵ ‘horn’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Longchuan)khʐau³⁵ ‘horn’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Luxi)khjau³⁵ ‘horn’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Xiandao)a³¹prefix kʰʐau⁵⁵ ‘horn’Dai 89 Xian: 313
Achang (Xiandao)a³¹prefixkhʐau⁵⁵ n‘horn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0263.29
Arakanese-grou ‘horn’Okell 71
Bolakʰju⁵⁵ ‘horn’Dai 89 Bola: 313
Burmese (Written)-khrui ‘horn’Okell 71
Burmese (Written)dyomorpheme <morpheme ùmorpheme-khrui ‘horn’Benedict 72 STC: 21n75
Burmese (Written)khruikhyui ‘horn’Benedict 72 STC: 37
Burmese (Written)khrui~khyui ‘horn’LaPolla 87: 167
Burmese (Written)khyui ‘( prn. gyui ) horn’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)ʔû#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’-khrui ‘horn / antlers’Matisoff 87 BP
Intha-hyou ‘horn’Okell 71
Lashikhjou³³ ‘horn (of animal)’Dai 89 Lash: 2.10
Marmaəprefixgro ‘horn’Huziwara 08 Sak: 312
Maru [Langsu]khjuk³¹ ‘horn (of animal)’Dai 89 Lang: 2.10
Maru [Langsu]khyùk ‘horn’Okell 71
Tavoyan-hcou ‘horn’prefixOkell 71
Atsi [Zaiwa]khjui⁵¹ ‘horn’Xu 84 Zaiwa

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish29

Gazhuo(ŋ³¹morpheme) tshv³³khɤ³³morpheme n‘horn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0263.47
Gazhuotshv̩³³ khɤ³³morpheme ‘horn (of animal)’Dai 89 Gazh: 2.10
Gazhuotsʰv³³ ‘horn’Dai 91 TB15
Gazhuotsʰv̩³³ ‘horn’Dai 87 Gazh
Lalokʰu̪⁵⁵ ‘horn (of animal)’Chen 86 Yi: 2.10
Luquantɕ'yʔ ‘horn’Ma 48 Lolo
Nasutɕʰɯ²¹ ‘horn (of animal)’Chen 86 Yi: 2.10
Nesutʂʰʅ²¹ ‘horn (of animal)’Chen 86 Yi: 2.10
Noesutɕhy¹³ ‘horn’Chen 86 Yi: 2.10
Nusu (Bijiang)khɹɯ³⁵ɑ⁵⁵morpheme ‘horn’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 176.45
Nusu (Northern)kʰɯ³⁵ ɑ⁵⁵morpheme ‘horn’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Central)kʰɹɯ³⁵ ɑ⁵⁵morpheme ‘horn’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Central)kʰʴɯ³³ ‘horn’Dai 89 NusB: 313.
Nusu (Southern)tʂʰɿ⁵⁵ ‘horn’Sun J 86 Nusu
Yi (Dafang)o³³#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ tɕʰi³³ ‘horn’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Lishan)tʂʰɿ³¹ ‘horn’Dai 87 Gazh
Yi (Mojiang)(ni³³morpheme)tshi²¹ ‘horn’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 176.26
Yi (Nanhua)tɕhi³³tə³³morpheme n‘horn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0263.37
Yi (Nanjian)khu̯⁵⁵ ‘horn’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 176.23
Yi (Nanjian)kʰu̪⁵⁵ ‘horn’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Wuding)tɕhɯ¹¹ɣɯ³³morpheme n‘horn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0263.38
Yi (Xide)o³³#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ fu³³ ‘horn’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Xide)o³³prefix-fu³³ ‘horn’Chen 79 YiCh

6.1.2.2Central Loloish31

Ahio⁵⁵prefix tɕe̱⁵⁵ ‘antler (of deer)’Luo 90: 2.11
Ahio⁵⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ tʂʻi²² ‘horn (of animal)’Luo 90: 2.10
Ahitśhö ‘horn’LaPolla 87: 167
Jinuo (Youle)vu³³#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ kʰi⁴⁴ ‘horn’Gai 86
Jinuovu³³#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’khi³³ ‘horn’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 176.34
Jinuo (Baka)v̩³³#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ kʰji⁴⁴ ‘horn’Dai 89 JinB: 329
Lahu (Black)kʰɔ³³ ‘horn’Chang 86
Lahu (Yellow)ɔ³¹prefix kʰɔ³³ ‘horn’Chang 86
Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixni²¹#2538 PTB *ŋwa ‘CATTLE’ ɔ⁵⁵prefixtɕhi³³ ‘ox horn’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixni²¹#2538 PTB *ŋwa ‘CATTLE’ ɔ⁵⁵prefixtɕhi³³ ‘horn of ox (also ɔ⁵⁵tʃhɿ³³)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Central)a⁵⁵prefixɲi²¹#2538 PTB *ŋwa ‘CATTLE’ ɔ⁵⁵prefixtɕhi³³ ‘ox horn’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)bɤ⁴⁴morphemetɕhi³³ N‘goat horn bugle; bugle’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)hwa²¹morphemeɔ⁵⁵morphemetɕhi³³ ‘animal horn’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisuo⁵⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ tʃhi⁴⁴ ‘horn’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 176.27
Lisu (Nujiang)o⁵⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ tʃʰɿ̄⁴⁴ ‘horn’Xu 86 Lisu
Lisuo⁵⁵morphemetʃhi̱³³ n‘horn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0263.40
Lisutśhu ‘horn’LaPolla 87: 167
Lisuwu¹#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’-hchi³ ‘horn / antlers’Matisoff 87 BP
Lisu (Central)wu¹#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’-hchi³ ‘horn (buffalo, etc.)’Fraser 22
Lisuwu¹#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’hchi³ ‘horn’Bradley 79 PLo: 82
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵morphemetɕhi³³ ‘horn’Bradley 94 Lisu
Sani [Nyi]khɯ³³ ‘horn, antler’Wu 84
Sani [Nyi]kʰɯ³³ ‘horn (animal’Ma 89 SanQ: 326.2

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish20

Akhatjhö ‘horn’Hansson 89 AHKP: 345
Bisuʔaŋprefixkʰjáw ‘horn’Bradley 9x Bisu
Hani (Dazhai)kʰø⁵⁵ ‘horn’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Hani (Lüchun)ɔ̀prefix khü ‘horn’Hansson 89 AHKP: 345
Hani (Caiyuan)v̩³¹#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ tɕʰi⁵⁵ ‘horn’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Hani (Gelanghe)u³¹#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ tɕʰø⁵⁵ ‘horn’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Hani (Wordlist)kyul ‘horn’Hani -l is a tonemark.Hansson 89 AHKP: 345
Hani (Wordlist)kyul ‘capable, able’Hansson 89 AHKP: 346
Hani (Shuikui)v̩³¹#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ tɕʰi⁵⁵ ‘horn’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Mpiŋ²prefixkhɯ⁶ ‘horn’Hansson 89 AHKP: 345
Mpiŋ²prefixkʰɯ⁶ ‘horn’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 15

6.2Naxi8

Naxi (Western)kʰo³³ ‘horn’He 85
Naxi (Eastern)kʰər³³ ‘horn’He 85
Naxilæ²¹morphemekho³³ n‘horn (woodwind)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0667.45

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #819, *d-krəw ‘HORN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/819
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#037
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-819,
  title  = {{*d-krəw 'HORN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #819},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/819}
}