Swallow

Note the following three WT forms for ‘throat’: ʼog-ma ⪤ lkog-ma ↮ ʼol-ma.

It is difficult to distinguish among the velar-initialed etyma: #486 PTB *l-kwak THROAT / NECK, #495 PTB *kwa THROAT / NECK, and #3361 PTB *gwaŋ NECK / THROAT. Compare Sangkong aŋ³³khoŋ³¹ and Phunoi ʔã⁵⁵ko¹¹ (both ‘throat’). The Phunoi form cannot be from *-waŋ, since *-waŋ > on/õ, cf. ‘wing’ ʔã́ tṍ < #711 PTB *dwaŋ WING / HAND, ‘thigh’ ʔã́-pon < #404 PTB *(p/b)waŋ HIPS / BUTTOCKS / TAIL / ANUS.