Thesaurus · 1.4.6

Waist

The Angami, Jirel, Kulung, Moyon, Bodo, Lalung, and Apatani forms appear to be closely related.

Note the relation WAIST + BONE = RIB in Phunoi ʔã cò ‘waist’, ʔɑ̃⁵⁵ co¹¹ jɑu¹¹ ‘rib’ (jɑu¹¹ is ‘bone’); for the similar construction BELLY + BONE = RIB, see Chapter 1.4.7.

Note that in the Loloish languages (e.g. Lisu, Xide, Gazhuo), compounds for WAIST often have #418 PTB *tsik JOINT as a constituent; these morphemes should not be confused with #223 PTB *m-(t)syi(ŋ/k) WAIST / LOWER BACK / LOINS.

Note the following NE Indian ‘parallel’ binomes which appear to have the same etymological structure, all glossed ‘waist’: Meluri a-khü-shi; Miji gɯ-tsiʔ; Miri ki-čik; Galo pak-pu-cik (last syllable only); Ntenyi a-khü-shü. The final syllables may be stop-final allofams of #223 PTB *m-(t)syi(ŋ/k) WAIST / LOWER BACK / LOINS; the first syllables may possibly be related to #211 PTB *k(r)aw ⪤ *k(y)aw BACK or #217 PTB *krya(t/n) WAIST / LOINS.

Reconstructions 14

*gyu-k ⪤ *dzyu-kWAIST1 · PTB #215 · 180 reflexes

*k(w)a(ŋ/k)WAIST / HIPS / BUTTOCKS / TAIL / BACK2 · PTB #219 · 129 reflexes

*m-(t)syi(ŋ/k)WAIST / LOWER BACK / LOINS3 · PTB #223 · 97 reflexes

*krya(t/n)WAIST / LOINS4 · PTB #217 · 78 reflexes

*d/s-pəyWAIST / HIPS / LOWER BACK / BUTTOCKS / TAIL5 · PTB #1361 · 100 reflexes

*ruWAIST6 · PTB #220 · 15 reflexes · exemplary

*(d/t)amHIPS / WAIST / SMALL OF BACK / BUTTOCKS / TAIL7 · PTB #1362 · 38 reflexes · exemplary

*hwaŋBELOW / BUTTOCKS / LOWER BACK8 · PTB #1364 · 20 reflexes

*s-daːyWAIST / BELT / ZONE / FLAT EXPANSE9 · PTB #1373 · 77 reflexes

*k/m-sya(ŋ/n)WAIST11 · PTB #222 · 24 reflexes

*krayWAIST / LOWER BACK / LOINS12 · PTB #221 · 32 reflexes · exemplary

*remWAIST13 · NEIA #3339 · 6 reflexes

*pakWAIST14 · PTB #3368 · 6 reflexes

*kooŋ ⪤ *kuuŋLOIN / WAIST2353 · PKC #4300 · 8 reflexes · provisional

Reflexes 426

No forms match.