Thesaurus · 1.4.8

Back

Many Lolo-Burmese forms for ‘back’ are apparently descended from a bi-syllabic protoform #225 PTB *m-daŋ BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS + #219 PTB *k(w)a(ŋ/k) WAIST / HIPS / BUTTOCKS / TAIL / BACK, as Bisu taŋ-khaŋ. We also note the frequent pattern #1 PTB *guŋ BODY / BACK + #225 PTB *m-daŋ BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS, as Lisu gu³⁵ du³¹. Lolo-Burmese languages show no real evidence for #211 PTB *k(r)aw ⪤ *k(y)aw BACK or #206 PTB *(k/g)um BACK / BODY.

Note the following forms for ‘back’ : Sde-dge Tibetan dʑɑʔ³¹loʔ⁵³, Sherpa 'gyap-lā, Shixing dʑo³³lɑ³⁵. The second syllables seem to be related to WT logs ‘side’, for which we have no PTB etymology.

Reconstructions 16

*k(r)aw ⪤ *k(y)awBACK1 · PTB #211 · 82 reflexes · exemplary

*s-nu(ŋ/k)BACK / BEHIND / AFTER2 · PTB #203 · 110 reflexes

*g/b-liŋ ⪤ *g/b-lyaŋBACK / SPINE3 · PTB #209 · 69 reflexes

*m-k(y)unBACK / KIDNEY4 · PTB #207 · 32 reflexes

*manBACK (lower) / BUTTOCKS5 · PTB #1107 · 18 reflexes

*(k/g)umBACK / BODY6 · PTB #206 · 30 reflexes · exemplary

*tu(k/ŋ)BACK (of body)7 · PTB #3322 · 37 reflexes

*pa(ŋ/k)BACK / BOTTOM / UNDER / BEHIND8 · PTB #3326 · 32 reflexes · provisional

*(l/n)amBACK (body)9 · PTB #3324 · 19 reflexes

*m-ruŋBACK (body)10 · PTB #3323 · 16 reflexes · exemplary

*kurBACK (adv.) / BACK (body part)12 · PTB #2827 · 32 reflexes

*klonBACK (body)13 · PKar #3325 · 22 reflexes

*(p/b)alBACK14 · PTB #3329 · 10 reflexes

*pawWAIST / BACK / BUTTOCK15 · PTB #3330 · 4 reflexes

*ts(y)aBACK19 · PTB #3391 · 20 reflexes

*lam-kuBACK (n.)1094 · PTani #6417 · 26 reflexes

Reflexes 948

No forms match.