Womb

Words for WOMB or PLACENTA are frequently associated with notions of NEST, HOUSE, or BELLY. A slightly different metaphor is exemplified by Kanauri chaŋ khŭl, lit. “child skin”, with the second element < #593 PTB *kur ⪤ *kwar SKIN.

Reconstructions 23

*s-b-rumWOMB / PLACENTA96 · PTB #670 · 23 reflexes

*s-lamWOMB / PLACENTA97 · PTB #680 · 28 reflexes

*pʷamWOMB / PLACENTA / BELLY / STOMACH / NEST98 · PTB #674

*wamBELLY / WOMB / PLACENTA / NEST98.1 · PTB #2108 · 13 reflexes

*pamWOMB / PLACENTA / NEST98.2 · PTB #673 · 7 reflexes · exemplary

*pʷamBELLY / STOMACH / WAIST98.3 · PTB #137 · 102 reflexes · exemplary

*mamWOMB / PLACENTA / NEST98.4 · PTB #3444 · 15 reflexes

*(b/p)a(ː)yWOMB / PLACENTA / PREGNANT99 · PTB #677 · 17 reflexes

*m/l-ŋalWOMB / PLACENTA100 · PTB #675 · 10 reflexes · exemplary

*tsatWOMB / PLACENTA / NEST101 · PTB #679 · 31 reflexes

*r/m-bu ⪤ *pruNEST / WOMB / PLACENTA102 · PTB #1733 · 84 reflexes

*tsaŋNEST / WOMB / PLACENTA103 · PTB #1615 · 54 reflexes · exemplary

*r-ku ⪤ *kruNEST / UTERUS / AMNIOTIC SAC104 · PTB #1632 · 5 reflexes

*tsyul ⪤ *tsywalWOMB / PLACENTA / UMBILICAL CORD105 · PTB #1651 · 60 reflexes

*twaŋNEST / WOMB106 · PTB #3445 · 16 reflexes

*(t)s(i/u)pNEST / WOMB / SCROTUM107 · PTB #1613 · 91 reflexes

*kʷəyNEST / WOMB / PLACENTA108 · PTB #1611 · 51 reflexes · exemplary

*k-yaŋUTERUS / PLACENTA / CRADLE / NEST109 · PTB #672 · 17 reflexes

*s-nwat ⪤ *s-nutMOUTH / VESSEL / WOMB111 · PTB #471 · 96 reflexes

*k-y(i/u)mHOUSE112 · PTB #1612 · 407 reflexes

*lyap ⪤ *rapCOPULATE / LOVE151 · PTB #1647 · 12 reflexes

*(p/b)wamLOVE / DESIRE / COPULATE153 · NEIA #3469 · 5 reflexes

*tsi(i)ŋ-I, tsi(i)n-IIBARREN / CHILDLESS1116 · PKC #4521 · 8 reflexes · provisional