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1.4.10 Buttocks/Rump

Note the collocation of BUTT and HEAVY for words meaning ‘lazy; sluggish’. See Jingpho maidang li ‘heavy, slow, lazy’; Lahu qhɛ̂‑qhɔ hɔ̂ ’sluggish, slow-moving; lazy’. (Note also the English expression ‘lead in your pants’, and Japanese koshi ga omoi ‘hips are heavy’.)

It is interesting to note that Padam-Mising [Abor-Miri] preserves four distinct PTB roots in four synonyms glossed ‘buttock’: ko‑dun, ko‑piang, ta‑pong, ki‑pum (roots #574 PTB *r‑t(u/i)l BUTTOCKS / HEEL / DULL / BLUNT / ROUNDED PART, #399 PTB *(p/b)laŋ HIPS / BUTTOCKS, #404 PTB *(p/b)waŋ HIPS / BUTTOCKS / TAIL / ANUS, and #163 PTB *s‑bʷa(m/p) SWELL / SWOLLEN / FAT / THICK / ROUNDED PART / MOUNTAIN, HILL resp.).

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