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#687 PTB *s-muk MOUTH

It is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the reflexes of this root and #467 PTB *s‑muːr MOUTH / LIP / HOLD IN MOUTH / CHEW / FACE / GILLS. In general, reflexes with front, mid or centralized vowels (i, e, ø, ə) are deemed to belong to the latter etymon.

The Chepang forms for ‘snout’ with final nasals have also been assigned to this root.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
5154706872012mukmouth*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6020
3146446871778muːk³beak; lipTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Bhaskararao 96 CDBPB-CLDB11540
1621856871592muːk⁴mouth, lipsTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Luce 85GHL-PPBO.160
1621846871638muʔ²mouth, lipsXongsai711.2.3Maraic1Luce 85GHL-PPBO.160
117359687,m,m1169mhu◦tu-silipNewar272.2Newar1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
62175687,m,m1174mhu◦tu◦silipNewar272.2Newar1Shakya 89SH-KNw3.90
143655687,442643muk◦tshumouthHayu302.3.4Western Kiranti1Michailovsky 91 KrBM-PK71200
117554687,442644muk◦tshumouthHayu302.3.4Western Kiranti1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
479872687,822,m1977hmo.toŋ klyak-talk hot air, shoot one's mouth offvi.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
480940687,822,m1977hmo.toŋ.camouth soresn.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
487626687,8221977hmoʔ.toŋmouth, opening, entrance, wide endn.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
143654687,822443hmo◦tongmouthChepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Michailovsky 91 KrBM-PK71200
117555687,822445hmo◦tongmouthChepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
6247687,822442hmo◦toŋmouthChepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT7360
63571687,822449hmo◦toŋmouthChepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 72 CVocSIL-Chep1.420
270150687441mongsnoutnChepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Hale 73 CSDAH-CSDPN03a.0430
64045687449moŋsnoutChepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 72 CVocSIL-Chep3.A.420
4850916871977moŋʔsnout, pointed mouth and jawsn1.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
127898687,822452hmo◦toŋmouthChepang (Eastern)282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 90 CheQRC-ChepQ3.70
127886687452moŋʔsnoutChepang (Eastern)282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 90 CheQRC-ChepQ3.5.50
128571687,1228560mək³³ spə⁵³beard / moustacheErgong (Northern)353.3rGyalrongic1Sun H 91 ErNQSHK-ErgNQ8.1.20
128418687560ɣmu⁵³mouthErgong (Northern)353.3rGyalrongic1Sun H 91 ErNQSHK-ErgNQ3.70
129560m,687558ɦa momouthErgong (Danba)353.3rGyalrongic1Sun H 91 ErDQSHK-ErgDQ3.70
13560687559ʔmomouthErgong (Daofu)353.3rGyalrongic1Dai 89 DaofDQ-Daofu3.70
13574687,m,m,m559ʔmo da pha tɕhugape / open mouthv.Ergong (Daofu)353.3rGyalrongic1Dai 89 DaofDQ-Daofu3.7.150
13573687,m,m,m559ʔmo nɑŋ na skhehold in mouthv.Ergong (Daofu)353.3rGyalrongic1Dai 89 DaofDQ-Daofu3.7.140
11536467,687152(C)me²/mokᴸmouth*Loloish456.1.2Loloish1Bradley 79 PLoDB-PLolo940
476585687,10131969mɯ31 ɣɯ31salivaKucong476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Dai 09 KucongDC-Kucong0
11537687492maw˰mouth*Common Lahu476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Bradley 79 PLoDB-PLolo940
192317687,473851mɔ²¹qɔ³³mouthLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC242.33 1
41502687,473850mɔʔ²¹ qɔ³³mouthLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Chang 86JZ-Lahu0
169240687,442831mɔ̀ʔ-cusnout / beak / mouth (animal)Lahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 88 DLJAM-DL10440
117535687,473832mɔ̀ʔ-qɔmouthLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
41655687,473856mɔ³¹ qɔ³³mouthLahu (Yellow)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Chang 86JZ-Lahu0
41692687,1013856mɯ⁵⁵ ɣɯ³¹salivaLahu (Yellow)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Chang 86JZ-Lahu0
286431687,1013,m943(mrgh⁵ rghe⁴) ti¹spitv.Lisu (Central)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Fraser 22JF-HLL0
119540687,1013925mrgh⁵-rghe⁴spittle / salivaLisu476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
286258687,1013943mrgh⁵-rghe⁴saliva / spittleLisu (Central)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Fraser 22JF-HLL0
41850687,1013947mɯ³¹ ɣɯ³³salivaLisu (Nujiang)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Xu 86 LisuJZ-Lisu0
194252687,1013942mɯ³¹ɣɯ³³saliva / spittleLisu476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC280.270
277910687,1013946mɤ²¹ɤ⁴⁴saliva; mouth waterNLisu (Northern)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Bradley 94 LisuDB-Lisu0

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The second syllable of Lahu ‘mouth’ occurs in several other words làʔ=tɔ‑qɔ ‘palm of the hand’, mə̂‑ ‘lip’, mû‑lɔ̀ʔ‑qɔ ‘daytime; afternoon’, and is glossed ‘noun formative of elusive meaning’. For now, however, we are assigning it to the present root.