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#785 PTB *taŋ OR *tuŋ SKIN

This rather poorly attested root is found in the second syllable of compounds in Bodic and Burmish, as well as in Kiranti, where it apparently occurs independently. No Written Tibetan cognate has yet been identified.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
62073783,7851098khop◦tangskinTsangla (Central)222.1.2Bodic1Egli-RodunerSER-HSLT36 100
39289783,7851085kʰop⁵⁵ taŋ⁵⁵skinTsangla (Motuo)222.1.2Bodic1Zhang Jichuan 86JZ-CLMenba0
119390586,785702kok-tenqskinTibetan (Jirel)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
3441801455,7851801Na◦TUNfish scaleBantawa762.3.2Southern Kiranti1Rai 85 BnDsNKR-Bant0
51115785327TUNscale (fish, etc.)Bantawa762.3.2Southern Kiranti1Rai 85 BnDsNKR-Bant 1
192372471,785200ȵot⁵⁵tuŋ⁵⁵lipAchang (Longchuan)446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC243.410
38415471,785204ȵ̥ot⁵⁵ tuŋ⁵⁵lipAchang (Longchuan)446.1.1Burmish1Dai 85 AcJZJZ-Achang0
349384471,7851824ȵ̥ot⁵⁵tuŋ⁵⁵lipnAchang (Longchuan)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0085.280
38695471,785207nut⁵⁵ tɔŋ⁵¹lipAchang (Luxi)446.1.1Burmish1Dai 85 AcJZJZ-Achang0

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This peculiar transcription with capital letters, used by Novel Kishore Rai, represents [t̺ɯŋ], with an apico-alveolar initial.