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#796 PTB *m-(t/d)un FOREPART / FORESKIN

This root has the general meaning of FOREPART. In combination with etyma for TOOTH it means FRONT TOOTH/INCISOR. In combination with SKIN it can mean FORESKIN (cf. WT mdun‑lpags). The Lepcha form requires special comment (see note).

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
131538p,796,632805kə◦tu hətooth (incisor)Kom Rem721.2.4“Old Kuki”0Toba 91 KRQT-KomRQ3.10.10
128215796,632378du◦suàtooth (incisor)Bunan202.1.1Western Himalayish0Sharma, S.R. 91 BuSBN-BunQ3.10.10
126992796,6321426dun◦sòtooth (incisor)Spiti242.1.2.1Tibetan1Bodh 91CB-SpitiQ3.10.10
2512957961564mdunbefore; at; toTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
3816337961804mdunfrontn/advTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0712.010
1825617961582mdunfrontTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC51.10
118311796,5881568mdun-lpagsforeskin (vulg.)Tibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
114073796,m1568mdun-ṅosfront of bodyTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
120075796,6321568mdun-sotooth (front)Tibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
118290p,796894a◦tʻunforeskinLepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety 1
127930796,631452junʔ◦səyktooth (incisor)Chepang (Eastern)282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 90 CheQRC-ChepQ3.10.10
129203632,7961319ʂə◦zdutooth (incisor)Qiang (Mawo)343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 MawQSHK-MawoQ3.10.10

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Lepcha t'un means ‘skin; hide’ in isolation (GBM-Lepcha p. 154), though the prefixed form a‑t'un is glossed either ‘skin’ (pp. 154, 532) or ‘foreskin’ (p. 491).