Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/guŋ

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This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

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Etymology

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  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kjəngw ~ *gjəngw (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *guŋ (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972); *gung (LaPolla, 1987; Coblin, 1986)

Despite the phonetic resemblance between this root, Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(k/g)um (body, back) and Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(k/ʔ)uk (back, crooked), the three are probably unrelated.

Noun

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*guŋ

  1. body
  2. back

Descendants

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  • Old Chinese: (gōng) /*k(r)uŋ/ (B-S), /*kuŋ/ (ZS) (“body”)
    • Middle Chinese: (gōng /⁠kɨuŋ⁠/, body)
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Japanese:  (, きゅう, ​ku, kyū)
Korean:  (, gung)
Vietnamese: cung, còng ()

      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: (gōng, /kʊŋ⁵⁵/, body)
      • Wu
        • Shanghai: (/kʊŋ⁵³/, body)
      • Yue
        • Cantonese: (/kʊŋ⁵⁵/, body)
    • Min Nan
      • Xiamen: (/kiɔŋ⁴⁴/, body)
  • Tangut-Qiang
    • Northern Tangut
      • Tangut: 𗧍 (*kow¹, body)
  • Jingpho–Luish:
    • Jingpho: gong (physical body)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Nungish:
    • Trung/Derung/Drung: gong (back; body; health)