Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *[q̇]wăŋʔū́
Meaning: flat surface; face
Sino-Tibetan: *Kwaŋ 'cheek': Chepang kwaŋ, Hayu glo-goŋ (see Matisoff 1976, 268).
Comments and references : HGC 25, WFR 84. In ST cf. alternatively *q(r)ām(H) `jaw, cheek'. sccet-meaning,sccet-prnum,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-buru,sccet-notes,