1.0 The Body > 1.9 Reproductive System > 1.9.7 Penis

#548 PTB *s-nyak ⪤ *s-nik PENIS / COPULATE

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

This root seems basically to mean PENIS, with extensions into the meaning COPULATE. Some reflexes resemble those of #545 PTB *m-ney PENIS, although Jingpho has distinct reflexes of both: mənè ~ mənyè ‘penis’ vs. nèʔ ~ nyèʔ ‘copulate’. Evidence for the *s- prefix is to be found in Lakher (Mara), Kom Rem, and Moyon.

Some likely reflexes have initial laterals, rather than nasals. Most of the Tani forms cited in J. Sun 1993:131 have labial rather than dental nasal clusters, but it seems more plausible to assign them to this etymon than to any other.

In GSTC #172, I compared the Lakher (Mara) and Jingpho forms, but offered no reconstruction.

54 records tagged by stedt under this etymon.
rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
441462p,5481940mə³³lɔʔ⁵³penisBangru41.1“North Assam”0Sun J 93 HCSTJS-HCST3340
4414635481941lakpenisSherdukpen41.1“North Assam”0Sun J 93 HCSTJS-HCST3340
441460p,5481939a³³ laʔ⁵³penisSulung [Puroik]41.1“North Assam”0Sun J 93 HCSTJS-HCST3340
283298548173mrakpenis*Tani51.1.1Tani1Sun J 93 HCSTJS-HCST2890
157250p,548285à-mjapenisApatani731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
5682p,548283¹a²mryapenisApatani731.1.1.1Western Tani1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT6310
174017548333ñakpenisBengni731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 HCSTJS-HCST0
441459548369mokpenisBokar731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 HCSTJS-HCST1310
3509705481820mokgenitals (male)nBokar731.1.1.1Western Tani1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0116.240
493345548,m1979`mac◦cuupenisn.Galo731.1.1.1Western Tani1GLDC 09 GaloGLDC-GED0
494172548,m1979`mag◦laasemenn.Galo731.1.1.1Western Tani1GLDC 09 GaloGLDC-GED0
494619548,m1979`mag◦laaspermn.Galo731.1.1.1Western Tani1GLDC 09 GaloGLDC-GED0
493658548,14291979`mag◦məpubic hair (male)n.Galo731.1.1.1Western Tani1GLDC 09 GaloGLDC-GED0
493347548,m1979`mag◦yumpenis bunchern.Galo731.1.1.1Western Tani1GLDC 09 GaloGLDC-GED0
493343548,m1979`mak◦cuupenisn.Galo731.1.1.1Western Tani1GLDC 09 GaloGLDC-GED0
493348548,m1979`mak◦kuppenis shieldn.Galo731.1.1.1Western Tani1GLDC 09 GaloGLDC-GED0
493344p,5481979`ə◦makpenisn.Galo731.1.1.1Western Tani1GLDC 09 GaloGLDC-GED0
44488548,m564mag-bakvenerealGalo731.1.1.1Western Tani1Das Gupta 63 GalKDG-IGL0
5683p,548563ˆɤ◦makpenisGalo731.1.1.1Western Tani1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT6310
441458p,5481443(a-)mlakpenisTagin731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 HCSTJS-HCST1310
4414575481652mlakpenisYano731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 HCSTJS-HCST1310
118278p,548189e◦mâkpenisPadam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
118277548189maitpenisPadam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
118291548,m189mâk-popmale pubesPadam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
146120548,m189mâk-shikforeskin / prepuce; skin; to hide, shelterPadam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety840
174018p,5481253ə-makpenisPadam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Sun J 93 HCSTJS-HCST0
157251548,3420498mak-tukpenisDamu741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
30270548872hneicopulateLakher [Mara]711.2.3Maraic1Matisoff 85 GSTCJAM-GSTC1720
131765p,548805ə◦nhocopulateKom Rem721.2.4“Old Kuki”0Toba 91 KRQT-KomRQ10.20
3113645481112ŋhoʔcopulateMoyon721.2.4“Old Kuki”0Kosha 90DK-Moyon10.20
3022548,m275³ni³tɯpcopulatev.Ao (Chungli)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT1550
30215481671¹necopulatev.Yimchungrü631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT1550
3020548257⁴nacopulatev.Angami Naga651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT1550
167337p,548256ke³¹ na³³copulateAngami (Kohima)651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Nienu 90 AngQVN-AngQ10.20
167563p,548487kü³¹ na⁵⁵copulateChokri651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Nienu 90 ChoQVN-ChkQ10.20
232700p,548796ke◦necopulatev.Khezha651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Yabu 94 KhöSY-KhozhaQ10.20
10657548,s,s1040na◦nə◦bəcopulatev.Meithei131.4Meithei1Singh 91 MeiQCYS-Meithei10.20
144754548668ne³¹copulatev.Jingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Dai 83 JingDQ-Jingpho0
116030548671nèʔ ~ nyèʔ|copulateJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety2
30271548672nèʔ ~ nyèʔ|copulateJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Matisoff 85 GSTCJAM-GSTC1720
118275p,548894a-n̊akpenisLepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
118274m,548894gar-nekpenisLepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety3
311439641,548893t'ik-ṅakglans penisLepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Mainwaring 98GBM-Lepcha1510
9065548,m1177na◦kupenisNewar (Kathmandu)272.2Newar1Genetti 90 KathCG-Kath0
62365548,m1174nā◦kupenisNewar272.2Newar1Shakya 89SH-KNw10.3.14
62366548,m,m1174nā◦ku gwārāglans penisNewar272.2Newar1Shakya 89SH-KNw10.3.20
3019548,m910nik-t(u)copulatev.Limbu312.3.1Eastern Kiranti1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT1550
3018548,m910nik◦macopulatev.Limbu312.3.1Eastern Kiranti1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT1550
74793548,m911nik◦t-copulate withv.Limbu312.3.1Eastern Kiranti1Michailovsky 89 LmBM-Lim0
1160501154,548755le-necopulateKhaling772.3.3Central Kiranti1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
1281031154,548452luʔ◦naʔcopulateChepang (Eastern)282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 90 CheQRC-ChepQ10.20
66870548,s766neːh-nyacopulateKham282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Watters 89 KhQDNW-KhamQ2.B.2.130
116040548,s763neːh-nyācopulateKham282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
3023548,s760neːʱ-nyācopulatev.Kham282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT1550

^ 1.

This Proto-Tani form also resembles #547 PTB *maːk SON-IN-LAW / GENITALS / PENIS / MALE / VAGINA, so its precise affiliation remains uncertain.

^ 2.

The Jinghpo-Chinese Dictionary (Dai, et al. 1983:566) cites the form ne³¹ ‘性交 [have sexual congress]’ with no final glottal stop, making it look identical to the word for ‘penis’.

^ 3.

The first syllable of this form resembles the second syllable of Kham or-'kal ‘penis’. However, according to Mainwaring/Grünwedel 1898:53, the morpheme gar actually means ‘curved, crooked at one end, bent’.

^ 4.

According to K. P. Malla (p.c. 2007), Newar -ku serves as a classifier for “a piece with some magnitude in girth or depth”.