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STEDT #1006

*pʷak

PIG
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*wok ‘PIG’PKC #1162
Tangkhulic*hwok ‘PIG’DRM#566
Northern Naga/Konyakian*wak ‘PIG’WTF-PNN p.532
Tamangish*ᴮɖwa ‘PIG’MM-Thesis: 422
Lolo-Burmese*wakᴸ ‘PIG’JAM-TSR: 168
Karenic*thɔʔ / tháuʔ ‘PIG’RBJ-KLS; STC
Karenic*thɔɁᴰ ‘PIG’TL#218
Karenic*thɔɁᴰmiᴬ ‘BOAR (WILD~)’TL#27
Bai*te ‘PIG’("PBaic")

Connections

HPTB*pʷak ‘pig’pp. 61, 62, 96, 147, 318, 319, 328

Notes

This etymon is a prime example of the alternation between labial stop and semi-vowel, motivating the reconstruction of an “extrusional” proto-cluster . Cf. Matisoff 2000, “An extrusional approach to *p-/w- variation in Sino-Tibetan.” Language and Linguistics (Taipei) 1.2:135-186.

Several Tibetan dialects (e.g. Alike, Amdo Zeku, Xiahe) have developed initial h- in this word; some Naga languages have gone further, and have zero-initial. The development of *p- to h- is also characteristic of Japanese; Irish aithir from PIE pətér has gone the whole way from p- to zero.

Chinese comparandum

OC *pɑ̊, GSR #39d ‘sow, pig’; Coblin 86:117 ST *pr̵wag > OC *prag; B & S 2011: *pˁra; Mand. .

Comment: Cf. STC, p. 189, note 488.

Reflexes & cognates958 reflexes · 51 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)9

*Tibeto-Burmanpwak ‘sow / pig’Chou 72: 39d

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Damu*pʰak-kaŋmorpheme ‘pigsty’Sun J 93 Tani

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.2Central Chin7

Lushai [Mizo]vawk ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Lushai [Mizo]vàwk n‘domestic pig, a pig, swine’VanBik 09 PKC: 1162
Lushai [Mizo]vok ‘swine, pig’Coblin 86: 117

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]vāo n‘pig, domestic pig’VanBik 09 PKC: 1162

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Kom Remvokmorpheme ‘tusk (of elephant, boar)’Toba 91 KRQ: 3.10.6

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

Maringhok ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)11

Ao (Chungli)ak ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)ak³¹ n.‘pig (domestic)’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)aprefixok ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[a]prefix-úk n.‘pig, domestic’Coupe 07 Ao
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[a]prefix-úk [tə]morpheme-jimorpheme n.‘pig, domestic sow ('pig' + 'mother')’Coupe 07 Ao
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[a]prefix-úk təhlamorpheme n.‘pig, domestic boar’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagawókòmorpheme ‘pig’Acharya 75
Lotha Nagawokoromorpheme ‘pig (domestic)’Lotha -roʔ means ‘small’, so this is actually ‘piglet’.Marrison 67 Naga
Yacham-Tengsaak ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrüaprefixpo ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group11

Angami (Khonoma)theprefixro ‘pig (domestic)’The apparently strange Angami initial r- seems to have developed from an earlier labiodental w- or v- (cf. Chokri thü-vo).Marrison 67 Naga
Angami (Kohima)theprefixro ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokrithüprefixvo ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Khezhaeprefixvo ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Maooprefixvo ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Meluriaprefixvu ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Ntenyiaprefix ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengmateprefixbwa ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]aprefixwo ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group8

Khoiraowok ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Liangmeikaprefixbak ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Maramaprefixwak ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Puironbok ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Rongmei / Nruanghmeiprefixwàk ‘pig’Matisoff 94 Rong
Zemeprefixbak ‘pig’Benedict 72 STC: 43
Zemekeprefixbak ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Mziemeheprefixbak ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.4Meithei1

Meitheiok ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.5Mikir [Karbi]4

Mikir [Karbi]phak ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]phak ‘swine, pig’Coblin 86: 117
Mikir [Karbi]phaklengmorpheme ‘pig (wild)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1Bodo-Garo1

1.7.1.3Koch4

Atongwak n‘pig, pork’van Breugel 08 Atong
Atongwaknokmorpheme n‘domestic pig’van Breugel 08 Atong
Atongwaknolmorpheme n‘pigsty’van Breugel 08 Atong
Atongwakpalyngmorpheme n‘wild pig’van Breugel 08 Atong

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte4

Noctevak ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangsa (Moshang)vak ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangsa (Yogli)vak ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang8

Changok ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Changoklo#1624 PTB *la ‘MALE’šoumorpheme ‘domestic boar’French 83: 520
Konyakak ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Phomok ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Phomok⁵⁵ ‘pig’Burling 98 Phom
Wanchovak ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho22

Jiliprefixwak ‘pig’Benedict 72 STC: 14n50
Jiliprefixwak ‘pig’Benedict 72 STC: 43
Jingphowa ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingphowaʔ ‘swine, pig’Coblin 86: 117
Jingphowaʔ³¹ ‘pig’Liu 84
Jingphowaʔ³¹ loŋ³¹morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.19
Jingphowaʔ³¹kă³¹morphemenu³¹morpheme n‘sow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0286.19
Jingphowaʔ³¹kă³¹morphemeʃa³¹morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.19
Jingphowaʔ³¹la³¹morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.19
Jingphowaʔ³¹tu³¹morpheme ‘boar’Liu 84
Jingphowaʔ³¹tu³¹morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.19
Jingphowaʔ³¹tu³¹morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.47
Jingphowaʔ³¹ʃat³¹morpheme ‘feed’Liu 84
Jingphowaʔ³¹ʃat³¹morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.19
Jingphowadumorpheme ‘pig (wild)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.2Asakian2

Sakvaʔ+ʃimorpheme+roŋmorpheme ‘brown (lit. pig-feces-color)’Huziwara 08 Sak: 338a

2.1.2Bodic23

Tsangla (Motuo)phakpamorpheme ‘pig’It is difficult to say whether Bodic forms like Tsangla phak are truly cognate to Tibetan phag, or rather loans from it.LaPolla 87: 163
Tsangla (Motuo)phakpamorpheme ‘pig’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 115.7
Tsangla (Motuo)pʻak⁵⁵pa⁵⁵morpheme ‘pig’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tsangla (Tilang)phak-pamorpheme ‘pig’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tshona (Wenlang)peŋ⁵⁵morphemephɑk⁵⁵ ‘boar’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Wenlang)phɑ⁵⁵ ‘pig’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)phaʔ⁵³ ‘pig’LaPolla 87: 163
Tshona (Mama)phᴀʔ⁵³ ‘pig’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 115.6
Motuo Menbaphak pamorpheme tɕurmorpheme kaŋmorpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.07
Motuo Menbaphaʔ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.07
Cuona Menbaphaʔ⁵³ tsaŋ⁵³morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.06
Cuona Menbaphaʔ⁵³tɕaʔ⁵³morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.06
Cuona Menbaphaʔ⁵³tʂuʔ⁵³morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.06
Cuona Menbaphɔ⁵³morphemephaʔ⁵³ n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.06

2.1.2.1Tibetan85

Tibetan (Alike)hak ramorpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.05
Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)hag godmorpheme ‘boar’Sun J 85 Amdo: 81
Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)hak golmorpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.5
Tibetan (Batang)(phɑʔ⁵³)dʑɑ⁵⁵morphemepa⁵³morpheme ‘fat (pig)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1025.03
Tibetan (Batang)pha⁵⁵tʂuʔ⁵³morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.03
Tibetan (Batang)phɑʔ⁵³ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.03
Tibetan (Batang)phɑ⁵⁵gøʔ⁵³morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.03
Tibetan (Batang)phɑ⁵⁵tshõ⁵⁵morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.03
Tibetan (Batang)phɑ⁵⁵tɕhɛ⁵⁵morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.03
Tibetan (Batang)phᴜ⁵³morphemephɑʔ⁵³ n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.03
Tibetan (Central)phākpasuffix ‘pig’Weidert 87 TBTo: 693
Tibetan (Jirel)phāk-pāqmorpheme n‘hog’Hale 73 CSD: 03a.041
Tibetan (Jirel)phākpmorpheme-eqmorpheme khorq n‘house (hog)’Hale 73 CSD: 06a.10
Tibetan (Khams:Dege)phɑ⁵⁵gø⁵³morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.3
Tibetan (Lhasa)phak⁵³pa⁵³morpheme ‘pig’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 115.2
Tibetan (Lhasa)phak⁵⁵pa⁵⁵morpheme n‘pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0284.02
Tibetan (Lhasa)phak⁵⁵to⁵⁵morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.02
Tibetan (Lhasa)phak⁵⁵tshaŋ⁵⁵morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.02
Tibetan (Lhasa)phaː⁵⁵kø⁵²morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.02
Tibetan (Lhasa)phaː⁵⁵mo⁵⁵morpheme (mo¹³pha⁵²) n‘sow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0286.02
Tibetan (Lhasa)pha⁵² n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.02
Tibetan (Lhasa)pho⁵⁵morphemepha⁵² n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.02
Tibetan (Lhasa)phək⁵⁵tʂhu⁵²morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.02
Tibetan (Sherpa)'phokpmorpheme-imorpheme khangbā n‘house (hog)’Hale 73 CSD: 06a.10
Tibetan (Sherpa)pangmorpheme-imorpheme phakmorpheme n‘boar’Hale 73 CSD: 03a.042
Tibetan (Sherpa)phakmorpheme n‘hog’Hale 73 CSD: 03a.041
Tibetan (Written)(phag skadmorpheme) rgjagmorpheme v.‘grunt (of pigs)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1433.01
Tibetan (Written)lúŋmorpheme-pʻɑg ‘hog (tame) (W.)’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)morpheme-pʻɑg ‘sow’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)phag ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Tibetan (Written)phag ‘swine, pig’Coblin 86: 117
Tibetan (Written)phag ltomorpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.01
Tibetan (Written)phag pamorpheme ‘pig’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 115.1
Tibetan (Written)phag phrugmorpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.01
Tibetan (Written)phag rgodmorpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.01
Tibetan (Written)phag tshaŋmorpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.01
Tibetan (Written)phag.rgodmorpheme ‘boar’Sun J 85 TbGl: 81
Tibetan (Written)pʻómorpheme-pʻɑg ‘boar (castrated)’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)pʻɑ́morpheme-pʻɑg ‘boar (not castrated)’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)pʻɑg ‘swine / hog / pig’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)pʻɑg-momorpheme ‘sow’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)pʻɑg-morpheme ‘hog (gelded)’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)pʻɑ́g-morpheme ‘swine / hog / pig’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)pʻɑg-pʻrúgmorpheme ‘pig (young)’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)pʻɑg-rgódmorpheme ‘boar (wild)’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)pʻɑg-tʻúŋmorpheme ‘boar (large) (?)’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Xiahe)haχ golmorpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.04
Tibetan (Xiahe)haχ htomorpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.04
Tibetan (Xiahe)haχ khaŋmorpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.04
Tibetan (Xiahe)haχ tʂəχmorpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.04

2.1.4Tamangish5

Tamang (Bagmati)baːʱ ‘pig’This form with initial b- might be a loan from Tibetan, since all the other Tamangic forms have dental or retroflex initials.Weidert 87 TBTo: 693

2.2Newar7

Newarbanmorpheme phā ‘pig (wild)’Genetti 90 NeQ2
Newarcicāmorpheme banmorpheme phā ‘hog (pygmy)’Genetti 90 NeQ2
Newarphā ‘pig’Genetti 90 NeQ2
Newarphā-ga(l)morpheme n‘house (hog)’Hale 73 CSD: 06a.10

2.3Kiranti1

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti11

Athpare (Rai)chuŋmorpheme-phak ‘small pig (only ritual?)’Ebert 97 Athpare
Athpare (Rai)nammorphemebhak ‘boar (cf. phak)’Ebert 97 Athpare
Athpare (Rai)phak-khoramorpheme ‘pig-sty’Ebert 97 Athpare
Athpare (Rai)phakciletmorpheme ‘piglet’Ebert 97 Athpare
Yamphuakmamorpheme n‘pig’Rutgers 98: 524.13
Yamphuakpamorphemesamorpheme n‘piglet, small pig’Rutgers 98: 524.18

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang10

Chepangpyak.satmorpheme.poŋmorpheme n.‘insect (sp.), said to cause the death of pigs’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepangpyak.satmorpheme.poŋmorpheme n.‘insect (sp.), said to cause the death of a pig if it climbs on it’Caughley 00 Chepang
Kham'u: 'khormorpheme n‘house (hog)’Hale 73 CSD: 06a.10
Magarhwak / wak ‘pig’Benedict 72 STC: 35n114
Magarwāk khormorpheme n‘house (hog)’Hale 73 CSD: 06a.10

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]wa ‘pig, hog, swine’Li 97 Tangut: 0294

3.2Qiangic134

Ersuvɛ⁵⁵ ‘pig’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 115.18
Ersuvɛ⁵⁵tsɿ⁵⁵morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.18
Guiqiongpha⁵⁵ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.16
Guiqiongpha⁵⁵gui⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.16
Guiqiongpha⁵⁵nɔ̃³¹morpheme n‘dung (pig)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0288.16
Guiqiongpha⁵⁵pi⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.16
Guiqiongpha⁵⁵tsi⁵⁵morphemetsi⁵⁵morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.16
Guiqiongpha⁵⁵zi⁵⁵morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.16
Guiqiongpha⁵⁵ŋi⁵⁵morpheme n‘sow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0286.16
Guiqiongphɑ⁵⁵gui⁵⁵morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.17
Lyuzupha³³ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.18
Lyuzuɣu³³ju̵⁵³morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.18
Lyuzuɣu³³khæ⁵³morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.18
Lyuzuɣu³³nphæ⁵³morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.18
Lyuzuɣu³⁵tɕi⁵³morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.18
Lyuzuɣu⁵³gi⁵³morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.18
Muyaphɑ⁵⁵gø⁵³morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.15
Muyaβɐ³³tɕe⁵³morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.15
Muyaβɐ³³ʁo⁵³morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.15
Muyaβə²⁴rə⁵⁵morphemeqo⁵³morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.15
Muya [Minyak]phɑ⁵⁵gø⁵³morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.15
Namuyiva³³ȵu⁵⁵morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.19
Namuyivæ³³ (lu̵³¹Tibetan loanwordsu̵⁵³) n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.46
Namuyivæ³³nphu⁵³morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.46
Namuyivæ³³ŋuo³¹morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.46
Namuyivæ³¹dzæ⁵⁵morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.46
Namuyivæ³¹ȵu⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.46
Pumi (Jiulong)phɑ⁵⁵ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.10
Pumi (Lanping)pa¹³ʐa¹³morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.09
Pumi (Lanping)phɑ⁵⁵ɣu⁵⁵morpheme n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.09
Pumi (Lanping)phʃɑ¹³po⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.09
Pumi (Lanping)phʃɑ¹³tɑ̃u¹³morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.09
Pumi (Lanping)phʃɑ¹³tʂu⁵⁵morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.09
Pumi (Lanping)phʃɑ¹³ʒɛ̃¹³morpheme n‘dung (pig)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0288.09
Pumi (Lanping)phʃɛ¹³ȵø⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.09
Pumi (Qinghua)phʒɛ¹³ȵø⁵⁵morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.11
Qiang (Longxi)pià ‘12th earthly branch (pig)’[Source note] calque (Evans 1999).Evans 99 Qiang: 1115
Qiang (Longxi)pià dòmorpheme ‘boar’Evans 99 Qiang: 355
Qiang (Longxi)piá piá tshɨ̀morpheme ‘pork’Evans 99 Qiang: 587
Qiang (Longxi)pià ɕỳmorpheme ‘boar’Evans 99 Qiang: 355
Qiang (Longxi)piá ɹámorpheme ‘pigskin’Evans 99 Qiang: 331
Qiang (Longxi)pià χómorpheme ‘wild pig’Evans 99 Qiang: 385
Qiang (Longxi)piá-iuáloanword kù ‘pig shed [pig-b]’Evans 99 Qiang: 697
Qiang (Longxi)pié tshoùprobable loanword ‘pig trough {b?}’Evans 99 Qiang: 843
Qiang (Longxi)piè-tìmorpheme ‘pig slop, hogwash [pig-dinner]’Evans 99 Qiang: 616
Qiang (Mawo)piɑ χumorpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.8
Qiang (Mawo)piɛ stəmorpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.08
Qiang (Mawo)piɛ tɕɑːʴmorpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.08
Qiang (Mawo)piɛ χumorpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.08
Qiang (Mawo)piɛɕmorpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.08
Qiang (Mawo)piɛχʂmorpheme n‘dung (pig)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0288.08
Qiang (Mawo)pimorpheme stəqmorpheme ‘snout (pig)’Sun H 91 MawQ: 3.5.5
Qiang (Mianchi)pià ‘12th earthly branch (pig)’[Source note] calque (Evans 1999).Evans 99 Qiang: 1115
Qiang (Mianchi)pià kémorpheme ‘boar’Evans 99 Qiang: 355
Qiang (Mianchi)pià làmorpheme tsúmorpheme ‘piglet’Evans 99 Qiang: 357
Qiang (Mianchi)piá tshò̥u̥morpheme ‘pig trough {b?}’Evans 99 Qiang: 843
Qiang (Mianchi)pià tshɛ̀morpheme ‘pork’Evans 99 Qiang: 587
Qiang (Mianchi)pià ʐémorpheme ‘pig shed’Evans 99 Qiang: 697
Qiang (Mianchi)pià χámorpheme ‘wild pig’Evans 99 Qiang: 385
Qiang (Mianchi)pià-khuɛ̀morpheme ‘bacon [pig-smoke?]’Evans 99 Qiang: 584.2
Qiang (Mianchi)pià-témorpheme ‘pig slop, hogwash [pig-dinner]’Evans 99 Qiang: 616
Qiang (Taoping)pa³³χa⁵⁵morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.9
Qiang (Yadu)pie fumorpheme ‘fatty meat’Dai 89 Qian: 588
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]pha⁵⁵kɯ⁵³morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.16
Queyu (Xinlong)pha⁵⁵rge⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.13
Queyu (Xinlong)pho⁵⁵morphemepha⁵⁵ n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.13
Queyu (Xinlong)ve¹³li¹³morphemetha⁵⁵morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.13
Queyu (Xinlong)ve¹³mdy⁵⁵morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.13
Queyu (Xinlong)ve¹³pɕe⁵⁵morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.13
Queyu (Xinlong)ve¹³ʒə⁵⁵morpheme n‘dung (pig)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0288.13
Xumibie³⁵ ‘pig’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 115.20
Xumibi³³hɑo⁵³morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.17
Xumibi³³zɿ⁵³morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.17
Xumibi³⁵ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.17
Xumibiɛ³³ tshɛ⁵⁵#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ ‘flesh / meat’As the gloss of this compound indicates, pork is generally regarded as the unmarked or typical meat in the Tibeto-Burman area.Sun H 91 ShiQ
Xumibi⁵⁵wu⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.17
Zhaba (Daofu County)pha³³go⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.14
Zhaba (Daofu County)va³³mə⁵⁵morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.14
Zhaba (Daofu County)va³³tsi⁵⁵morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.14
Zhaba (Daofu County)va³³tsə⁵⁵morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.14

3.3.1rGyalrong32

rGyalrongpa rŋamorpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.12
Caodengpa-kə́morpheme-lomorpheme ‘pig-herder’Sun J 97 Cao
Caodeng-ngormorpheme ‘dried pork’Sun J 97 Cao
Caodengpa-χtseʔmorpheme-pumorpheme ~ pa-χtsɐ-pu ~ pak-tse ‘piglet’Sun J 97 Cao
rGyalrong (Maerkang) rŋɑmorpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.11
rGyalrong (Maerkang)pɑk phʃᴇmorpheme n‘dung (pig)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0288.11
rGyalrong (Maerkang)pɑk morpheme morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.11
rGyalrong (Maerkang)pɑk tʂhᴇmorpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.11
rGyalrong (Maerkang)pɑk morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.11
rGyalrongpag yomorpheme ‘male pig’Nagano 97 GyQ: 3.11
rGyalrongpak gyimorpheme kamorpheme fcotmorpheme ‘boar’Nagano 97 GyQ: 3.14
rGyalrongpak kamorpheme fcotmorpheme ‘castrated pig’Nagano 97 GyQ: 3.13
rGyalrongpak kamorpheme rtsamorpheme ‘castrated pig’Nagano 97 GyQ: 3.13
rGBenzhenpa-rŋaʔmorpheme ‘wild pig’rGBenzhen -rŋaʔ possibly cognate to #4847 PKC *ŋal ⪤ *hŋal BOAR / PIG (wild).Sun J 97 rGB
rGBenzhenpak-ndzɐmorpheme ‘pig's food’Sun J 97 rGB
rGBenzhenpak-tʂʰemorpheme ‘pigsty’Sun J 97 rGB

4Nungic30

Rawangwɑʔ ‘pig’LaPolla 03: 326
Rawangwɑʔ am³³morpheme phɑ³¹morpheme ‘pig feed, pigwash’LaPolla 03: 538
Rawangwɑʔ lɑ⁵³morpheme ‘boar’LaPolla 03: 327
Rawangwɑʔ sɛ³¹morpheme ‘piglet’LaPolla 03: 329
Rawangwɑʔ tɕhɯm³¹morpheme ‘pigsty, hogpen’LaPolla 03: 587
Rawangwɑʔ zɑ⁵³morpheme ‘pig feed, pigwash’LaPolla 03: 538
Rawangwɑʔ ʃaŋ³¹morpheme ‘wild boar’LaPolla 03: 357
Nungʔo⁵⁵dʑɑ³¹morphemexɑm³⁵morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.21
Nungʔo⁵⁵phɯ³¹morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.21
Nungʔo⁵⁵tɕɛn³¹morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.21
Anongʔu⁵⁵ ‘pig’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 115.44
Dulongwɑʔ⁵⁵ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.20
Dulongwɑʔ⁵⁵duŋ⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.20
Dulongwɑʔ⁵⁵dʑɑ⁵⁵morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.20
Dulongwɑʔ⁵⁵pɑ³¹morphemetɔʔ⁵⁵morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.20
Dulongwɑʔ⁵⁵tɕɑn⁵³morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.20
Trung [Dulong]wɑ⁵⁵dzɑ⁵⁵morpheme n‘feed’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 407.46
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)wɑ⁵⁵zɑ⁵⁵morpheme n.‘feed’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1Lolo-Burmese2

*Lolo-Burmesewak ‘pig’[Source note] [TSR 168] (LaPolla 1987).LaPolla 87: 163

6.1.1Burmish102

Achang (Lianghe)tsɯŋ³¹morphemewɑ³¹ ‘boar’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Longchuan)oʔ⁵⁵ (n̥ək⁵⁵) n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.28
Achang (Longchuan)oʔ⁵⁵lɔ³¹morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.28
Achang (Longchuan)oʔ⁵⁵tsɔ³¹morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.28
Achang (Longchuan)oʔ⁵⁵tɕɔ⁵⁵morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.28
Achang (Longchuan)o⁵⁵tseŋ³⁵morpheme n‘sow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0286.28
Achang (Luxi)tsəŋ⁵¹morphemewaʔ³¹ ‘boar’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Luxi)waʔ³¹ ‘pig’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Xiandao)oʔ⁵⁵ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.29
Achang (Xiandao)oʔ⁵⁵cɔ⁵⁵morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.29
Achang (Xiandao)oʔ⁵⁵lɔ³¹morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.29
Achang (Xiandao)oʔ⁵⁵tsɔ³¹morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.29
Achang (Xiandao)oʔ⁵⁵tʂɯŋ⁵⁵morpheme n‘sow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0286.29
Achang (Xiandao)oʔ⁵⁵xau⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.29
Bola (Luxi)vaʔ³¹khap⁵⁵morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.32
Bola (Luxi)vaʔ³¹nɔ³⁵morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.32
Bola (Luxi)vaʔ³¹taŋ⁵⁵morpheme n‘sow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0286.32
Bola (Luxi)vaʔ³¹ta⁵⁵morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.32
Bola (Luxi)vaʔ³¹tʃauŋ⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.32
Bola (Luxi)vaʔ³¹tʃhaʔ⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.32
Bola (Luxi)vɔʔ³¹ (tɛ̃⁵⁵vɛʔ⁵⁵) n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.32
Burmese (Rangoon)tɔ⁵⁵morphemewɛʔ⁴ n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.27
Burmese (Rangoon)wɛʔ⁴ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.27
Burmese (Rangoon)wɛʔ⁴kɑ⁵³morphemele⁵⁵morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.27
Burmese (Rangoon)wɛʔ⁴sɑ²²morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.27
Burmese (Rangoon)wɛʔ⁴thi⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.27
Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)tɔ⁵⁵morphemewɛʔ⁴⁴ ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.40
Burmese (Written)tɔ³morphemewɑk⁴ n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.26
Burmese (Written)tɔ³morphemewɑk ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.39
Burmese (Written)wak ‘pig (domestic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Burmese (Written)wɑk⁴kɑ¹morphemele³morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.26
Burmese (Written)wɑk⁴sɑɑ²morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.26
Burmese (Written)wɑk⁴thi³morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.26
Hpun (Northern)prefixwᴜ̀ʔ, prefixvwᴜ̀ ‘pig’Henderson 86 Hpun
Phönprefixwo ‘pig’Benedict 72 STC: 43
Langsu (Luxi)vɔʔ³¹ (tsəŋ³¹) n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.31
Langsu (Luxi)vɔʔ³¹khap⁵⁵morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.31
Langsu (Luxi)vɔʔ³¹lɔ³⁵morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.31
Langsu (Luxi)vɔʔ³¹nau⁵⁵morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.31
Langsu (Luxi)vɔʔ³¹tsaŋ³¹morpheme n‘sow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0286.31
Langsu (Luxi)vɔʔ³¹tsɔ³¹morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.31
Langsu (Luxi)vɔʔ³¹tʃauŋ³¹morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.31
Leqi (Luxi)vuʔ³¹ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.33
Leqi (Luxi)vuʔ³¹nu⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.33
Leqi (Luxi)vuʔ³¹nu⁵⁵morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.33
Leqi (Luxi)vuʔ³¹ti̱⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.33
Leqi (Luxi)vuʔ³¹tso³¹morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.33
Leqi (Luxi)vuʔ³¹tsəŋ³¹morpheme n‘sow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0286.33
Maru [Langsu]vɔʔ³¹tʃauŋ³¹morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.43
Atsi [Zaiwa]vaʔ²¹khup⁵⁵morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]vaʔ²¹te̱²¹morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]vaʔ²¹te̱²¹morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.42
Atsi [Zaiwa]vaʔ²¹tsaŋ²¹morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]vaʔ²¹tsiŋ⁵¹morpheme n‘sow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0286.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]vaʔ²¹tso²¹morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]vaʔ²¹tuŋ²¹morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]vaʔ³¹ ‘pig’LaPolla 87: 163
Atsi [Zaiwa]vɔʔ²¹ (tsan⁵¹) n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.30

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish104

Gazhuowa⁵³ ‘pig’Dai 91 TB15
Gazhuowa⁵³pa⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.47
Gazhuowa⁵³sɿ³²³morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.47
Gazhuowa⁵³za³¹morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.47
Gazhuowa⁵³zɿ³¹morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.47
Laloáprefix-vìq ‘pig’Björverud 94
Lalovi̱² ‘pig’Chen 86 CS: 83.
Liphove̱² ‘pig’Chen 86 CS: 83.
Luquanva̠˥ ~ pu˥ ‘pig’Matisoff 79 QuoV: 38n21
Nasuva̱⁵⁵ ‘pig’Chen 86 CS: 83.
Neisuva¹³ ‘pig’Chen 86 CS: 83.
Nesuve̱² ‘pig’Chen 86 CS: 83.
Nosuvo̱⁵⁵ ‘pig’Chen 86 CS: 83.
Nusu (Northern)de³⁵morphemevɑ̱⁵³ ‘boar’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Central)de⁵⁵morphemeva̱⁵³ n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.34
Nusu (Bijiang)de⁵⁵morphemevɑ̱⁵⁵ ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.45
Nusu (Southern)uɔ̱⁵³ ‘pig’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Central)va̱⁵³bɔ³³morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.34
Nusu (Central)va̱⁵³doŋ⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.34
Nusu (Central)va̱⁵³dza⁵⁵morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.34
Nusu (Central)va̱⁵³za⁵⁵morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.34
Nusu (Northern)vɑ̱³¹ ‘pig’Sun J 86 Nusu
Yi (Dafang)va¹³ȵi⁵⁵morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.22
Yi (Liangshan)vo⁵⁵bu³³morphemezɯ³³morpheme ‘piglet’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)vo⁵⁵i³⁴morphemepo³³ ‘pig bladder’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)vo⁵⁵la³³morpheme ‘boar’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)vo⁵⁵n̥i³³morpheme ‘pork slab’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)vo⁵⁵pa³³morpheme ‘pig, fattened’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)vo⁵⁵si²¹morpheme ‘pig, wild’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)vo⁵⁵si²¹morpheme ‘liver, pork’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)vo⁵⁵tho³³morpheme ‘pig, whole’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)vo⁵⁵xo³⁴morphemethɔ³³morpheme ‘pig, young male’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)vo⁵⁵ȵi³³morpheme ‘pig, wild’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Mile)ve̱²¹ni³³morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.25
Yi (Mojiang)ve̱²¹nɯ⁵⁵morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.26
Yi (Nanhua)ve̱²¹ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.37
Yi (Nanhua)ve̱²¹bɯ³³morphemexi³³morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.37
Yi (Nanhua)ve̱²¹dzo³³morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.37
Yi (Nanhua)ve̱²¹po⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.37
Yi (Nanhua)ve̱²¹zo²¹morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.37
Yi (Nanhua)ȵi̱⁵⁵morphemeve̱²¹ n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.37
Yi (Nanhua)ȵi⁵⁵morphemeve̱²¹ ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.24
Yi (Nanjian)a⁵⁵prefixvi̱²¹ ‘pig’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 115.23
Yi (Nanjian)i̱²¹morphemevi²¹ ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.23
Yi (Weishan)vɪ̱²¹ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.36
Yi (Weishan)ɑ⁵⁵prefixvɪ̱²¹ n‘pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0284.36
Yi (Weishan)ɑ⁵⁵prefixvɪ̱²¹ by⁵⁵morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.36
Yi (Weishan)ɑ⁵⁵prefixvɪ̱²¹dzɑ⁵⁵morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.36
Yi (Weishan)ɑ⁵⁵prefixvɪ̱²¹pa²¹morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.36
Yi (Weishan)ɑ⁵⁵prefixvɪ̱²¹zɑ²¹morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.36
Yi (Weishan)ʔɪ̱²¹morphemevɪ̱²¹ n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.36
Yi (Wuding)vɑ̱⁵⁵ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.38
Yi (Wuding)vɑ̱⁵⁵bɤ¹¹morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.38
Yi (Wuding)vɑ̱⁵⁵dzu¹¹morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.38
Yi (Wuding)vɑ̱⁵⁵pu³³morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.38
Yi (Wuding)vɑ̱⁵⁵zu³³morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.38
Yi (Wuding)vɑ̱⁵⁵ȵɯ³³morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.38
Yi (Xide)vo⁵⁵ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.35
Yi (Xide)vo⁵⁵ gu⁵⁵morpheme ‘spay(ed) hog’Chen 79 YiCh
Yi (Xide)vo⁵⁵bu³³morphemezɯ³³morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.35
Yi (Xide)vo⁵⁵pɑ³³morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.35
Yi (Xide)vo⁵⁵ȵi³³morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.35
Yi (Xide)vo⁵⁵ȵi³³ ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.21
Yi (Xide)vɑ⁵⁵dzɑ³³morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.35

6.1.2.2Central Loloish102

Ahive̱² ‘pig’Chen 86 CS: 83.
Ahivie 44s ‘pig’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 168
Jinuova³³tsɔ⁵⁵morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.44
Jinuova⁴⁴ni⁴⁴morpheme ‘pig’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 115.34
Jinuova⁴⁴thɯ³¹morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.34
Jinuova⁵⁵phe⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.44
Jinuova⁵⁵pə⁴⁴morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.44
Jinuova⁵⁵thə³¹morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.44
Jinuova⁵⁵zɔ⁴⁴morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.44
Jinuo (Youle)vɑ⁵⁵ ‘pig’Gai 86
Jinuo (Buyuan)vɑ⁵⁵ n‘pig’Gai 86
Jinuo (Youle)vɑ⁵⁵thɤ³³morpheme ‘boar’Gai 86
Kucongva31 ‘pig’Dai 09 Kucong
Kucongva31 ti35morpheme ‘wild boar’Dai 09 Kucong
Lahu (Lancang)vɑ²¹ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.43
Lahu (Lancang)vɑ²¹pɑ¹¹morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.43
Lahu (Lancang)vɑ²¹ɔ¹¹morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.43
Lahu (Lancang)vɑ²¹ɛ³⁵morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.43
Lahu (Black)ɔ̀prefix-vɛ̀ʔ v‘screw’Matisoff 88 DL
Lahu (Yellow)va⁵ ‘zodiac year (Pig)’Chang 86
Lahu (Yellow)va⁵ ‘pig’Chang 86
Lahu (Yellow)ɔ⁵morpheme~va⁵ɔ⁵morpheme n.‘feed (for pig)’Chang 86
Lisuá2prefix-vá6 ‘pig’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 168
Lisu (Central)á²prefix-vá⁶ ‘pig’Fraser 22
Lisu (Central)prefix-vá⁶ ‘hog / pig’Fraser 22
Lisu (Central)prefix-vá⁶-ti¹morpheme ‘boar (wild)’Fraser 22
Lisu (Central)á¹prefix-vá⁶-ti¹morpheme ‘pig, wild’Fraser 22
Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixna²¹#6026 PTB *na ‘DOG’ a⁵⁵prefixvæʔ²¹ ‘dog-pig (a curse)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixvæʔ²¹ N‘pig; cf. væʔ²¹’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixvæʔ²¹ my³³morpheme ‘pig bristle’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixvæʔ²¹ thi²¹morpheme ma³³morpheme n‘pig’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixvæʔ²¹dza⁴⁴morpheme ‘pig feed; swill’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixvæʔ²¹khɤ³³morpheme ‘pig-sty’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixvæʔ²¹za²¹morpheme ‘piglet’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)væʔ²¹ N‘pig’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)væʔ²¹ ma³³morphemeti³³morpheme ‘big sow’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)væʔ²¹khɔʔ²¹morphememɤ²¹morpheme ‘domesticated pig’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)væʔ²¹kɔ⁵⁵morpheme ‘wild boar’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)væʔ²¹ni³³morpheme ‘day of pig’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)væʔ²¹pa⁵⁵morpheme ‘boar’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)væʔ²¹pa⁵⁵morphemeti⁵⁵morpheme ‘big boar’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)væʔ²¹ti⁵⁵morpheme ‘wild boar’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)væʔ²¹tɕe³³morpheme ‘pig pancreas’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Central)væʔ²¹tɕø³³morpheme ‘thin pig’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Central)væʔ²¹tɕø³³morpheme væʔ²¹la⁵⁵morphemegɔ³⁵morpheme ‘thin pig’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)væʔ²¹tɕɤ³³morpheme ‘thin pig’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)væʔ²¹tɕɤ³³morpheme væʔ²¹la⁵⁵morphemegɔ³⁵morpheme ‘thin pig’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)væʔ²¹ʃɿ³⁵morphemeʃɿ³³ ‘grey pig’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)væʔ²¹ʃɿ⁵⁵morpheme ‘boar kept for breeding’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisuvɛ̱³¹ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.40
Lisuvɛ̱³¹khi³¹ n‘dung (pig)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0288.40
Lisuvɛ̱³¹mɑ̱³³ n‘sow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0286.40
Lisuvɛ̱³¹pɑ⁵⁵ n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.40
Lisuvɛ̱³¹ti⁵⁵ n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.40
Lisuvɛ⁴¹ti⁵⁵morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.27
Lisuɑ⁵⁵morphemeve̱³¹zɑ̱³¹ n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.40
Lisuɑ⁵⁵morphemevɛ̱³¹ n‘pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0284.40
Lisuɑ⁵⁵prefixvɛ⁴¹ ‘pig’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 115.27
Yi (Sani)ve² n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.39
Yi (Sani)ve²bɤ³³morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.39
Yi (Sani)ve²dzɒ¹¹morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.39
Yi (Sani)ve²pɒ⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.39
Yi (Sani)ve²zɒ¹¹morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.39
Sani [Nyi]ve̱²² xɯ⁵⁵morpheme ‘pig's kidney’Ma 89 SanQ: 313.2
Sani [Nyi]ve²¹ xɯ³³morpheme tɤ⁵⁵loanword ‘castrate (pig)’Wu 84: 53.1
Yi (Sani)ve²ȵu³³morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.39
Yi (Sani)ve²ɬz̩¹¹morpheme n‘dung (pig)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0288.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish51

Akha (Yunnan)àprefix ɣàq ‘pig’Hansson 89 AHKP: 479
Akhaaprefix-za L-LS ‘pig’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 168
Akha (Thai)àprefixzàq ‘pig’Hansson 89 AHKP: 479
Akha (Thai)zàq thèmorpheme ‘wild boar’Hansson 89 AHKP: 184
Akha (Yunnan)ɣà thèmorpheme ‘wild boar’Hansson 89 AHKP: 184
Bisutsɔ̀ŋmorphemekɔ̀morpheme ‘wild boar’Bradley 9x Bisu
Bisu ‘pig’Bradley 9x Bisu
Hani (Lüchun)aprefix ɣàq ‘pig’Hansson 89 AHKP: 479
Hani (Dazhai)a³¹prefixɣa̱³¹ ‘pig’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 115.31
Hani (Lüchun)ɣa thèmorpheme ‘wild boar’Hansson 89 AHKP: 184
Hani (Dazhai)ɣa̱³¹the³¹morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.31
Hani (Lüchun)a³¹prefixɣa̱³¹ n‘pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0284.41
Hani (Lüchun)ɣa̱³³dza⁵⁵morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.41
Hani (Lüchun)ɣa̱³¹ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.41
Hani (Lüchun)ɣa̱³¹pha³¹morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.41
Hani (Lüchun)ɣa̱³¹the³¹morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.41
Hani (Lüchun)ɣa̱³¹za³¹morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.41
Hani (Pijo) thỳmorpheme ‘wild boar’Hansson 89 AHKP: 184
Hani (Caiyuan)va̱³¹thɤ³¹morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.30
Hani (Gelanghe)a³¹prefixja̱³¹ ‘pig’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Hani (Gelanghe)ja̱³¹the³¹morpheme ‘boar’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Hani (Shuikui)a³¹prefixja³¹ ‘pig’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 115.32
Hani (Wordlist)aprefixqhhavq ‘pig’Hansson 89 AHKP: 479
Hani (Shuikui)ja³¹thi³¹morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.32
Hani (Khatu) thỳmorpheme ‘wild boar’Hansson 89 AHKP: 184
Hani (Mojiang)ja³¹ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.42
Hani (Mojiang)ja³¹phɔ³¹morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.42
Hani (Mojiang)ja³¹thi³¹morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.42
Hani (Mojiang)ja³¹tsɔ⁵⁵morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.42
Hani (Mojiang)ja³¹zɔ³¹morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.42
Hani (Mojiang)ja³¹ʒu⁵⁵morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.42
Mpiwa² ‘pig’Srinuan 76
Côông [Phunoi]va³¹ ban³¹#453 PTB *ban ‘MOUTH / LIP’ morpheme ãflə⁵⁵morpheme ‘snout (pig)’Ferlus 91: 3.5.5
Silawa̰21 ‘pig’Kato 08 Lao: 108

6.2Naxi35

Laze (Xiangjiao)wɤ˧mi˧morphemetsv˧morphemetʰie˥morphemedy˥morpheme hĩ˥morpheme ‘fat part above the pig's tail’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 801
Laze (Xiangjiao)wɤ˧ɬu˥morpheme ‘meat of the pig's body, with bones’[Source note] pork chopsMichaud 06 NaLaze: 803
Laze (Xiangjiao)wɤ˩dze˩morpheme ‘pig feed, swill’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 853
Laze (Xiangjiao)wɤ˩sy˩morpheme ‘boar’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 3781
Laze (Xiangjiao)wɤ˩ʈɯ˩morpheme ‘wild boar’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 3786
Na (Yongning)bu˩bi˧morphememi˧morpheme ‘meat of the pig's belly’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)bu˩bv˧˩morpheme ‘pigsty, pigpen’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)bu˩hɑ˥ ‘pig feed, swill’morpheme · morphemeMichaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)bu˩kʰɯ˧morpheme ‘dried meat preserved in the skin of the pig's foot’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)bu˩mɤ˧˩morpheme ‘lard’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)bu˩pʰv˧morpheme ‘boar’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)bu˩tv˥morpheme ‘wild boar’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)bu˩ɬo˧˩morpheme ‘pork ribs’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)bu˩ɬɑ˧morpheme ‘boar’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)bu˩ɯ˧morpheme ‘pigskin, hogskin’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)bu˩ʈʂʰæ˧˩morpheme ‘boneless, fleshless preserved pork’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Naxibu²¹ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.45
Naxibu²¹phv̩³³morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.45
Naxibu²¹tɕi³³morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.45
Naxibu²¹xɑ³³morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.45
Naxi (Lijiang)bu³¹tɕi³³morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.28
Naxi (Lijiang)bu³¹xɑ³³morpheme n‘feed’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 407.28
Naxi (Yongning)bu³¹xɑ³³morpheme n‘feed’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 407.29
Naxi (Yongning)bv³¹tv³³morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.29

7Karenic43

These Karenic forms reflect a secondary dental prefix (cf. the anomalous Karenic forms for #1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n DOG).

The second element in the Karenic word for WILD BOAR is from #2453 PTB *m-l(e/ə)y EARTH / COUNTRY / GROUND / MUD / SOIL.

*Karentháuʔ cf. DOG‘pig’Jones 61: 85
*KarenthɔɁᴰ ‘pig’Luangthongkum 13: 218
Bwethɔ θómɛ̀morpheme n‘boar's tusk’Henderson 97 Kar
Bwethɔ³³ ‘pig’Luangthongkum 13: 218
Karentho̱⁵⁵ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.50
Karentho̱⁵⁵di³¹morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.50
Karentho̱⁵⁵pha⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.50
Karentho̱⁵⁵pho⁵⁵morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.50
Karentho⁵⁵tsha³¹morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.50
Karenthɔ³¹a³¹morphemelɔ³¹morpheme n‘pigsty / pen (hog)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0504.50
Kayahthɛ⁵⁵ ‘pig’Luangthongkum 13: 218
KayanthauɁ⁴⁵ ‘pig’Luangthongkum 13: 218
Kayan (Pekon)tʰàumyə̤̀ɨmorpheme N‘wild pig [lit. pig-grass]’Kayan myə̤̀ɨ most likely ‘forest’, not ‘grass’, as the author recognizes it in tʰwî myà̤ ‘wild dog’ and sʰə́ɨ myə̤̀ɨ ‘wild chicken’.Manson 10 Kayan
Kayan (Pekon)tʰàusʰɨ́morpheme N‘rhinoceros [lit. pig-water]’Manson 10 Kayan
Pa-Othɔ́ʔ ‘pig’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Othɔ́ʔ cwɛ́morpheme ‘tusk of pig (2)’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Othɔ́ʔ khɔ̀k#586 PTB *s/r-kawk ⪤ *s/r-kwak ‘OUTER COVERING / SKIN / BARK / RIND’PTani *kruk ‘OUTER COVERING’ ‘skin of pig, pig hide’Pa-O khɔ̀k likely a borrowing from Burmese khauk ‘skin’. Pa-O has glottal stop as the regular reflex of all proto-Karen final stops. Pa-O final oral stops occur largely (though not entirely) in loans from Shan and Burmese.Solnit 89 PaO

8Bai22

The initial dentals in these Baic forms are similar to the first element in Tamangic and Karenic, suggesting a prefixal dental, something like *d-wak.

Bai (Bijiang)te⁴²ɕɑ̃⁵⁵morpheme ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.37
Bai (Dali)jeʴ³¹morphemete⁴² ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.35
Bai (Dali)te⁴²tsi⁴⁴morpheme n‘feed’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 407.35
Bai (Dali) 8 ‘pork’Dell 81: 530
Bai (Dali) kaloanword 86 ‘liver (pork)’Dell 81: 531
Bai (Dali) koemorpheme 87 ‘meat (pork)’Dell 81: 532
Bai (Dali) tsɛmorpheme 88 ‘tongue (pork)’Dell 81: 533
Bai (Dali) uemorpheme 8 3/4 ‘pigsty’Dell 81: 535
Bai (Jianchuan)(te̱²¹tiə⁴²morpheme) fa̱³³morpheme ‘fat (pig)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1025.48
Bai (Jianchuan)te̱²¹ n‘year of the pig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0766.48
Bai (Jianchuan)te̱²¹po⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0285.48
Bai (Jianchuan)te̱²¹tsa̱³³morpheme n‘feed (pig) / pigwash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0459.48
Bai (Jianchuan)te̱²¹tsɿ³³morphemete̱²¹morphemeɲə³³morpheme n‘piglet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0287.48
Bai (Jianchuan)te̱²¹ɕã⁵⁵morpheme n‘boar (wild)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0312.48
Bai (Jianchuan)tso⁴²morphemete⁴² ‘boar’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 127.36

9.0.1Old Chinese3

Chinese (Old/Mid)pɑ̊/pɑ ‘sow / pig’Chou 72: 39d
Chinese (Old/Mid)pɑ̊/pɑ ‘sow / pig’Karlgren 57 GSR: 39d

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1006, *pʷak ‘PIG’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1006
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#043, HPTB pp. 61, 62, 96, 147, 318, 319, 328
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1006,
  title  = {{*pʷak 'PIG'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1006},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1006}
}