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STEDT #1286

*r-lik

TESTICLE / EGG / PENIS

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handleliprefixrinitiallrhymei-ksuffixkcoverL · VT

Connections

HPTB*r-lik ‘penis / testicles’pp. 344, 374

Notes

This etymon was already set up in Matisoff 1972a #170 as PLB *r-lek, on the basis of a single Loloish form (Akha) and WT rlig-pa. It is solidly attested in Himalayish, with possible cognates in Xixia and the NE Indian Areal Group (esp. Karbi).

Reflexes & cognates23 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanr-lik ‘penis / testicles’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 600

1.5Mikir [Karbi]2

Mikir [Karbi]chemorpheme◦lèk ‘penis’Grüssner 79 BP: 64

Mikir [Karbi]chemorpheme◦lèk ‘glans penis’Grüssner 79 BP: 64

2.1.1Western Himalayish7

Kanaurilik◦pāsuffix ‘penis (polite)’Matisoff 87 BP

Kanauriliṭ ‘egg’The relationship of Kanauri liṭ ‘egg’ to lik pā ‘penis (polite)’ is uncertain.Sharma, D.D. 88 Kn: 28

Kanaurilīṭ(h) n‘egg’Bailey 11

Kanaurilīṭ(h) ‘egg’Matisoff 87 BP

Kanauriliːṭ ‘egg’Sharma, D.D. 88 Kn: 29

Pattani [Manchati]Tigmorpheme◦lhig ‘egg (of animal)’Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 10.4.16

Pattani [Manchati]ʈigmorpheme◦lʰig ‘egg, boil (sore)’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH

2.1.2.1Tibetan6

Spitilik◦pasuffix ‘testicle’Bodh 91: 10.3.5

Tibetan (Written)gsaṅmorpheme-rlig ‘testicle (hon.)’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)mj̀e#1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’MesorootsPL *(n)-li² ‘PENIS’Allofams114 #1285 PTB *m-(l/n)ey ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114a #1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114b #545 PTB *m-ney ‘PENIS’-rlig ‘penis and testicles’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)rlig-bumorpheme ‘scrotum’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)rlig-pasuffix ‘testicle’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)rlig-s̀ubsmorpheme ‘scrotum’WT s̀ubs ‘case, covering, sheath’.Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Nasuɬo̱²¹ ‘testicle’Chen 86 Yi: 10.3.5

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3

Akhaleh LS ‘testicle’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 170

Akhaleh˰ uˆ#301 PTB *ʔu ‘EGG / BIRD’Allofams1 #1168 PTB *pʷu ‘EGG / BIRD / ROUND OBJECT’1a #301 PTB *ʔu ‘EGG / BIRD’1b #1654 PTB *pu ‘EGG’1c #1275 PTB *pu ‘BALL / EGG / ROUND OBJECT’ leh˰ si˯#1019 PTB *sey ‘FRUIT / ROSE / ROUND OBJECT’PTani *ze ‘FRUIT’PKC *thay ‘FRUIT’PKC *ʔaar-θii ⪤ *-sii ‘STAR’PCN *a-sej ‘FRUIT / SEED’PTk *tʰej ‘FRUIT’PKar *saᴮ ‘FRUIT’ ‘scrotum’Lewis 89 AETD

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1286, *r-lik ‘TESTICLE / EGG / PENIS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1286

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1286,
  title  = {{*r-lik 'TESTICLE / EGG / PENIS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1286},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1286}
}