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STEDT #1289

*g-li-k

ARMPIT / TICKLE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handleliprefixginitiallrhymeicoverL · V

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*k-lik ‘TICKLE’PCN #259
Tangkhulic*rik ‘ARMPIT’DRM#601

Connections

HPTB*g-li ‘armpit / tickle’p. 186

Notes

This “funny” root is quite well attested in several branches of the family, usually as a sesqui- or di-syllable. Several languages (Ao, Bisu, Magar) show a variant with final velar stop, while others (WB, Gurung) show some sort of laryngeal feature after the vowel.

Yang 1985 cites several extra-TB lookalikes: Khmer kliək, Indonesian ketiak ‘armpit’, Cham kəlĕk ‘tickle’. See also Benedict 1975a:410 (“Austro-Thai Language and Culture, with a glossary of roots”).

Reflexes & cognates44 reflexes · 15 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)5

*Tibeto-Burmang-li ‘armpit / tickle’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 600
*Tibeto-Burmang-li ‘tickle / armpit’Benedict 72 STC: 265

1.2.3Maraic5

Lakher [Mara]bamorpheme-kəli ‘armpit’LaPolla 87: 134
Lakher [Mara]bamorpheme-kəli ‘armpit’Benedict 72 STC: 265
Lakher [Mara]kili ‘tickle, armpit’Benedict 72 STC: 265
Lothvo (Hiranpi)ʒɑ⁴morphemekə̆li³ ‘armpit’Luce 85: O.6
Meraɓɑ⁶morphemekə̆lɪ'̊¹ ‘armpit’Luce 85: O.6

1.2.4“Old Kuki”2

Moyonkæ̀ŋmorpheme◦krík ‘underarm / armpit’Kosha 90: 6.1.1
Moyonnrik ‘tickle’Kosha 90: 6.1.1.1

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)7

Ao (Chungli)ki³lak¹ v.‘tickle’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Ao (Chungli)³ki¹lik ‘tickle’Weidert 87 TBTo: 255
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)kə̀lìk v.‘tickle [tickled]’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagae¹prefix-zək²- v.‘tickle’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.259
Lotha NagaEprefix◦zuk◦asuffix ‘tickle’Nienu 90 LotQ: 6.1.1.1
Lotha Nagaeprefix◦zük◦phimorpheme◦asuffix ‘tickle’Murry 78: 125

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group2

Angami Naga²keprefix⁵lie ‘tickle’Weidert 87 TBTo: 255
Angami (Kohima)ke³¹prefix li⁵⁵ ‘tickle’Nienu 90 AngQ: 6.1.1.1

1.3.4Tangkhulic8

Huishuaprefix-kaprefix-lik ‘armpit’Mortensen 12 Tk
Huishuʔaprefix-kaprefix-lik ‘armpit’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.002
Huishuʔaprefix-kaprefix-lik-vejmorpheme ‘armpit hair’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.003
Kachaitʰawmorpheme-kʰəprefix-lɐk v.‘tickle’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.149
Kachaitʰawmorpheme-lɐk ‘underarm / armpit’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.148
Tangkhulrí ‘armpit’Bhat 69 TNV: 84
Ukhrulrik-kʰa ‘armpit’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garo (Bangladesh)lek-gumorpheme-amorpheme vt‘tickle’Burling 03 Garo: 3.64-II:idx

2.1.2Bodic1

Kaikekanchmorpheme◦lhi ‘armpit’Hale 73 CSD: 66

2.1.4Tamangish4

Gurungbgyāumorpheme-liq ‘armpit’Hale 73 CSD: 66
Gurung (Ghachok)ŋyaumorpheme◦liq ‘armpit’Glover 72 GuVo: 2.A.51
Manang (Gyaru)nyaŋ²morpheme li² ‘armpit’Nagano 84 Man: 028-01
Tamang (Sahu)kuhmorpheme◦cili ‘armpit’Taylor 72 TmVo: 2.48

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Magarkilik-kemorpheme ‘tickle’Hale 73 CSD: 158

6.1.1Burmish5

Burmese (Written)gyak#702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’-kăliʼ ⪤ tshak#699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’-kăliʼ ⪤ lak#695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’MesorootsPTani *lak ‘HAND / ARM’PNN *glək ‘HAND’PLB *lakᴸ ‘HAND’PL *lakᴸ ‘HAND’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’-kăliʼ ‘armpit’The first syllables of this important triplet represent three separate allofams of the first etymon in this study: gyak < #702 PTB *g-yak ARM / HAND / CUBIT, tshak (also transcribable as chak < #699 PTB *d-yak HAND / ARM / LEAF, and lak < #695 PTB *lak HAND/LIMB.Benedict 72 STC: 265
Burmese (Written)kăliʼ ‘tickle, armpit’Benedict 72 STC: 265
Burmese (Written)zakmorpheme-kəli ‘armpit’Weidert 87 TBTo: 255

6.1.2Loloish2

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2

Bisukɔ̀morpheme◦kili ‘armpit’Beaudouin 88 Bisu: 13
Bisukɔ̀morpheme◦kilík ‘armpit’Beaudouin 88 Bisu: 13

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1289, *g-li-k ‘ARMPIT / TICKLE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1289
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#265, ff. AAM-HHW, HPTB p.186
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1289,
  title  = {{*g-li-k 'ARMPIT / TICKLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1289},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1289}
}