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STEDT #1326

*kyak

KIDNEY

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This weakly attested root appears in Kiranti and in scattered Tani forms.

Reflexes & cognates13 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani4

Galo`aprefix◦kek n.‘kidney’GLDC 09 Galo

Galoaprefix◦kek ‘kidney’Das Gupta 63 Gal

Galoˆaprefix-ek ‘kidney’Weidert 87 TBTo: 965

Miri, Hillaprefix◦kek ‘kidney’Simon 76 Miri

2.3Kiranti1

*KirantiCik◦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’ ‘kidney’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 99

2.3.2Southern Kiranti4

Bantawacük◦simorpheme ‘kidney’Rai 84 BnDc: 17

Bantawatsïk◦simorpheme ‘kidney’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 99

Kulungcik◦s#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’ ‘kidney’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 99

Kulungcik◦sˍ#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’ ‘kidney’Rai 75 Kul

2.3.4Western Kiranti5

Bahingtsik◦tsiʔ◦bamorpheme ‘kidney’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 99

Sunwarci̩ːk◦re#227 PTB *m/s-kri(y)-s ‘GALL (BLADDER) / BILE / SOUR’PCN *a-sə ‘BILE / GALL BLADDER’PTk *tʰi ‘BILE’ ‘kidney’Matisoff 87 BP

SunwarciːMk◦re#227 PTB *m/s-kri(y)-s ‘GALL (BLADDER) / BILE / SOUR’PCN *a-sə ‘BILE / GALL BLADDER’PTk *tʰi ‘BILE’ ‘kidney’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 99

Thulungcək◦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’ ‘kidney’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 99

Thulungcək◦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’ ‘kidney’Allen 75

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1326, *kyak ‘KIDNEY’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1326

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1326,
  title  = {{*kyak 'KIDNEY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1326},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1326}
}