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STEDT #1454

*syap

SCALE (OF FISH OR REPTILE)

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlesepinitialsrhymeepcoverS · T

Connections

HPTB*sep ‘scale (of fish or reptile)’pp. 353, 376

Poss. allofam*s-lip ‘SCALE (OF FISH OR REPTILE)’

Notes

Lepcha a-ší looks like a possible reflex of this root, but the lack of a final -p is a problem. This root was formerly reconstructed as *sep (HPTB:376).

The final velar in the Limbu form is unexplained.

Reflexes & cognates27 reflexes · 13 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmansep ‘scale (of fish or reptile)’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 376

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Chokrikhu⁵⁵morpheme shi⁵⁵ ‘scales (of fish)’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 8.2.5

1.7.3.1Jingpho4

Jingphonga#1455 PTB *s-ŋya ‘FISH’PTani *ŋo ‘FISH’PKC *ŋaa ⪤ *hŋaa ‘FISH’PCN *a-hŋaʔ ‘FISH’PTk *ŋa ‘FISH’-sep ‘scales (of fish)’Matisoff 87 BP

Jingphoŋá#1455 PTB *s-ŋya ‘FISH’PTani *ŋo ‘FISH’PKC *ŋaa ⪤ *hŋaa ‘FISH’PCN *a-hŋaʔ ‘FISH’PTk *ŋa ‘FISH’-sèp ‘scale (fish)’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 341

Jingphoŋa⁵⁵#1455 PTB *s-ŋya ‘FISH’PTani *ŋo ‘FISH’PKC *ŋaa ⪤ *hŋaa ‘FISH’PCN *a-hŋaʔ ‘FISH’PTk *ŋa ‘FISH’sep³¹ Nbp‘scale’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0352.19

Jingphoəprefix-sep ‘scales (of fish)’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Sakaprefix◦kəmorpheme◦sáiʔ ‘scale (of fish)’Huziwara 08 Sak: 317-2

2.1.2Bodic2

Tsangla (Motuo)sep⁵⁵ ‘scales’Zhang Jichuan 86

Motuo Menbasep Nbp‘scale’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0352.07

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Lhasa)tʂhəp⁵² Nbp‘scale’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0352.02

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchaaprefix-ší ‘scales (of fish)’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Limbuseːk ‘scale (of a fish)’Michailovsky 89 Lm

3.3rGyalrongic1

Ergong (Northern)(ȵɛ¹³#1455 PTB *s-ŋya ‘FISH’PTani *ŋo ‘FISH’PKC *ŋaa ⪤ *hŋaa ‘FISH’PCN *a-hŋaʔ ‘FISH’PTk *ŋa ‘FISH’) tʂʰɛp⁵³ ‘scales (of fish)’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 8.2.5

4Nungic3

Rawangŋɑ³³#1455 PTB *s-ŋya ‘FISH’PTani *ŋo ‘FISH’PKC *ŋaa ⪤ *hŋaa ‘FISH’PCN *a-hŋaʔ ‘FISH’PTk *ŋa ‘FISH’ rəmorpheme◦ɕɛʔ ‘scale (of fish)’LaPolla 03: 398

Dulongɹɯ⁵⁵morphemesɛʔ⁵⁵ Nbp‘scale’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0352.20

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)ŋɑ⁵⁵#1455 PTB *s-ŋya ‘FISH’PTani *ŋo ‘FISH’PKC *ŋaa ⪤ *hŋaa ‘FISH’PCN *a-hŋaʔ ‘FISH’PTk *ŋa ‘FISH’ plɑ̆ʔ⁵⁵morpheme ɹɯ³¹morpheme sĕʔ⁵⁵ ‘scales’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmesesepᴴ ‘scale (of fish or reptile)’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 612

6.1.2.2Central Loloish9

Lahu (Lancang)ŋɑ⁵³#1455 PTB *s-ŋya ‘FISH’PTani *ŋo ‘FISH’PKC *ŋaa ⪤ *hŋaa ‘FISH’PCN *a-hŋaʔ ‘FISH’PTk *ŋa ‘FISH’ɕɛ⁵⁴ Nbp‘scale’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0352.43

Lahu (Black)vɨ̀#2623 PTB *s-b/m-ruːl ‘SNAKE’PTani *bɯr-taŋ ‘POISONOUS SNAKE / VIPER’PKC *ruul ‘SNAKE’PCN *ph-rə ‘SNAKE’PTk *ruul ‘SNAKE’PLB *m-r-wəy¹ ‘SNAKE’PKar *rowᴮ ‘SNAKE’-šɛ̂ʔ ‘scale of snake’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 376

Lahu (Black)ɔ̀prefix-šɛ̂ʔ ‘scales (of fish)’Matisoff 87 BP

Lahu (Black)ɔ̀prefix-šɛ̂ʔ ‘scale (fish)’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 341

Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’ sɛʔ⁵⁴ ‘scales’Chang 86

Sani [Nyi]sa̱⁴⁴ ‘scales’Wu 84: 164.1

Yi (Sani)sɑ⁴⁴ Nbp‘scale’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0352.39

Sani [Nyi]ŋɑ⁵⁵#1455 PTB *s-ŋya ‘FISH’PTani *ŋo ‘FISH’PKC *ŋaa ⪤ *hŋaa ‘FISH’PCN *a-hŋaʔ ‘FISH’PTk *ŋa ‘FISH’ sa⁵⁵ ‘scale (of fish)’Ma 89 SanQ: 328.2

Sani [Nyi]ŋɑ⁵⁵#1455 PTB *s-ŋya ‘FISH’PTani *ŋo ‘FISH’PKC *ŋaa ⪤ *hŋaa ‘FISH’PCN *a-hŋaʔ ‘FISH’PTk *ŋa ‘FISH’sa⁵⁵ ‘scales’Chen 86 Yi: 8.2.5

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1454, *syap ‘SCALE (OF FISH OR REPTILE)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1454

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

References: cf. JAM-DL, HPTB pp. 353, 376

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1454,
  title  = {{*syap 'SCALE (OF FISH OR REPTILE)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1454},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1454}
}