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STEDT #1457

*m-sak

ITCH
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*fak ‘ITCH’JS-HCST: 59
Kuki-Chin*thak-I, -thaʔ-II ‘ITCH / ITCHY’PKC #393
Central Naga (Ao Group)(a) *m-sak ‘ITCH (v.)’PCN #243
Central Naga (Ao Group)(b) *m-ʃak ‘SCRATCH (v.)’PCN #244
Karenic*saɁᴰ ‘ITCHY’TL#156

Connections

HPTB*m-sak ‘itch’p. 317
See alsoSCRATCH/ITCH/PICANTE

Reflexes & cognates115 reflexes · 28 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burmanm-sak ‘itch, itchy’LaPolla 87: 95
*Tibeto-Burmanm-sak ‘itch / itchy’Benedict 72 STC: 465

1.1.1Tani1

1.1.1.1Western Tani21

Apataniáprefix-ha ‘itch’Sun J 93 Tani
Apataniaprefix-haʔ ‘itch’Sun J 93 HCST
Apataniaprefix-haʔ ‘itch’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengniaprefix-fak ‘itch’Sun J 93 HCST
Bengniaprefix-fak ‘itchy’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengniaprefix-fak ǰimorpheme-ǰakmorpheme ‘very itchy’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarak ‘itch’Sun J 93 HCST
Bokarak ‘itch’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarak ‘scratch (to stop an itch)’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarak v.‘itch / tickle’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1749.24
Galo`aprefix◦ak n.‘itch’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`aprefix◦ak adj.‘itchy’GLDC 09 Galo
Miri, Hillak-hagmorpheme-namsuffix ‘itch’Simon 76 Miri

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2

Milangaprefix◦ha-ɲi ‘itch’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.1.2Deng8

Darang [Taraon]mɑ³¹ so⁵³ ‘itchy’Sun H 80 MLD
Idumaso ‘itch’Pulu 78
Idumaso ‘scabies’Pulu 78
Idumaso ‘scabies’Anonymous 62 Idu
Idumaso wagamorpheme ‘itch’Pulu 78
Idumɑ⁵⁵so⁵⁵ ‘itch’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 900.50
Yidumɑ⁵⁵so⁵⁵ v.‘itch / tickle’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1749.25

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinthak-I, -thaʔ-II ‘ITCH / ITCHY’VanBik 09 PKC: 393

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

Paitethak ‘irritant, itch’VanBik 09 PKC: 393
Sizangchī htak ‘itch’VanBik 09 PKC: 393
Thadothàʔ-INV be v.‘itchy’VanBik 09 PKC: 393
Tiddimthak³ > thaʔ³ ‘itchy’VanBik 09 PKC: 393
Tiddimtʻak⁴ v.‘itch’Luce 85: O.7

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin5

Ashotʻauk ‘itch’VanBik 09 PKC: 393
Cho (Mindat)m-thak v‘cause itching’VanBik 09 PKC: 393
Matupitʻɑk² v.‘itch’Luce 85: O.7
Womatumˋtʻak² v.‘itch’Luce 85: O.7

1.2.2Central Chin7

Lai (Hakha)thak-I thaʔ-II ‘itch, be itchy’VanBik 09 PKC: 393
Lai (Falam)thàk-INV ‘itch, be itchy’VanBik 09 PKC: 393
Lushai [Mizo]thàk be v.‘itchy, to have an irritating itching sensation’VanBik 09 PKC: 393
Lushai [Mizo]thak vi‘itch; be pungent; be hot (as pepper)’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2937
Lushai [Mizo]thak ‘itch, itchy’LaPolla 87: 95
Lushai [Mizo]tʻak⁴ v.‘itch’Luce 85: O.7

1.2.3Maraic3

Lakher [Mara]pəprefix◦tha ‘itch, itchy’LaPolla 87: 95
Lakher [Mara]pəprefix◦tha v.‘itch’Benedict 72 STC: 465

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Moyonnthʌ́k v‘itch / be itchy’Kosha 90: 8.2.3.10

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)21

Ao (Chungli)məsak ‘itch, itchy’LaPolla 87: 95
Ao (Chungli)mə³sak¹ be v.‘itchy / promiscuous’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.096
Ao (Chungli)mɯ́sàk v.‘itch’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 6
Ao (Chungli)³mɯ¹sak v.‘be hot (as chili-peppers) / itch’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1014
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)məsak v.‘itch [itched]’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagan̩¹-thək²- v.‘itch, be itchy’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.243
Lotha Nagan̩¹-ʃak²- v.‘scratch (leaving a mark or wound)’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.244
Lotha Naganthük◦asuffix ‘itch’Murry 78: 63
Lotha NagaNthuk◦asuffix v‘itch / be itchy’Nienu 90 LotQ: 8.2.3.10
Lotha Naga¹n(²)tɯk v.‘itch’Weidert 87 TBTo: 954
Yimchungrüaprefix◦tak v‘burn’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrümüshak v.‘scratch’Kumar 73 Yim: 38

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group5

Angami Naga²me¹so v.‘itch’Weidert 87 TBTo: 954
Angami (Kohima)me³¹ so¹¹ v‘itch / be itchy’Nienu 90 AngQ: 8.2.3.10
Sema [Sumi]mutho v‘itch / itchy’Achumi 98: 8.2.3.10
Sema [Sumi]mutho◦ghamorpheme ‘rash’Achumi 98: 8.2.3.9
Sema [Sumi]mutho◦ghamorpheme ‘scab’Achumi 98: 8.2.4

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Zeme³kemorpheme¹n¹cak v.‘itch’Weidert 87 TBTo: 954

1.5Mikir [Karbi]3

Mikir [Karbi]ingprefix◦thàk v.‘itch / be itchy’Grüssner 79 BP: 22
Mikir [Karbi]iŋprefix◦thak ‘itch, itchy’LaPolla 87: 95
Mikir [Karbi]iŋprefix◦thak v.‘itch’Benedict 72 STC: 465

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Kokborokməprefix=tauʔ be v.‘itchy’Tripuri 88

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garo (Bangladesh)me-sak-amorpheme vi‘irritated skin; itch’Burling 03 Garo: 8.94-II:idx

1.7.1.3Koch1

Atongbamorpheme◦sak- v‘burn and cause a rash, to cause irritation or itching’van Breugel 08 Atong

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphoməsaʔ be v.‘sharp, biting to the taste, causing an itching sensation’Benedict 72 STC: 465
Jingphoməprefix◦saʔ ‘itch, itchy’LaPolla 87: 95

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Pattani [Manchati]tʃwak◦ʂimorpheme v.‘scratch’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH

2.1.2Bodic4

Baimasa⁵³ v‘itch / be itchy’Sun H 91 Baim: 8.2.3.10
Tshona (Wenlang)zɑ³⁵ se⁵⁵suffix ‘itchy’Lu 86 CuoM

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Batang)sa¹³ ga⁵³morpheme v.‘itch / be itchy’Dai 89 Bata: 8.2.3.10

2.1.3Lepcha2

Lepchaják v.‘itch’Plaisier 07 Lepcha
Lepchajak v.‘itch, tickle’In Mainwaring’s transcription, j stands for [ʑ], or as he puts it, “like French j-“ (p. 93). Curiously, although both jak and yak appear in the index (p. 540), neither appears in the body of the dictionary.Benedict 72 STC: 465

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Sunwarrak◦sumorpheme- v.‘itch’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 98

7Karenic15

*KarensaɁᴰ ‘itchy’Luangthongkum 13: 156
Bweθà v.‘itch’Weidert 87 TBTo: 954
Bweθa³³ ‘itchy’Luangthongkum 13: 156
Kayahse⁵⁵ ‘itchy’Luangthongkum 13: 156
KayanθaɁ⁴⁵ ‘itchy’Luangthongkum 13: 156
Kayawsɔ³³ ‘itchy’Luangthongkum 13: 156
Sgaw⁴θaʔ v.‘itch’Weidert 87 TBTo: 954
Karen (Sgaw/Yue)θa̱ʔ⁵⁵ ‘itch’Dai 89 KarA: 2515

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1457, *m-sak ‘ITCH’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1457
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#465, AW-TBT 1014, HPTB p.317
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1457,
  title  = {{*m-sak 'ITCH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1457},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1457}
}