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STEDT #1704

*hwap

DRINK
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlehopinitialhrhymeopcoverH · T

Notes

This root is best attested in Kiranti, with a likely Tujia cognate and a good Chinese comparandum.

The final nasal in the first syllable of Yakha hom maː ‘drink’ is due to assimilation to the initial nasal of the second syllable.

Chinese comparandum

吸 OC *χi̯əp, GSR #681j ‘breathe, inhale, suck in, absorb’; Coblin 86:98 ST *rngjup > OC *hngjəp; Schuessler 2007:522 *hŋəp ~ *həp; B & S 2011: *qʰəp {qʰ(r)[ə]p}; Mand. xī.

欱 OC (not in GSR #675); B & S 2011: *qʰˤəp {qʰˤ[ə]p}; Mand. hē.

Reflexes & cognates19 reflexes · 8 subgroups

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Yakhahom◦maːsuffix v‘drink’Kohn 90: 3.7.7

2.3.2Southern Kiranti2

Bantawahop ‘drink’Rai 85 BnDs
Bantawahop◦tmorpheme- v.‘drink (soup, buttermilk, ...)’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 156

2.3.4Western Kiranti3

Bahinghop◦tmorpheme- v.‘drink (soup)’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 156
Thulunghop- v.‘drink, to sip (non-alcoholic)’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 156
Thulunghop- v.‘drink, to sip (non-alcoholic beverages)’Allen 75

5Tujia6

Tujia (Northern)hu3 vt.‘drink, smoke’Brassett 04 Tujia
Tujiaxu²¹ v‘drink’Chen 86 TuBQ: 3.7.7
Tujia (Northern)xu²¹ ‘drink’Tian 86
Tujiaxu²¹ ‘drink’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 534.38

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old)qʰˤəp {qʰˤ[ə]p} ‘sip, drink’BaxterSagart 2011: 1026

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

9.0.3Modern Chinese3

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1704, *hwap ‘DRINK’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1704
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: Sinitic, Kiranti
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1704,
  title  = {{*hwap 'DRINK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1704},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1704}
}