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STEDT #1862

*ri-dak

ANIMAL
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handledakprefixrinitialdrhymeakcoverT · T

Notes

This binome is found in Written Tibetan ri dwags, with the extremely rare initial dw- in the second syllable. This binome has been widely borrowed in languages influenced by Tibetan (Damu, Menba, Tamangic, Qiangic, rGyalrongic).

For the first syllable, see #6076 PTB *ri MOUNTAIN.

Reflexes & cognates62 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Damu*rɯda ‘wild animal’Sun J 93 Tani

2.1.2Bodic2

Motuo Menbari daʔ n‘animal / beast’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0303.07
Cuona Menbarik³⁵daʔ⁵³ n‘animal / beast’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0303.06

2.1.2.1Tibetan5

Tibetan (Batang)ʐɪ¹³dɑʔ⁵³ n‘animal / beast (herbivore)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0303.03
Tibetan (Lhasa)ri¹³ta⁵² n‘animal / beast (herbivore)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0303.02
Tibetan (Written)ri dwags n‘animal / beast (herbivore)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0303.01
Tibetan (Xiahe)rə daχ n‘animal / beast’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0303.04

2.1.4Tamangish2

Manang (Prakaa)²ritaː ‘animal’Hoshi 84: 0091b
Manang (Prakaa)³semmorphemecẽmorpheme ²ritaː ‘animal’Hoshi 84: 0091a

3.2Qiangic4

Guiqiongʐə³⁵ta⁵⁵ n‘animal / beast’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0303.16
Muyarə³³tɑ⁵³ n‘animal / beast’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0303.15
Queyu (Xinlong)ri¹³ta⁵⁵ n‘animal / beast’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0303.13
Zhaba (Daofu County)zʌ³³ta⁵⁵ n‘animal / beast (herbivore)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0303.14

3.3.1rGyalrong40

rGyalrong (Northern)rdak prefixmbəmmorpheme ‘carcass / dead animal’Sun H 91 rNQ: 1.15
rGyalrong (NW)rdak vəɣmamorpheme ‘carcass / dead animal’Sun H 91 rNW: 1.15
rGyalrong (Eastern)rdɐk mgɐmmorpheme ‘carcass / dead animal’Sun H 91 rEQ: 1.15
Caodengrə/e-daʔ ‘animal (herbivore)’Sun J 97 Cao

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1862, *ri-dak ‘ANIMAL’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1862
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1862,
  title  = {{*ri-dak 'ANIMAL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1862},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1862}
}