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STEDT #1866

*s/g-la

FLESH / MEAT / DEER
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

See Gong 2001:32.

For the connection between GAME ANIMAL (in general) and DEER, see the *syan allofam of #34 PTB *sya-n FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL. A similar well-known example in Germanic is the cognate pair German Tier ‘animal’ / English deer.

Chinese comparandum

麝 OC (*d̑’i̯ɑ̆g), (not in GSR #807) ‘musk deer’; Schuessler 2007:457 *m-lah; B & S 2011: (*Cə.lak-s); Mand. shè.

Comment: Cf. Karlgren 1923:865, where the reconstruction *dź’i̯ɑg is given. [JAM]

Reflexes & cognates52 reflexes · 14 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.2Kuki-Chin1

Chinbokhla ‘flesh; meat’Matisoff 87 BP

2.2Newar3

Newar (Kathmandu)la ‘meat / animal’Genetti 90 Kath
Newarlā ‘flesh; meat’Matisoff 87 BP
Newarlā ‘flesh / meat’Shakya 89: 1.11

3.1Tangut2

Tangut [Xixia]lha (lhja)morpheme ‘sika (deer)’Li 97 Tangut: 5238

4Nungic2

Nungthɑ³¹morphemelɑ⁵⁵ n‘deer (river)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0315.21
Rawangthəmorpheme◦lɑ⁵³ ‘musk deer/river deer’LaPolla 03: 360

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish5

Lalola ‘deer, river’Björverud 94
Yi (Liangshan)lɯ²¹pu³³morpheme ‘deer, river’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Xide)lɯ³³pu̱³³morpheme n‘deer (river)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0315.35

6.1.2.2Central Loloish16

Lahu (Lancang)fɤ³⁵morphemelɑ⁵³ n‘deer (river)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0315.43
Lisu (Northern)de²¹morphemephe³³morphemela³³ N‘river deer (small in build, short-legged, grey in colour, larger than musk deer)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)hĩ³³morphemeli²¹morphemela³³ ‘musk deer, moschus sefanicus (species of river deer, living in cold areas 3800m above sea level in Gaoligong and Biluo Snow Mountains)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Central)la³ ‘deer (musk)’Fraser 22
Lisu (Northern)la³³ N‘river deer’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)la³³dʒɿ⁴⁴morpheme ‘tooth of river deer’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)la³³ma³³morpheme ‘female river deer’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)la³³phu³³morpheme ‘male river deer’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)la³³vy²¹morpheme ‘bone of river deer (poetic, keepsake young man gives to lover)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)la³³wa³³morpheme ‘catching loop (for catching river deer)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisulɑ̱³³ n‘deer (river)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0315.40
Lisulɑ̱³³xo³³ n‘musk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0316.40
Yi (Sani)lɒ³³ n‘deer (river)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0315.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3

Hani (Lüchun)dɔ⁵⁵morphemela³¹ n‘deer (river)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0315.41
Hani (Mojiang)tu⁵⁵morphemel̥ɔ³¹ n‘deer (river)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0315.42
Mpithɯ⁶morphemelo² ‘deer (hog)’Srinuan 76

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish4

Azhaa⁴⁴prefixlɔ³³ ‘muntjak deer’Pelkey 11 Phula: 104
Azhaʨʰy²²morphemea⁴⁴prefixlɔ³³ ‘sambar deer’Pelkey 11 Phula: 105
Phu Khama³³morpheme lo³¹ ‘sambhar deer’Fried 00 PhuKha
Phuzama³³morphemelɯ³¹ ‘sambar deer’Pelkey 11 Phula: 105

6.2Naxi3

Laze (Xiangjiao)lie˧ ‘roebuck, hornless river deer’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 3882
Na (Yongning)ɬi˧ ‘roebuck, hornless river deer’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Naxile³³ n‘deer (river)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0315.45

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old)dzi̯ăg ‘musk deer’[Source note] AD #865 reconstructs MC dźʼi̯a. This OC reconstruction is a guess based upon the other characters in GSR #807.Matisoff 03 HPTB: 176

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Chinese (Middle)dźʼi̯a ‘musk deer’Karlgren 23 ChDc: 865

9.0.3Modern Chinese2

Chinese (Mandarin)sheh◦shiang ‘musk’morpheme · morphemeSun J 85 ChGl: 620
Chinese (Mandarin)sheh◦shiangmorpheme◦luhmorpheme ‘muskdeer’Sun J 85 ChGl: 621

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1866, *s/g-la ‘FLESH / MEAT / DEER’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1866
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ent. by jpe (no card)
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1866,
  title  = {{*s/g-la 'FLESH / MEAT / DEER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1866},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1866}
}