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STEDT #2010

*bak

ANTLER
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlebakinitial-brhymeakcoverT

Notes

This interesting root shows lenition in Yakha. It occurs as final element in compounds with #2012 PTB *r-ki HORN.

Reflexes & cognates3 reflexes · 3 subgroups

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGyalrongr̥ə#2012 PTB *r-ki ‘HORN’PKC *kii ‘HORN’ pək ‘antler (of deer)’Apparently all that is left of #2012 PTB *r-ki HORN in this form is the rhotic prefix!Dai 89 Jiar: 2.11

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2010, *bak ‘ANTLER’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2010
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2010,
  title  = {{*bak 'ANTLER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2010},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2010}
}