*s-n(y)ak

BRAID

Reconstruction analysis

handlenyakprefixsinitialn(y)rhymeakcoverM · T

Notes

This root is well established, even though it has so far only been found in rGyalrongic and Burmish.

Several forms show a development from *-k to -t in reflexes with front vowels (Caodeng tə́-sɲet, Longchuan Achang net³⁵). These front vowels, in turn, probably arose through the influence of a medial *-y-.

Reflexes & cognates19 reflexes · 2 subgroups

3.3.1rGyalrong4

rGyalrongtaprefix sȵak ‘plait’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 235.12

Caodengtə́prefix-sɲet ‘plait (female)’Sun J 97 Cao

rGBenzhentɐprefix-sɲak ‘plait’Sun J 97 rGB

rGBenzhentɐprefix-sɲak remorpheme ‘plait decoration’Sun J 97 rGB

6.1.1Burmish15

Achang (Longchuan)net³⁵ v‘plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1156.28

Achang (Longchuan)net³⁵ ‘braid’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 655.41

Achang (Xiandao)nɤk⁵⁵ v‘plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1156.29

Achang (Xiandao)u³¹#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ n̥ɤk⁵⁵ n‘braid (hair)’Dai 89 Xian: 98

Bola (Luxi)nak³¹ v‘plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1156.32

Bolatshɛ̃⁵⁵#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’nak⁵⁵ n‘braid (hair)’Dai 89 Bola: 98

Bola (Luxi)tshɛ̃⁵⁵#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’nak⁵⁵ n‘braid / plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0076.32

Bolatsʰɛ̃⁵⁵#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ nak⁵⁵ n‘braid (hair)’Dai 89 Bola: 98

Langsu (Luxi)nak³¹ v‘plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1156.31

Leqi (Luxi)nəːk³¹ v‘plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1156.33

Leqi (Luxi)tsham³³#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’nək⁵⁵ n‘braid / plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0076.33

Maru [Langsu]nak³¹ ‘braid’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 655.43

Atsi [Zaiwa]nik²¹ v‘plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1156.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]nik²¹ ‘braid’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 655.42

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2023, *s-n(y)ak ‘BRAID’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2023

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2023,
  title  = {{*s-n(y)ak 'BRAID'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2023},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2023}
}