*ki(ŋ/k)

GALL / BILE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handlekiŋ/initialkrhymei((ŋ/k))coverK · NT

Notes

Care must be taken to distinguish this root from #227 PTB *m/s-kri(y)-s GALL (BLADDER) / BILE / SOUR.

Reflexes & cognates25 reflexes · 9 subgroups

Yakhakiŋ ‘gall bladder’Kohn 90: 9.5.2

2.3.2Southern Kiranti2

Kulungkhiŋ ‘bile’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 7

Kulungkhiŋˍ ‘bile’Rai 75 Kul

2.3.3Central Kiranti1

Dumikhaːk◦tɨpmorpheme ‘gall bladder’Driem 93 Dumi

2.3.4Western Kiranti9

Hayupik#5637 IA *pitta ‘BILE’-kiŋ⪤plik-kiŋ ‘spleen, bile’Note assimilation of the medial consonants.The variant with medial -l- might be due to confusion with the medial in #5636 IA *p(l/r)iːhan SPLEEN.Matisoff 78 VSTB: (2)

Hayupik#5637 IA *pitta ‘BILE’-kiŋ⪤plik-kiŋ ‘bile, spleen’Matisoff 78 VSTB: (4)

HayupIk#5637 IA *pitta ‘BILE’◦kIŋ ‘bile’Matisoff 87 BP

HayupIk#5637 IA *pitta ‘BILE’◦kIŋ ‘spleen’Matisoff 87 BP

HayuplIk#5637 IA *pitta ‘BILE’◦kIŋ ‘spleen’Matisoff 87 BP

Hayupɩxmorpheme◦kɩŋ n‘bile, spleen’Michailovsky 89 H2: 84.38, 84.

Hayupɪx#5637 IA *pitta ‘BILE’◦kɪŋ ‘bile’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 8

Thulungkhi ‘gall bladder’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 7

Thulungkhi ‘gall bladder’Allen 75

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Magarpāl#1325 PTB *r-(p/b)al ‘SPLEEN’◦hi ‘spleen’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3

Mpikhi⁶ ‘bile’Hansson 89 AHKP: 296

Mpipi²morpheme-kʰi⁶ ‘gall bladder’Srinuan 76

Mpipi²morphemekʰi⁶ ‘gall bladder’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 19

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #228, *ki(ŋ/k) ‘GALL / BILE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/228

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-228,
  title  = {{*ki(ŋ/k) 'GALL / BILE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #228},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/228}
}