STEDT
STEDT #2607

*d-ri-k

ROTTEN / PUS / GLEET / FILTH / STENCH

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*ri ‘gleet / purulent discharge / rot’pp. 145, 186

Notes

The velar suffix is reconstructed on the basis of the Jingpho final glottal stop, as well as the WB creaky tone. The dental suffix is reconstructed courtesy of the WT and Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri] forms.

Reflexes & cognates49 reflexes · 11 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burmand-ri(y) ‘dirt / filth / ordure / stench’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 611
*Tibeto-Burmanri ‘gleet / purulent discharge / rot’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 610
*Tibeto-Burmanri(y) ‘dirt / odor’Benedict 72 STC: 459

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanirɯː ‘odor / smell’Sun J 93 HCST: 277

1.1.1.1Western Tani14

Bokaraprefix-rɯː ‘odor / smell’Sun J 93 HCST
Bokaraprefix-rɯː ‘smell, odor’Sun J 93 Tani

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group3

Angami Naga⁴re n.‘smell’also contains *s-rimWeidert 87 TBTo: 465
Chokri²uprefix⁵rɤ n.‘smell’also contains *s-rimWeidert 87 TBTo: 465
Khezhakemorphemerhì ‘filth’Yabu 94 Khö

1.7.3.1Jingpho8

Jingpho(ə)prefixri ‘gleet’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingpho(ə)prefixrìʔ ‘gleet’Benedict 72 STC: 62n198
Jingphoǹprefix- ‘purulent discharge’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 403
Jingphonprefixyi (nprefix-yi) ‘matter, purulent discharge’Benedict 72 STC: 263
Jingphoəprefixri ‘gleet’Benedict 72 STC: 263
Jingphoʔəprefixrìʔ ‘gleet, gonorrhoea, / the like’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 403

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)dri(-masuffix) ‘dirt, filth, ordure; odor’Benedict 72 STC: 459

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchaprefixri ‘dirt’Benedict 72 STC: 459

2.3.4Western Kiranti3

Bahingriəprefixri ‘odor’Benedict 72 STC: 459
Hayuri ‘decay, rotten’Benedict 72 STC: 263

3.2Qiangic1

Qiang (Mianchi)tòmorpheme ʐí ‘body dirt’Evans 99 Qiang: 196

6.1.1Burmish11

Burmese (Written)ăprefixri ‘any slimy discharge’Benedict 72 STC: 263
Burmese (Written)riyi be v.‘rotten (of cloth), to gleet (as pus)’Benedict 72 STC: 263
Burmese (Written)riʼ ‘rotten, as cloth’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)riʼ ‘gleet, run, as pus’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)əprefix-riʼ ‘any slimy discharge’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)ʔəprefixri' ‘gleet, run, as pus from a sore’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 403
Burmese (Written)ʔəprefix~ʔəprefix ‘gleet’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2607, *d-ri-k ‘ROTTEN / PUS / GLEET / FILTH / STENCH’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2607
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#263, #459; cf. HPTB pp.145, 186, 193
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2607,
  title  = {{*d-ri-k 'ROTTEN / PUS / GLEET / FILTH / STENCH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2607},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2607}
}