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STEDT #2609

*s-r(y)ik

LOUSE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlerikprefixsinitialrrhymeik=śrikcoverL · LTS

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*fɯk ‘LOUSE (head)’JS-HCST: 101
Kuki-Chin*hrik ‘LOUSE (head) / BACTERIA’PKC #1088
Central Naga (Ao Group)*a-hr(j)ak ‘LOUSE, LICE’PCN #256
Tangkhulic*hrik ‘LOUSE’DRM#560

Connections

HPTB*s-r(y)ik ‘louse’pp. 29, 78, 102, 153, 344, 347, 527, 537

Chinese comparandum

蝨 / 虱 OC *ṣiɛt, GSR #506a ‘louse’; Coblin 86:106 TB *śrik; Schuessler 2007:461 *srit; B & S 2011: *srit {sri[t]}; Mand. shī.

Reflexes & cognates117 reflexes · 23 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)8

*Tibeto-Burmans-rik -ʔ/TC-II LI: B ‘louse’Weidert 87 TBTo: 124
*Tibeto-Burmans-rik=*śrik ‘louse’LaPolla 87: 203

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanifɯk ‘louse (head)’Sun J 93 HCST: 247

1.1.1.1Western Tani25

Apatanitaprefix-kʰrjẽ ‘louse, head’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanitaprefix-kʰrjɯʔ ‘louse, hair’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanitaprefix-xrjɯʔ ‘louse (head)’Sun J 93 HCST
Bengnifɯk-čimorpheme ‘louse (small)’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengnitaprefix-fɯk ‘louse (head)’Sun J 93 HCST
Bengnitaprefix-fɯk ‘louse’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokartaprefix jɯk n‘louse’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0356.24
Bokartaprefix-jɯk ‘louse (head)’Sun J 93 HCST
Bokartaprefix-jɯk ‘louse’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokar Lhobataprefix jik ‘louse’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 162.51
Galo`taprefix◦ɨk n.‘head louse’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`taprefix◦ɨk n.‘louse (head)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`taprefix◦ɨk n.‘Pediculus humanus capitis’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`ɨk◦cimorpheme n.‘louse (baby)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`ɨk◦penmorpheme n.‘louse (medium-sized)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galotaprefix◦yɯk ‘louse’Das Gupta 63 Gal

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinhrik ‘LOUSE (head) / BACTERIA’VanBik 09 PKC: 1088

1.2.1.1Northern Chin4

Paitehik ‘lice, bacteria’VanBik 09 PKC: 1088
Thadohìt ‘louse, lice’VanBik 09 PKC: 1088
Tiddimhiːk³ ‘louse, lice’VanBik 09 PKC: 1088

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin4

Ashohèk n‘louse (ordinary)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1088
Daaixɨk ‘louse’VanBik 09 PKC: 1088
Khumihoey ‘louse’VanBik 09 PKC: 1088

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)hrik ‘head lice, bacteria’VanBik 09 PKC: 1088
Lai (Falam)hrìk ‘head lice, bacteria’VanBik 09 PKC: 1088
Lushai [Mizo]hrìk n‘louse (pl. lice)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1088

1.2.3Maraic1

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)14

*Central Nagaaprefix-hr(j)ak ‘LOUSE, LICE’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.256
Ao (Chungli)a³prefix-tsək¹ n.‘louse, lice’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.202
Ao (Chungli)aprefix◦tsük ‘louse’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)aprefix◦tsak ‘louse’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[a]prefix-tshək n.‘louse’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagao¹prefix-hrək² n.‘louse, lice’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.256
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦hrak ‘louse’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦rhük ‘louse’Murry 78: 69
Lotha Naga¹oprefix-rhɯk = ¹oprefix◦⁽²⁾rhɯk ‘louse’Weidert 87 TBTo: 629
Sangtamaprefix◦gha ‘lice’Kumar 73 Sang
Yimchungrü²drimorpheme²tre[¹] ‘louse’Weidert 87 TBTo: 124

1.3.3Zeme Group2

Liangmeicharik ‘louse’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic6

Huishuʔamorpheme-roʔ ‘louse’Mortensen 12 Tk: Animals.195
Kachaiʔamorpheme-rɐk ‘louse’Mortensen 12 Tk: Animals.194
Tusomʔɯmorpheme-kuəmorpheme-hruə ‘headlouse’Mortensen 12 Tk: Animals.195
Ukhrulrik ‘louse’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

1.7.1.2Garo1

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagasri(ː)k ‘louse’French 83: 516

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

2.1.3Lepcha1

3.2Qiangic25

Guiqiongʃɿ⁵³ ‘louse’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 162.17
Pumi (Jiulong)ɕi¹¹tsɿ¹¹morphemeʐɑ⁵⁵morphemequ¹¹morpheme n‘nit’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0357.10
Pumi (Taoba)ɕi⁵⁵tsi⁵³morpheme ‘nit’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 163.10
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]su⁵⁵zi⁵⁵morpheme ‘nit’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 163.16

4Nungic8

Anongśi ‘louse’LaPolla 87: 203
Rawangɕiʔ ‘louse’LaPolla 03: 403
Dulongɕiʔ⁵⁵ n‘louse’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0356.20
Trung [Dulong]ɕĭʔ⁵⁵ ‘louse’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 162.46
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)ɕɯ̆ʔ⁵⁵ ‘louse’Sun H 82 Dul

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2609, *s-r(y)ik ‘LOUSE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2609
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#439
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2609,
  title  = {{*s-r(y)ik 'LOUSE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2609},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2609}
}