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STEDT #2631

*k/p/s-rwak

ANT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlerwakprefixg/pinitialrwrhymeakcoverL · VLWT

Connections

HPTB*g/p-rwak ‘ant’pp. 94, 139, 321

Notes

No fewer than three prefixes are attested for this interesting root: *k- (e.g., WT grog-ma), *s- (e.g., Anong sərɔ) and *p- (e.g., WB pərwak). This velar prefix occurs in several other Lolo-Burmese animal terms: CAT, RAT, CHICKEN, TIGER, and LEECH (see HPTB p. 138). The sibilant prefix is a reduction of #34 PTB *sya-n FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL. The labial prefix is a reduction of #2178 PTB *bəw INSECT / SNAKE / VERMIN / BUG.

Chinese comparandum

蟻 OC *ngiɑ, GSR #2x ‘ant’; Schuessler 2007:567 *ŋaiʔ; B & S 2011: *m-qʰajʔ {m-qʰ(r)ajʔ}; Mand. yǐ.
螘 OC *ngi̯ər, GSR #548i ‘ant’; Schuessler 2007:567 *ŋəiʔ; B & S 2011: *m-qʰəjʔ / *m-qʰajʔ {m-qʰ(r)ajʔ}; Mand. yǐ.

Reflexes & cognates48 reflexes · 13 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)5

*Tibeto-Burman-rwak ‘ant’Matisoff 83 TIL: 42

*Tibeto-Burmang-rwak ‘ant’French 83: 451

*Tibeto-Burmang/p-rwak ‘ant’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 611

*Tibeto-Burmanrwak ‘ant’LaPolla 87: 152

*Tibeto-Burmanrwak ‘ant’Benedict 72 STC: 199

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Sakhráʔ ‘white ant’The original /hraʔ/ is corrected.Huziwara 08 Sak: 306a

2.1.2.1Tibetan15

Tibetan (Alike)cçok mæsuffix n‘ant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0365.05

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)tɕok masuffix ‘ant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 157.4

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)cçɔk masuffix ‘ant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 157.5

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)tɕog mæsuffix ‘ant’Sun J 85 Amdo: 14

Tibetan (Lhasa)tʂho¹³maʔ¹³suffix ‘ant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 157.2

Tibetan (Lhasa)tʂhoː¹³ma⁵⁵suffix n‘ant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0365.02

Tibetan (Written)grog masuffix n‘ant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0365.01

Tibetan (Written)grog masuffix ‘ant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 157.1

Tibetan (Written)grog-masuffix ‘ant’Matisoff 83 TIL: 42

Tibetan (Written)grog-masuffix ‘ant’LaPolla 87: 152

Tibetan (Written)grog-masuffix ‘ant’Benedict 72 STC: 199

Tibetan (Written)gróg-mosuffix ‘ant’Jäschke 1881

Tibetan (Written)gróg-mɑsuffix ‘ant’Jäschke 1881

Tibetan (Written)grog.masuffix ‘ant’Sun J 85 TbGl: 14

Tibetan (Xiahe)mbə#2178 PTB *bəw ‘INSECT / SNAKE / VERMIN / BUG’PTani *bɯ ‘SNAKE’PTani *bɯ-rem ‘PYTHON’PLB *bəw² ‘INSECT / VERMIN / BUG / SNAKE’ tɕaχ masuffix n‘ant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0365.04

2.3Kiranti2

Lambichongkhorok ‘ant’LaPolla 87: 152

Lambichongkhorok ‘ant’Benedict 72 STC: 199

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti3

Athpare (Rai)poŋmorpheme◦gorok ‘ant (big species)’Ebert 97 Athpare

Lohorongkhorok ‘ant’LaPolla 87: 152

Lohorongkhorok ‘ant’Benedict 72 STC: 199

3.2Qiangic8

Guiqiongbu³³#2178 PTB *bəw ‘INSECT / SNAKE / VERMIN / BUG’PTani *bɯ ‘SNAKE’PTani *bɯ-rem ‘PYTHON’PLB *bəw² ‘INSECT / VERMIN / BUG / SNAKE’xɑ⁵³ ‘ant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 157.17

Guiqiongmbu³⁵#2178 PTB *bəw ‘INSECT / SNAKE / VERMIN / BUG’PTani *bɯ ‘SNAKE’PTani *bɯ-rem ‘PYTHON’PLB *bəw² ‘INSECT / VERMIN / BUG / SNAKE’ha⁵⁵ n‘ant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0365.16

Muyatʂuɑ²⁴ n‘ant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0365.15

Muya [Minyak]tʂuɑ³⁵ ‘ant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 157.15

Pumi (Taoba)bu̵⁵⁵#2178 PTB *bəw ‘INSECT / SNAKE / VERMIN / BUG’PTani *bɯ ‘SNAKE’PTani *bɯ-rem ‘PYTHON’PLB *bəw² ‘INSECT / VERMIN / BUG / SNAKE’ɣio⁵⁵ ‘ant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 157.10

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]bu³⁵#2178 PTB *bəw ‘INSECT / SNAKE / VERMIN / BUG’PTani *bɯ ‘SNAKE’PTani *bɯ-rem ‘PYTHON’PLB *bəw² ‘INSECT / VERMIN / BUG / SNAKE’dʐo³⁵ma⁵⁵ ‘ant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 157.16

Xumitshɑ⁵⁵morphemero³³ ‘ant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 157.20

Xumitshɛ⁵³morphemeru³³ n‘ant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0365.17

Burmese (Written)parwak◦chitmorpheme ‘ant (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)pu¹rwɑk hsipmorpheme ‘ant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 157.39

Burmese (Written)pɑ¹rwɑk⁴shit⁴morpheme n‘ant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0365.26

Burmese (Written)pərwak ‘ant’Matisoff 83 TIL: 42

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishp-rwakᴴ ‘ant’Bradley 79 PLo: 73

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish4

Nusu (Central)la⁵⁵morphemeɣɹua̱⁵³ n‘ant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0365.34

Nusu (Southern)la⁵⁵morphemeɹu⁵⁵ ‘ant’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Northern)lɑ³¹morphemeɹuɑ̱³⁵ ‘ant’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Bijiang)lɑ⁵⁵morphemeɹuɑ³¹ ‘ant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 157.45

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2631, *k/p/s-rwak ‘ANT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2631

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

References: cf. STC#199, HPTB

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2631,
  title  = {{*k/p/s-rwak 'ANT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2631},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2631}
}