STEDT #2805
*g-zik
LEOPARD
Reconstruction analysis
handlezikinitialzrhymeikcoverS · T
Connections
HPTB*g-zik ‘leopard’pp. 343, 344
Notes
Several languages with -a- vocalism (Chepang, Lepcha, Bantawa) might point to an allofam *zyak. This variational pattern is well-attested in TB, the best example being #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik EYE.
Reflexes & cognates171 reflexes · 27 subgroups
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3
1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2
1.7.1.1Bodo10
1.7.1.2Garo2
1.7.1.3Koch2
Atongmatmorpheme◦sa◦dumorpheme n‘creature which is human during the day and becomes a tiger at night’van Breugel 08 Atong
1.7.1.4Deori2
Deori/Deurime#39 PTB *mey ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’◦sa ‘tiger, Panthera tigris L.’Jacquesson 05 Deuri
1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1
1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1
2.1.2Bodic7
2.1.2.1Tibetan17
2.1.3Lepcha1
2.3.2Southern Kiranti1
2.3.3Central Kiranti1
2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang19
Chepangbaŋmorpheme.karmorpheme.jaʔ n.‘Jungle Cat or Wild Cat, with black and brown stripes’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepangchakmorpheme.jaʔ n.‘animal (sp.), (myth.), black feline animal haunting grave area - comes from the ghost of a dead person’Caughley 00 Chepang
3.1Tangut2
3.2Qiangic25
3.3rGyalrongic2
3.3.1rGyalrong6
4Nungic5
6.1Lolo-Burmese1
6.1.1Burmish12
Burmese (Rangoon)tɕɑ⁵⁵#5560 PTB *k-la ‘TIGER’PNN *C-gya ‘TIGER’PLB *(k-)la ‘TIGER’tθiʔ⁴ n‘leopard / panther’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0310.27
Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)tɕɑ⁵⁵#5560 PTB *k-la ‘TIGER’PNN *C-gya ‘TIGER’PLB *(k-)la ‘TIGER’tθiʔ⁴⁴ ‘leopard’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 126.40
Burmese (Written)khyê#2308 PTB *d-k(e/ə)y ‘TIGER’PKC *kay ‘TIGER’PTk *kʰu ‘TIGER’PKar *keᴬ ‘TIGER’-sac ‘leopard cat’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 162
Burmese (Written)khyê#2308 PTB *d-k(e/ə)y ‘TIGER’PKC *kay ‘TIGER’PTk *kʰu ‘TIGER’PKar *keᴬ ‘TIGER’-sac ‘leopard cat ( local )’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)khye#2308 PTB *d-k(e/ə)y ‘TIGER’PKC *kay ‘TIGER’PTk *kʰu ‘TIGER’PKar *keᴬ ‘TIGER’-sats ‘leopard cat (local)’Benedict 72 STC: 116n324
Burmese (Written)kjɑ³#5560 PTB *k-la ‘TIGER’PNN *C-gya ‘TIGER’PLB *(k-)la ‘TIGER’tθɑs⁴ n‘leopard / panther’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0310.26
6.1.2Loloish3
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish19
6.1.2.2Central Loloish8
Lahu (Black)mɔ̀ʔ#2462 PTB *m(y/r)uk ‘MONKEY’PLB *myukᴸ ‘MONKEY’PKar *joɁᴰ ‘MONKEY’-yɨ̀ʔ ‘cloudy leopard [Felis nebulosa]’Matisoff 88 DL: 1035
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish14
6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish4
6.2Naxi7
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #2805,
*g-zik ‘LEOPARD’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2805Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#061
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2805,
title = {{*g-zik 'LEOPARD'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2805},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2805}
}