*pak

WAIST

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlepakinitialprhymeakcoverP · T

Notes

The reflexes of this putative root are quite scattered, and further confirmation is needed.

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

Galopak-pu#398 PTB *m-pu ‘HIPS’PTk *pɐ ‘BUTTOCKS / HIP’◦cik#223 PTB *m-(t)syi(ŋ/k) ‘WAIST / LOWER BACK / LOINS’ ‘waist’Das Gupta 63 Gal

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Milangpak-ɟuŋmorpheme ‘waist’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.7.1.3Koch1

Atongpuk◦sukmorpheme n‘waist, side of the body’van Breugel 08 Atong

1.7.3.2Asakian2

Sak (Bawtala)kăprefix◦pʻæ² ‘side / waist’Luce 85: L.147

Sakkəprefix◦phaiʔ ‘waist’Huziwara 08 Sak: 41

6.1.1Burmish1

Achang (Luxi)paʔ³¹ tɕhi⁵⁵#223 PTB *m-(t)syi(ŋ/k) ‘WAIST / LOWER BACK / LOINS’ ‘waist’Dai 85 AcJZ

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3368, *pak ‘WAIST’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3368

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3368,
  title  = {{*pak 'WAIST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3368},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3368}
}