Reconstruction analysis
handleyakinitialyrhymeakcoverL · T
Notes
This etymon appears in only a few NE Indian Areal Group and Himalayish languages. Thulung reflects medial *-w- rather than *-r-. This root is quite distinct from the coincidentally nearly homophonous etymon #1606 PTB *k-rak FOWL / CHICKEN (cf. Bokar po-rok ‘chicken’, WB krak ‘id.’), despite the fact that many languages have an association between ‘chicken’ and ‘penis’ (cf. Spanish polla 1. ‘chicken’ 2. [Slang] ‘penis’).
Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 4 subgroups
1.7.1.4Deori3
1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1
2.3.4Western Kiranti1
Thulungle#1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’MesorootsPL *(n)-li² ‘PENIS’Allofams114 #1285 PTB *m-(l/n)ey ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114a #1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114b #545 PTB *m-ney ‘PENIS’◦koak◦ti#1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’MesorootsPKC *til ‘TESTICLE / SCROTUM’Allofams2a #300 PTB *d(w)əy ‘EGG / TESTICLE’2b #1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’ ‘testicle’Allen 75
2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #3437,
*k(r/w)ak ‘EGG / TESTICLE’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3437Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3437,
title = {{*k(r/w)ak 'EGG / TESTICLE'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3437},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3437}
}