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STEDT #3492

*pwak

SCROTUM
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlepokinitialprhymeokcoverP · T

Notes

This root has only been found in a few languages, two Himalayish (Dumi, Tamang) and one Qiangic (rGyalrong), though the phonological and semantic fit among them is excellent. See TBRS #121.

There is a probably fortuitous resemblance between this root and #3426 PTB *pwat PENIS.

This root was reconstructed as *pok in TBRS: #121.

Reflexes & cognates3 reflexes · 3 subgroups

3.3.1rGyalrong1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3492, *pwak ‘SCROTUM’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3492
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3492,
  title  = {{*pwak 'SCROTUM'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3492},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3492}
}