*ʔ-bik

SQUIRT / EJACULATE

Reconstruction analysis

handlebikinitialbrhymeikcoverP · T

Notes

This is only one of a large number of verbs than can be used to mean EJACULATE.¹ This particular root has so far been identified only in a couple of Loloish languages. In Ahi it means specifically ‘eject semen’, while the Lahu cognate is used to mean ‘squirt urine’. Although this etymon had a *stopped final in Proto-Loloish (as indicated by the Ahi constriction and the Lahu high-rising tone), it was not reconstructed in Matisoff 1972a.

1 Another such verb is *m-tis ‘be wet’. See below, #298 PTB *m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ *m-ti-s WATER / FLUID / LIQUID / RIVER / SOAK / SPIT.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 3 subgroups

6.1.2Loloish1

Lolophoʑi̱³¹#650 PTB *g-ts(y)i-t/n ‘URINE / URINATE’PTani *si ‘URINE’PNN *C̥-cʰi ‘URINE’PLB *N-ts(y)i² ⪤ *z(y)əy² ‘URINE’PKar *chejᴮ ‘URINE’ pi̱⁵⁵ ʂo³¹suffix v.‘urinate’Dai 89 Lolo: 9.7.2

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish2

Gazhuopi³⁵ v.‘urinate’Dai 89 Gazh: 9.7.2

Gazhuopi³⁵ v.‘piss / pee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1596.47

6.1.2.2Central Loloish4

Ahipi̱⁵⁵ v.‘ejaculate’Luo 90: 10.3.8

Lahu (Black)jî̵#650 PTB *g-ts(y)i-t/n ‘URINE / URINATE’PTani *si ‘URINE’PNN *C̥-cʰi ‘URINE’PLB *N-ts(y)i² ⪤ *z(y)əy² ‘URINE’PKar *chejᴮ ‘URINE’ pí ve#450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’Allofams1 #1821 PTB *s/g-ray ⪤ *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD’1a #449 PTB *g-ray ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1b #658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’1c #450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1d #5495 PTB *s-ray ‘PLURALIZER’ v‘urinate’Matisoff 88 DL: p. 582

Lahu (Black)jɨ̂#650 PTB *g-ts(y)i-t/n ‘URINE / URINATE’PTani *si ‘URINE’PNN *C̥-cʰi ‘URINE’PLB *N-ts(y)i² ⪤ *z(y)əy² ‘URINE’PKar *chejᴮ ‘URINE’ pí ‘urinate ("squirt urine")’Matisoff 88 DL: 818

Lahu (Black)pí ‘spurt; squirt out’Matisoff 88 DL: 818

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3493, *ʔ-bik ‘SQUIRT / EJACULATE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3493

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3493,
  title  = {{*ʔ-bik 'SQUIRT / EJACULATE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3493},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3493}
}