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STEDT #3567

*s-nyak

WET

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*s-nyakᴴ ‘WET’TSR150 Cf. brain

Connections

HPTB*s-nyak ‘wet’pp. 323, 374

Notes

Chepang nyat- shows fronting of the final consonant to -t, but the doublet nik- preserves the original position of articulation.

Reflexes & cognates26 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmans-nyak ‘wet’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 605

1.1“North Assam”1

Sulung [Puroik]a³³prefixçiak³³ ‘wet’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 865.52

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang10

Chepangnik- va.‘cold and wet, clammy, chilly (object)’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangnik-ʔomorpheme ‘cold’Caughley 72 CVoc: 1.94

Chepangnik-ʔomorpheme ‘damp’Caughley 72 CVoc: 12.B.16

Chepangnik.tinmorpheme.tomorpheme ghaymorpheme onom.‘cold’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangnik.ʔomorpheme ‘cold (wet)’Hale 73 CSD: 01.094

Chepangnik.ʔomorpheme adj‘damp’Hale 73 CSD: 12b.16

Chepangnyat- va.‘wet, damp’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangnyat-samorpheme ‘wet, become’Caughley 72 CVoc: 7.B.1.6

Chepangnyat-ʔomorpheme ‘wet’Caughley 72 CVoc: 12.B.17

Chepangnyāt.ʔomorpheme adj‘wet’Hale 73 CSD: 12b.17

6.1Lolo-Burmese2

This root was originally reconstructed *s-nek in LTSR #150, on the basis of insufficient data.

*Lolo-Burmese(s-)nyak ‘wet’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 150

*Lolo-Burmeses-nyakᴸ/ᴴ ‘wet’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 81

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloish(s)-ɲakᴴ/ᴸ ‘wet’Bradley 79 PLo: 540A

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Yi (Mojiang)nᴀ̱³³ ‘wet’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 865.26

6.1.2.2Central Loloish11

Lahu (Nyi)uˉ#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’◦naw˰#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’◦nehˆ ‘brain’Bradley 79 Lahu: 140

Lahu (Shehleh)uˉ#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’◦naw˰#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’◦nehˆ ‘brain’Bradley 79 Lahu: 140

Lahu (Lancang)nɛ⁵⁴ ‘wet’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1029.43

Lahu (Lancang)u³⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’nɔ²¹#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’nɛ⁵⁴ n‘brains’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0132.43

Lahu (Black)nɛ̂ʔ ‘wet’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 81

Lahu (Black)nɛ̂ʔ HS ‘wet’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 150

Lahu (Black)nɛ⁵⁴ ‘wet’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 865.33

Lahu (Black)ū#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ neh˰ ‘brains’Luce 85: U.43

Lahu (Black)ú#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’-nɔ̀ʔ#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’-nɛ̂ʔ ‘brains’The last syllable (nɛ̂ʔ) probably means ‘wet’ (cf. modern computer slang ‘wet-ware’). Matisoff 72 LTSR: 156(a)

Lahu (Black)v̩³⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ nɔʔ²¹#243 PTB *s-nəw-k ‘BRAIN’PLB *s-nukᴴ ‘BRAIN’PL *(C)-nokᴸ ‘BRAIN’PKar *nokᴰ ‘BRAIN’ nɛʔ⁵⁴ ‘brain’Chang 86

Sani [Nyi]na 44 HS ‘wet’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 150

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2

Mpiɲaŋʔ¹ ‘wet’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 81

Mpiɲaŋʔ¹ ‘wet, sopping’Srinuan 76

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1

Azhana³³ ‘wet’Pelkey 11 Phula: 974

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3567, *s-nyak ‘WET’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3567

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

References: TSR150 Cf. brain

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3567,
  title  = {{*s-nyak 'WET'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3567},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3567}
}