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STEDT #391

*s-tak

HEAD

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletakprefixsinitialtrhymeakcoverT · T

Connections

Allofams

9 #1722 *l-t(y)ak ‘UPPER SURFACE / TOP / ABOVE / CLIMB / LIFT / ASCEND / PALATE’
9a #391 *s-tak ‘HEAD’

Notes

This rather sparsely attested root looks as if it is related to #1722 PTB *l-t(y)ak UPPER SURFACE / TOP / ABOVE / CLIMB / LIFT / ASCEND / PALATE [q.v.].

The Lepcha form with medial -y- is evidence for the *s- prefix (see Benedict 1941).

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 3 subgroups

2.1.3Lepcha3

Lepchaaprefix-tyak ‘glans penis’The Lepcha -y- is from prefixal *s-.Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchaaprefix-tʻyak ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchaamorpheme-tʻyak kin̊morpheme ‘forehead’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.4Tamangish5

ThakaliTa 'yuhyomorpheme 'lamorpheme-lamorpheme v‘nod (with head)’Hale 73 CSD: 02b1.64

Thakali (Tukche)Ta ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Thakali (Tukche)ʈɔ ‘head’Hari 71a ThVo: 1.38

Thakali (Tukche)ʈɔ 'juhjomorpheme 'lɔmorpheme-lɔmorpheme ‘nod (head)’Hari 71a ThVo: 2.B.1.64

Thakali (Tukche)ᴴʈə ‘head’Mazaudon 94 These: 64

7Karenic2

Palaychihóq#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’◦táq ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Palaychihóq#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’◦táq ‘head’Jones 61: 207

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #391, *s-tak ‘HEAD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/391

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

References: PI-form

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-391,
  title  = {{*s-tak 'HEAD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #391},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/391}
}