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*kruk ⪤ *s-gyuk

LEAN (MEAT)

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

See alsoLEAN PERSON

Reflexes & cognates28 reflexes · 7 subgroups

2.1.2Bodic1

Tsangla (Motuo)tɕut¹³ pa⁵⁵suffix ‘lean’Zhang Jichuan 86

3.2Qiangic8

Pumi (Taoba)dʐɐ³⁵ mə⁵³morpheme ‘lean (of humans)’Lu 83 Pumi
Pumi (Taoba)dʐɐ³⁵ na⁵⁵#44 PTB *s-na ‘LEAN (MEAT)’ mə⁵⁵morpheme ‘lean (of meat)’Lu 83 Pumi
Pumi (Taoba)dʐɐ³⁵mə⁵³morpheme ‘lean (meat)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 851.10
Qiang (Taoping)dʐo²³¹ ‘lean (of meat)’Sun H 81 Qia
Qiang (Taoping)dʐo²³¹ ‘lean (of humans)’Sun H 81 Qia
Qiang (Taoping)dʐo²⁴¹ ‘lean (meat)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 851.9

4Nungic2

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)xɹɯ̆ʔ⁵⁵ ‘lean (person)’Sun H 82 Dul
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)xɹɯ̆ʔ⁵⁵ ‘lean (person)’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish4

Nusu (Central)kɹu̱⁵³ ‘lean (meat)’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Central)kɹu̱⁵³ ‘lean (person)’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Bijiang)kɹu̱⁵³ ‘lean (meat)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 851.45
Yi (Nanjian)dʑy⁵⁵ ‘lean (of meat)’Chen 85 YiJZ

6.1.2.2Central Loloish4

Lahu (Black)cɔ́ ‘slim, thin, slender (people)’This Lahu form probably descends from PLB *ʔgyuk; the high rising tone points to a doubly-glottalized prototype, while the initial c- is a regular reflex of PLB *gy-.Matisoff 88 DL: p. 488-9
Lahu (Black)cɔ́-nɛ̂ʔmorpheme ‘very thin’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 158(b)
Lahu (Black)tsɔ³⁵ ‘lean (person)’from *ʔgyok.Chang 86
Lisu (Nujiang)tʃɯ̱⁴⁴ ‘lean (person)’Xu 86 Lisu

8Bai3

Bai (Dali)tso³³ ‘lean (meat)’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Jianchuan)tso³³ ‘lean (meat)’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Jianchuan)tso³³ ‘lean (meat)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 851.36

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #45, *kruk ⪤ *s-gyuk ‘LEAN (MEAT)’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/45
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-45,
  title  = {{*kruk ⪤ *s-gyuk 'LEAN (MEAT)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #45},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/45}
}