Reconstruction analysis
handleKwakinitial(k/ŋ)wrhymeakcoverK · T
Notes
Lahu cɔ́ ‘slim, skinny, scrawny’ might derive from PLB *ʔdzwak, but given the quite different initial, this form probably descends from a different root, perhaps #45 PTB *kruk ⪤ *s-gyuk LEAN (MEAT).
Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 3 subgroups
2.1.2Bodic1
2.3.4Western Kiranti1
Thulungŋoak◦seo#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ ‘lean red meat’Allen 75
6.1.1Burmish4
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #55,
*(ŋ/k)wak ‘LEAN (MEAT)’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/55Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-55,
title = {{*(ŋ/k)wak 'LEAN (MEAT)'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #55},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/55}
}