*s-pwak

TIME / OCCASION

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*ʔpok ‘TIME / OCCASION’

Notes

This root is well-attested in Lolo-Burmese, and has fairly good support elsewhere. The lack of a final consonant in the Lepcha form is unexplained.

This root was formerly reconstructed as *s-pok.

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmans-pok ‘time / occasion’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 607

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchapho n.‘time, turn’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

3.2Qiangic2

Queyu (Xinlong)(tɯ⁵⁵morpheme) phuə⁵⁵ clf‘time / instance (of going somewhere)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0917.13

Xumi(dʑi³³morpheme) pu⁵⁵ clf‘time / instance (of going somewhere)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0917.17

4Nungic1

Rawang (Mvtwang)poq ‘time’LaPolla 01: 107

6.1Lolo-Burmese2

*Lolo-Burmeseʔpok (HIGH)‘time / occasion’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 60

*Lolo-Burmeseʔpok ‘time / occasion’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 60

6.1.1Burmish1

Achang (Longchuan)pɔk⁵⁵ clf‘time / instance (of going somewhere)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0917.28

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Yi (Weishan)pho³³ clf‘time / instance (of going somewhere)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0917.36

6.1.2.2Central Loloish6

Ahipu-numorpheme 44-44s ‘time / occasion’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 60

Kucongphɔ35 ‘(go one) time’Dai 09 Kucong

Lahu (Lancang)pɔ⁵⁴ clf‘time / instance (of going somewhere)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0917.43

Lahu (Lancang)pɔ⁵⁴ clf‘time / instance (of hitting)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0920.43

Lahu (Black)pɔ̂ʔ ‘time / occasion’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 60

Lisu (Northern)puʔ²¹ C‘time, occasion’Bradley 94 Lisu

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2

Akhapo HS ‘time / occasion’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 60

Akhapóq ‘time / occasion’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 379

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5562, *s-pwak ‘TIME / OCCASION’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5562

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

References: cf. HPTB p. 379

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5562,
  title  = {{*s-pwak 'TIME / OCCASION'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5562},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5562}
}