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STEDT #562

*s-lip

SCALE (OF FISH OR REPTILE)

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlelipprefixsinitiallrhymeipcoverL · T

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*hlip ‘SCAB / SCALE’PKC #1048

Northern Chin*lip ‘SCAB / SCALE’

Tangkhulic*hlip ‘SCALE (OF FISH)’DRM#533

Connections

HPTB*s-lip ‘scale (of fish or reptile)’p. 353

Poss. allofam*syap ‘SCALE (OF FISH OR REPTILE)’

Notes

The Kuki-Chin forms are reconstructed as PNC *lip in VanBik 2009:#1048.

Reflexes & cognates23 reflexes · 12 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmans-lip ‘scale (of fish or reptile)’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 600

1.1.2Deng1

Iduko#589 PTB *kwa ‘SKIN’◦li◦pra#792 PTB *p(r/y)a ‘SKIN’ ‘scale(fish)’Pulu 78

1.2Kuki-Chin

VanBik 2009: 265: “PKC *hl- is retained in Mara, M. Cho and Central Chin languages except Bawm. Northern Chin languages merged PKC *hl- and *l- into l-.”

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

*Northern Chinlip ‘SCAB / SCALE’VanBik 09 PKC: 1048

Kuki-Chinliip (nga)#1455 PTB *s-ŋya ‘FISH’PTani *ŋo ‘FISH’PKC *ŋaa ⪤ *hŋaa ‘FISH’PCN *a-hŋaʔ ‘FISH’PTk *ŋa ‘FISH’ ‘scales (of fish)’Haokip 98: 8.2.5

Thadolìp ‘scab (of wound)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1048

Tiddimlip³ ‘scaly (as of fish), form scales (as leper)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1048

Tiddimlip³ vi‘scaly [as of fish]; form scales [as a leper]’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 958

Tiddimlip³ ‘scaly [as of fish]’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Ashoŋò#1455 PTB *s-ŋya ‘FISH’PTani *ŋo ‘FISH’PKC *ŋaa ⪤ *hŋaa ‘FISH’PCN *a-hŋaʔ ‘FISH’PTk *ŋa ‘FISH’-léʔ ‘scale (fish)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1028

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lushai [Mizo]phůmorpheme-hlip ‘scale (fish)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1028

Lushai [Mizo]phumorpheme-hlip ‘scales (of fish)’Matisoff 87 BP

Lushai [Mizo]phumorpheme-hlip vi‘scales’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2796

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]phumorpheme-hlu(-pasuffix) ‘scales (of fish)’Matisoff 87 BP

1.2.4“Old Kuki”2

Kom Remŋə#1455 PTB *s-ŋya ‘FISH’PTani *ŋo ‘FISH’PKC *ŋaa ⪤ *hŋaa ‘FISH’PCN *a-hŋaʔ ‘FISH’PTk *ŋa ‘FISH’ rip ‘scales (of fish)’Toba 91 KRQ: 8.2.5

Moyonŋʌ#1455 PTB *s-ŋya ‘FISH’PTani *ŋo ‘FISH’PKC *ŋaa ⪤ *hŋaa ‘FISH’PCN *a-hŋaʔ ‘FISH’PTk *ŋa ‘FISH’◦phrìp ‘scales (of fish)’Moyon phrìp is evidently a fusional reduction of a compound like *phu-rip.Kosha 90: 8.2.5

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Lotha Nagaóprefix◦lèp> ‘skin of the fish’Acharya 75

1.3.3Zeme Group3

Liangmeikamorpheme-kha#6788 PTk *kʰaj ‘FISH / AQUATIC CREATURE’-lêp ‘scale (fish)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1028

Rongmei / Nruanghmeika#6788 PTk *kʰaj ‘FISH / AQUATIC CREATURE’-lip ‘scale (fish)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1028

Zeme¹hemorpheme⁵ka#6788 PTk *kʰaj ‘FISH / AQUATIC CREATURE’¹lip ‘scale (fish)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1028

1.3.4Tangkhulic4

*Tangkhulichlip ‘scale (of fish)’Mortensen 12 Tk: 533

Tangkhul¹əprefix¹rip ‘scale (fish)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1028

Tusomsimorpheme-ŋimorpheme ʔɯmorpheme-ɬxɯ ‘scales (of fish)’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.244

Ukhrulʔamorpheme-rip ‘scale (of fish)’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.5Mikir [Karbi]2

Mikir [Karbi]lip ‘scales (of fish)’Matisoff 87 BP

Mikir [Karbi]lìp ‘scales (of fish)’Grüssner 79 BP: 184

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Chamlinghu#586 PTB *s/r-kawk ⪤ *s/r-kwak ‘OUTER COVERING / SKIN / BARK / RIND’PTani *kruk ‘OUTER COVERING’◦lep◦pasuffix ‘skin’Winter 85: 15

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #562, *s-lip ‘SCALE (OF FISH OR REPTILE)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/562

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

References: cf. HPTB p. 562

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-562,
  title  = {{*s-lip 'SCALE (OF FISH OR REPTILE)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #562},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/562}
}