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*p(l/r)iːhan

SPLEEN
Indo-Aryan · provisional

Notes

See Turner 1966:506 for this etymology. See especially Bengali pilihā, pilā.

The TB forms borrowed from this IA etymon are to be distinguished from those which descend from the native PTB root #91 PTB *r-pay SPLEEN.

Reflexes & cognates18 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.5Mikir [Karbi]4

Mikir [Karbi]aprefix-plí-hà ‘spleen’Weidert 87 TBTo: 73
Mikir [Karbi]pliha ‘spleen’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.4Tamangish3

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti2

Yakhaphiyo ‘spleen’Kohn 90: 9.8
Yakhaphiyo hɔːmanamorpheme ‘swollen spleen (illness)’Kohn 90: 9.8.1

2.3.3Central Kiranti1

Khalingphiyo ‘spleen’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Sunwarphiyo ‘spleen’Matisoff 87 BP

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang5

Kham'phis ‘spleen’Watters 89 KhQ: 2.A.42
Kham'pʰis ‘spleen’Watters 89 KhQ: 2.A.42
Khamphis ‘spleen’Matisoff 87 BP
Khamphis ‘spleen’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 094
Khamphis ‘spleen’Matisoff 78 VSTB: (1)

X.1Non-TB2

Nepaliphiyo n‘spleen’Hale 73 CSD: 02a.42
Nepaliphiyo ‘spleen’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5636, *p(l/r)iːhan ‘SPLEEN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5636
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: Turner:506
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5636,
  title  = {{*p(l/r)iːhan 'SPLEEN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5636},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5636}
}