*pitta

BILE

Indo-Aryan · provisional

Notes

See Turner 1966:462 for this etymology.

Reflexes & cognates13 reflexes · 6 subgroups

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Pattani [Manchati]pit ‘bile’Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 9.5.1

2.1.4Tamangish2

Chantyalbittə ‘bile’Noonan 92: 9.5.1

Chantyalbittə ‘gall bladder’Noonan 92: 9.5.2

2.2Newar1

Newarpitta ‘bile’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Bantawapia ‘bile’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 8

2.3.4Western Kiranti6

Hayupik-kiŋ#228 PTB *ki(ŋ/k) ‘GALL / BILE’⪤plik-kiŋ ‘spleen, bile’Note assimilation of the medial consonants.The variant with medial -l- might be due to confusion with the medial in #5636 IA *p(l/r)iːhan SPLEEN.Matisoff 78 VSTB: (2)

Hayupik-kiŋ#228 PTB *ki(ŋ/k) ‘GALL / BILE’⪤plik-kiŋ ‘bile, spleen’Matisoff 78 VSTB: (4)

HayupIk◦kIŋ#228 PTB *ki(ŋ/k) ‘GALL / BILE’ ‘bile’Matisoff 87 BP

HayupIk◦kIŋ#228 PTB *ki(ŋ/k) ‘GALL / BILE’ ‘spleen’Matisoff 87 BP

HayuplIk◦kIŋ#228 PTB *ki(ŋ/k) ‘GALL / BILE’ ‘spleen’Matisoff 87 BP

Hayupɪx◦kɪŋ#228 PTB *ki(ŋ/k) ‘GALL / BILE’ ‘bile’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 8

X.1Non-TB2

Nepalipitta n‘bile’Hale 73 CSD: 02a.71

Nepalipitta ‘bile’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5637, *pitta ‘BILE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5637

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

References: Hale 73:02a.71

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5637,
  title  = {{*pitta 'BILE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5637},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5637}
}