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STEDT #5669

*rak

WEAVE / DRIVE / CHASE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*rakᴸ ‘WEAVE / DRIVE / CHASE’

Notes

This root is well-attested, both with a dental stop initial and initial r-, leading one to hypothesize an ultimate origin in a sequence of consonants like *trak or drak, although this cluster is not reconstructed for PTB or PST. Certain branches of the family, like Lolo-Burmese, show evidence for both the stop- and rhotic-initialed variants.

See #2686 PTB *(t/d)ak WEAVE.

Chinese comparandum

織 OC *t̑i̯ək, GSR #920f ‘weave’; Coblin 86: ST *tjək > TB *tak > OC *tjək; B & S 2011: *tək; Mand. zhī.

Reflexes & cognates108 reflexes · 11 subgroups

1.3.4Tangkhulic6

Huishukʰəmorpheme-roʔ ‘weave’Mortensen 12 Tk
Huishuʔaprefix-pʰikmorpheme-roʔ-kʰemorpheme ‘weave’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.063
Tangkhulkhəmorpheme◦rək ‘weave’LaPolla 87: 156
Tangkhulrək ‘weave’Bhat 69 TNV: 100
Ukhrulkʰəprefix-rak ‘weave’Mortensen 12 Tk
Ukhrulkʰəprefix-rɐk ‘make a basket; to weave’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphowa³¹ ‘weave (a basket)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1157.19

2.1.4Tamangish14

*TGTMᴮʰraː ‘knit / weave’Mazaudon 94 These: 853
Manang (Prakaa)²raː- ‘knit / weave’Mazaudon 94 These: 853
Manang (Prakaa)¹raː- ‘knit / weave’Hoshi 84: 0803
Tamang (Sahu)'raː-pasuffix v.‘weave’Taylor 72 TmVo: 19.5
Thakali (Marpha)⁵⁵'⁴⁴ra-wasuffix ‘weave’Mazaudon 94 These: 853
Thakali (Marpha)⁵⁵'⁵⁵rʌ-wasuffix ‘weave’Mazaudon 94 These: 869
Thakali (Syang)⁵⁵'⁵⁴ra-basuffix ‘weave’Mazaudon 94 These: 853
Thakali (Tukche)ra-lɔmorpheme ‘weave / knit’Hari 71a ThVo: 7.B.3.5

4Nungic6

Dulongɹɑ·ʔ⁵⁵ v.‘weave / knit’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1799.20
Trung [Dulong]ɹɑʔ⁵⁵ ‘weave’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 613.46
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)ɹɑʔ⁵⁵ ‘weave’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1Lolo-Burmese5

*Lolo-Burmesek-rak (HIGH)‘weave / spin’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 192(d)
*Lolo-Burmeserak ⪤ *tak/*dak ⪤ *k-rak ‘weave’[Source note] [TSR 192].LaPolla 87: 156
*Lolo-Burmeserakᴸ ‘weave / drive / chase’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 609

6.1.1Burmish31

Achang (Lianghe)ʑɑ³¹ ‘weave’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Longchuan)ʐuaʔ³¹ ‘weave’LaPolla 87: 156
Achang (Longchuan)ʐuaʔ⁵⁵ ‘weave (a basket)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1157.28
Achang (Longchuan)ʐuaʔ⁵⁵ v.‘weave / knit’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1799.28
Achang (Luxi)źaʔ³¹ ‘weave’LaPolla 87: 156
Achang (Luxi)ʑaʔ³¹ ‘weave’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Xiandao)ʐɔʔ⁵⁵ ‘weave (a basket)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1157.29
Achang (Xiandao)ʐɔʔ⁵⁵ v.‘weave / knit’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1799.29
Bola (Luxi)ɣaʔ³¹ v.‘weave / knit’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1799.32
Burmese (Rangoon)jɛʔ⁴ ‘weave (a basket)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1157.27
Langsu (Luxi)ɣɔʔ³¹ v.‘weave / knit’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1799.31
Leqi (Luxi)jɔːʔ³¹ v.‘weave / knit’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1799.33
Atsi [Zaiwa]voʔ²¹ v.‘weave / knit’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1799.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]voʔ³¹ ‘weave’LaPolla 87: 156

6.1.2Loloish3

*Loloishrakᴸ ‘weave’Bradley 79 PLo: 712
PNLrakᴸ ‘weave’Chen 86 CS: 85.

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish12

Gazhuoɣa⁵³ ‘weave (a basket)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1157.47
Gazhuoɣa⁵³ v.‘weave / knit’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1799.47
Liphoʑe̱² ‘weave’Chen 86 CS: 85.
Nasuɣa 55 ‘weave / spin’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 192(a)
Nasuɣa⁵⁵ ‘weave’Chen 86 CS: 85.
Neisuɣa¹³ ‘weave’Chen 86 CS: 85.
Nesuʑe̱² ‘weave’Chen 86 CS: 85.
Nusu (Northern)ɹa̱⁵⁵ ‘weave’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Bijiang)ɹɑ̱⁵³ɑ̱³¹morpheme ‘weave’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 613.45
Nusu (Southern)ɹɔ̱⁵³ ‘weave’Sun J 86 Nusu
Yi (Wuding)ɣɑ̱⁵⁵ ‘weave (a basket)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1157.38

6.1.2.2Central Loloish17

Ahiji 44s ~ je 44s ‘weave / spin’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 192(a)
Ahiʑe̱² ‘weave’Chen 86 CS: 85.
Jinuoja⁴⁴ ‘weave’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 613.34
Jinuo (Youle)jɑ⁵⁵ ‘weave’Gai 86
Jinuonɛ⁴²morphemeja⁵⁵ v.‘weave / knit’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1799.44
Lahuɣàʔ ‘weave’LaPolla 87: 156
Lahu (Lancang)ɣɔ³³ v.‘weave / knit’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1799.43
Lahu (Black)ɣàʔ ‘weave / spin’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 192(a)
Lisu (Northern)jæʔ²¹tʃhɿ²¹morpheme ‘weave’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Central)ya⁶ hchï⁵morpheme ‘weave on loom’Fraser 22
Lisu (Northern)ɣaʔ²¹ V‘weave; knit; plait’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisuɣɑ̱³¹ ‘weave (a basket)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1157.40
Yi (Sani)je³³ ‘weave (a basket)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1157.39
Sani [Nyi]ji 22s ‘weave / spin’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 192(a)
Yi (Sani)jɪ² v.‘weave / knit’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1799.39
Sani [Nyi]ʑe² ‘weave’Chen 86 CS: 85.

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish17

Akhaza LS ‘weave / spin’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 192(a)
Akhazàq ‘weave’Hansson 89 AHKP: 477
Bisugà ‘weave (zhī)’Bradley 9x Bisu
Bisugā ‘weave / spin’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 192(d)
Hani (Lüchun)ɣa̱³¹ v.‘weave / knit’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1799.41
Haonija³¹ ‘weave’Hansson 89 AHKP: 477
Pyennam45morpheme gae45 v.‘weave’Shintani 09 Pyen: 051022

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish4

Azhaʑɛ²² ‘weave’Pelkey 11 Phula: 720
Phuzaʑi⁵⁵ ‘weave’Pelkey 11 Phula: 720

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5669, *rak ‘WEAVE / DRIVE / CHASE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5669
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: Matisoff 03 HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5669,
  title  = {{*rak 'WEAVE / DRIVE / CHASE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5669},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5669}
}