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*p(r)ak ⪤ *r-pak

SHOULDER
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handleprakinitialp(r)rhymeak ⪤ r-pcoverP · VLT

Connections

Poss. allofam#567

Chinese comparandum

OC *pɑ̂k, GSR #782m-n ‘shoulder blade’; Schuessler 2007:170 *prâk; B & S 2011: *pʰˁak; Mand. .
OC *p’ɑ̂k, GSR #771l ‘dismember; shoulder blade’; Schuessler 2007:170 *phâk; B & S 2011: *pʰˁak; Mand. .
OC (*bɑ̂k), GSR #771l ‘shoulder blade’; Schuessler 2007:170 *pâk; Mand. .

Reflexes & cognates107 reflexes · 22 subgroups

1.1.2Deng2

Kaman [Miju]ʔpʻɔ̂ʔ ‘shoulder / arm’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1113
Kaman [Miju]ʔpʻɔ̂ʔ ‘shoulder’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1202

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang8

Changphakchomorpheme ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga
Changpʌ́k ‘shoulder / arm’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1113
Khiamngan¹²paʔ-²gaŋmorpheme-¹²kɪmmorpheme ‘armpit / anus of arm’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1
Konyak (Tamlu)pak ‘shoulder / arm’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1113

1.7.3.1Jingpho16

Jingphohpàʔ-jawnmorpheme ‘shoulders (poet.) [cf. RIDE]’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphokă³¹prefixphaʔ³¹ n‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0090.19
Jingphokă³¹prefixphaʔ³¹ ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 250.47
Jingphokă³¹prefixphaʔ³¹n⁵⁵morphemepu̱ʔ⁵⁵morpheme n‘armpit’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0092.19
Jingphokă³¹prefixphaʔ³¹n⁵⁵morphemepu̱ʔ⁵⁵morpheme ‘armpit’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 265.47
Jingphokă¹prefix phaʔ³¹ ‘shoulder’Liu 84
Jingphokă¹prefix phaʔ³¹ n̩⁵⁵morpheme pu̱ʔ⁵⁵morpheme ‘armpit’Liu 84
Jingphokhaprefixpa ‘shoulder’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingphoprefixhpàʔ ‘shoulder’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphoprefixphǎ̀ʔ ‘shoulder’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 399
Jingphophàʔ ‘shoulder’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 399
Jingpho¹gəprefix¹phaʔ ‘shoulder / arm’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1113
Jingpho¹gəprefix¹phaʔ ‘shoulder’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1202

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Kaduprefixpɑ² ‘shoulder’Luce 85: R.26

2.1.2.1Tibetan14

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)tʂhak khamorpheme ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 250.4
Tibetan (Batang)tʂha⁵⁵ pa⁵⁵suffix ‘shoulder’Dai 89 Bata: 5.3
Tibetan (Batang)tʂhɑ⁵⁵pa⁵³suffix n‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0090.03
Tibetan (Batang)tʂhɑ⁵⁵pa⁵³suffixŋgo⁵⁵morphemekhᴜ⁵³morpheme v.‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1473.03
Tibetan (Khams:Dege)tʂha⁵⁵pa⁵³suffix ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 250.3
Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)Taktsamorpheme ‘shoulder’Bishop 89: 5.3
Tibetan (Written)phrag -- pasuffix n‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0090.01
Tibetan (Written)phrag-pasuffix ‘shoulder’Zhang Liansheng 88: 30
Tibetan (Written)pʻrag-goŋ#240 PTB *k(w)aŋ ‘ARM (upper) / WING’ ‘upper arm’WT dpun̊-pa rkan̊ also means ‘upper arm’, but is to be analyzed as “shoulder’s leg” (dpun̊-pa ‘shoulder’). Perhaps the girth of the upper arm reminded speakers of a leg.Jäschke 1881: 353-4
Tibetan (Written)pʻrag-pasuffix ‘shoulder’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)pʻrɑg-suffix ‘shoulder’Luce 85: R.26
Tibetan (Xiahe)tʂhaχ kamorpheme n‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0090.04
Tibetan (Xiahe)tʂhaχ ʁamorpheme khərmorpheme v.‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1473.04

2.1.4Tamangish1

Manang (Prakaa)⁴preː- v.‘shoulder’Hoshi 84: 0829

2.3.3Central Kiranti3

Dumiboktomorpheme ‘shoulder’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 155
Dumiboktomorpheme ‘shoulder (as seen from behind), shoulder blades’Driem 93 Dumi

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Hayuphakkamorpheme ‘shoulder’Matisoff 87 BP

3.3.1rGyalrong17

rGyalrong (Maerkang)(tɐnmorpheme tɐnmorpheme) prefix morpheme rpɑk v.‘carry (sthg.) with a pole on t’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1676.11
rGyalrongkaprefix mamorpheme rpak ‘carry on shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 593.12
Caodengprefix-mɐ́morpheme-rpa ‘carry on shoulder’Sun J 97 Cao
rGyalrong (Maerkang)prefix morpheme rpɑk v.‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1473.11
rGyalrong (Maerkang)prefix morpheme rpɑk v.‘lift up / carry’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1659.11
rGyalrongtaprefix rpak ‘shoulder’Dai 89 Jiar: 5.3
rGyalrongtaprefix rpak ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 250.12
rGyalrong (Eastern)taprefixr̥pa ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 rEQ: 5.3
Caodengtə́prefix-rpa ‘shoulder’Sun J 97 Cao
Caodengtə́prefix-rpa morpheme-nGlətmorpheme ‘sprain (shoulder)’Sun J 97 Cao
Caodengprefix-rpa-koʔmorpheme ‘shoulder-head’Sun J 97 Cao
rGyalrong (Northern)prefixr̥pa ‘shoulder’Sun H 91 rNQ: 5.3
rGyalrongtaprefix rpak ‘shoulder’Nagano 97 GyQ: 5.3
rGBenzhentaprefix-rpak ‘shoulder’Sun J 97 rGB

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmesehpàʔ-jawnmorpheme n.‘shoulder (poet.)’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish13

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)pɑ̂k/pɑ̂k ‘shoulder (of an animal)’Karlgren 57 GSR: 782m-n
Chinese (Old)pʰˤak ‘shoulder blade’BaxterSagart 2011: 172

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

9.0.3Modern Chinese2

Chinese (Mandarin)pʼo ‘shoulder (of an animal)’Karlgren 57 GSR: 782m-n

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #568, *p(r)ak ⪤ *r-pak ‘SHOULDER’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/568
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: KEEP 6/2012
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-568,
  title  = {{*p(r)ak ⪤ *r-pak 'SHOULDER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #568},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/568}
}