STEDT
STEDT #576

*ya(k)

SHIT / FECES / DUNG / EXCREMENT

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Tani* ‘EXCREMENT’JS-HCST: 146
Kuki-Chin*ʔeek ‘EXCREMENT / DUNG / STOOL’PKC #483
Karenic*ʔéq ‘EXCREMENT’RBJ-KLS: 71
Karenic*Ɂeᴮ ‘DUNG, EXCREMENT’TL#94

Notes

This widespread etymon seems to have an imitative component.

Reflexes & cognates167 reflexes · 22 subgroups

1NE Indian Areal Group2

*Kuki-Nagaek ‘dirt, excrement’Benedict 72 STC: 146n399

1.1.1Tani1

*Tani ‘excrement’Sun J 93 HCST: 131

1.1.1.1Western Tani63

Apatanii-ljiŋmorpheme ‘anus’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanií-pamorpheme ‘defecate’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanii-pamorpheme čúmorpheme-ñimorpheme ‘beetle (species)’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanii-paʔmorpheme ‘dung’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengni ‘excrement’Sun J 93 HCST
Bengnijiː ‘excrement’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengnijiː jiː v‘shit’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengnijiː-kuːmorpheme-morpheme-rɯːmorpheme ‘latrine’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengnijiː-rimorpheme-buŋmorpheme ‘anus’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengnijiː-rjummorpheme ‘manure’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokar ‘excrement’Sun J 93 HCST
Bokar ‘excrement’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokar ‘defecate’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokar v.‘empty the bowels’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1488.24
Bokargomorpheme daːmorpheme n‘dung (cow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0262.24
Bokarsomorpheme-jeː ‘cow dung’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarɕoːmorpheme n‘dung (cow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0262.24
Bokar Lhoba ‘dung / manure’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 471.51
Bokar Lhoba ‘defecate’Sun H 80 MLD
Galo`ee n.‘excrement’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`ee n.‘poop’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`ee n.‘shit’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`eegommorpheme vt.‘defecate improperly’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`eehɨɨmorpheme adj.‘constipated’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`eejikmorpheme adj.‘diarrhea’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`eejikmorpheme adj.‘loose motion/bowels’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`eekosuffix n.‘latrine’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`eekosuffix n.‘toilet’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`eenamsuffix vi.‘defecate’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`eenamsuffix vi.‘excrete’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`eenamsuffix vi.‘shit’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`eepikmorpheme n.‘dung’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`eerinmorpheme n.‘sphincter (anal)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`eeyuumorpheme n.‘anus’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoˋeː ‘stool / excrement’Weidert 87 TBTo: 570
Nishinge~o ‘stool (excrement)’Das Gupta 69 Daf

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinʔeek ‘EXCREMENT / DUNG / STOOL’VanBik 09 PKC: 483

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

Kuki-Chineh ‘feces / shit’Haokip 98: 9.12.1
Paiteeek ‘feces, stool’VanBik 09 PKC: 483
Sizangeak ‘excrement’VanBik 09 PKC: 483
Tiddimeːk¹ ‘excrement’VanBik 09 PKC: 483
Tiddimeːk¹ ‘excrement’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 292

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin3

Cho (Mindat)eek ‘dung, stool’VanBik 09 PKC: 483
Khumiee ‘excrement’VanBik 09 PKC: 483

1.6Mru1

Mrue n‘shit’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Changok simorpheme ‘bowels’French 83: 457

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchae < *pʻyi ‘excrement of dogs’Matisoff 87 BP

7Karenic53

*Karen [Burling]Ɂe² ‘dung, excrement’Luangthongkum 13: 94
*KarenɁeᴮ ‘dung, excrement’Luangthongkum 13: 94
*Karen (TP)ʔéq ‘dung’Jones 61: 71
*Karen (Pwo)ʔéq ‘dung’Jones 61: 71
*Karenʔéq ‘dung’Jones 61: 71
*Karen (Sgaw)ʔéʔ ‘dung’Jones 61: 71
Bweɪ n‘excretion, excrement, faeces’Henderson 97 Kar
Bweɪ³³ ‘dung, excrement’Luangthongkum 13: 94
Bweʃɪ́morpheme ɪ n‘poultry dung, poultry droppings’Henderson 97 Kar
Geba ‘dung’Luce 85: E.43
Karenda³¹morphemee̱³¹ nbp‘excrement’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0151.50
Karene̱³¹tsha⁵⁵ v.‘empty the bowels’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1488.50
KayahɁi¹¹ ‘dung, excrement’Luangthongkum 13: 94
Kayan (Pekon)é̤ N‘dung, excrement, poo’Manson 10 Kayan
KayanɁai¹¹ ‘dung, excrement’Luangthongkum 13: 94
KayawɁi¹¹ ‘dung, excrement’Luangthongkum 13: 94
Pa-O (Southern)Ɂe³³ ‘dung, excrement’Luangthongkum 13: 94
Pa-O (Northern)Ɂe⁵⁵ ‘dung, excrement’Luangthongkum 13: 94
Pa-Oʔé ‘excrement, impolite’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Oʔé ‘dung’Jones 61: 71
Pa-Oʔərɔ̀morpheme ‘rust’Solnit 89 PaO
Paku[dɑ³morpheme]e³ ‘dung’Luce 85: E.43
Palaychiʔàqshzùqmorpheme ‘anus’Matisoff 87 BP
Palaychiʔàqshzùqmorpheme ‘buttocks / anus / rear’Jones 61: 752
Palaychiʔə̀q ‘dung’Jones 61: 71
Pwo (Northern)Ɂi³³ ‘dung, excrement’Luangthongkum 13: 94
Pwo (Tenasserim)sʻə̆⁴morphemeʔé¹ ‘dung’Luce 85: E.43
Pwo (Delta)sʻə̆morphemeʔé⁴ ‘dung’Luce 85: E.43
Pwo (Delta)sʻə̆morphemeʔi⁴ ‘dung’Luce 85: E.43
Pwo (Southern)Ɂi⁵⁵ ‘dung, excrement’Luangthongkum 13: 94
Sgaw[tɑ⁶morpheme]e⁴ ‘dung’Luce 85: E.43
Sgaw (Northern)Ɂe³¹˜ ‘dung, excrement’Luangthongkum 13: 94
Sgaw (Southern)Ɂe⁴⁵’ ‘dung, excrement’Luangthongkum 13: 94
Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)a³¹prefix e̱³¹ ‘excrement (animal)’Dai 89 KarB: 333.1
Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)da³¹morpheme e̱³¹ ‘excrement (animal)’Dai 89 KarB: 333
Karen (Sgaw/Yue)e³¹ ‘excrement (animal)’Dai 89 KarA: 333

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #576, *ya(k) ‘SHIT / FECES / DUNG / EXCREMENT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/576
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC p.26, p.146
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-576,
  title  = {{*ya(k) 'SHIT / FECES / DUNG / EXCREMENT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #576},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/576}
}