STEDT #576
*ya(k)
SHIT / FECES / DUNG / EXCREMENT
Reconstruction analysis
handleekrhymee(k)coverT
Intermediate reconstructions
Notes
This widespread etymon seems to have an imitative component.
Reflexes & cognates167 reflexes · 22 subgroups
1NE Indian Areal Group2
1.1.1Tani1
1.1.1.1Western Tani63
Apatanii-paʔ#575 PTB *baːl ‘SHIT / EXCREMENT / FILTH / BOWELS’ ‘shit, stool, excrement’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanija-ru#6487 PTani *ña-ruŋ ‘EAR’ ru#2070 PTB *ruŋ ‘HOLE / ORIFICE / EAR’PTani *ruŋ ‘HOLE / DENT’-ji ‘earwax’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengninap#805 PTB *s-nap ‘SNOT / NASAL MUCUS’PTani *nap ~ *nop ‘SNOT’PKC *hnap ‘SNOT / MUCUS (nasal)’PTk *nap ‘SNOT’PLB *ʔ-napᴸ ‘SNOT’PL *s-napᴸ ‘MUCUS’-jiː ‘snot (solid)’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengniɯ-pɯ#316 PTB *(p/b)u ‘FART / ANUS’PTani *pəː ~ *pɯ ‘FART (n.)’ pɯ#316 PTB *(p/b)u ‘FART / ANUS’PTani *pəː ~ *pɯ ‘FART (n.)’ ‘break wind’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarɕəmorpheme kɯ#6023 IA *ghoḍā ‘HORSE’PTani *kɯ ‘HORSE’PTk *kol ‘HORSE’PNN *koːy ‘HORSE’ eː n‘dung (horse)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0273.24
Bokarə pəː#316 PTB *(p/b)u ‘FART / ANUS’PTani *pəː ~ *pɯ ‘FART (n.)’ nbp‘fart’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0153.24
Bokarə-pəː#316 PTB *(p/b)u ‘FART / ANUS’PTani *pəː ~ *pɯ ‘FART (n.)’ pəː#316 PTB *(p/b)u ‘FART / ANUS’PTani *pəː ~ *pɯ ‘FART (n.)’ ‘break wind’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokar Lhobaruŋ#2070 PTB *ruŋ ‘HOLE / ORIFICE / EAR’PTani *ruŋ ‘HOLE / DENT’◦'eː ‘earwax’Sun H 80 MLD
1.1.1.2Eastern Tani12
Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]je-pə#316 PTB *(p/b)u ‘FART / ANUS’PTani *pəː ~ *pɯ ‘FART (n.)’ n‘fart’Sun J 93 HCST
Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]tai#5442 PTB *(t)swa-y ⪤ *t(s)wa-y ‘RUST / DROSS / STAIN / EXCREMENT’-é ‘excrement; dross; rust’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 108
Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]tai#5442 PTB *(t)swa-y ⪤ *t(s)wa-y ‘RUST / DROSS / STAIN / EXCREMENT’-é dutmorpheme-shumorpheme v.‘rust, get rusty; to mess oneself (as a child)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 108
Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]tai#5442 PTB *(t)swa-y ⪤ *t(s)wa-y ‘RUST / DROSS / STAIN / EXCREMENT’-é é n‘shit’Matisoff 87 BP
Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]yé-pe#316 PTB *(p/b)u ‘FART / ANUS’PTani *pəː ~ *pɯ ‘FART (n.)’ pe#316 PTB *(p/b)u ‘FART / ANUS’PTani *pəː ~ *pɯ ‘FART (n.)’ ‘flatulent; fart’Matisoff 87 BP
1.2Kuki-Chin1
1.2.1.1Northern Chin5
1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin3
1.2.2Central Chin9
1.2.3Maraic4
1.2.4“Old Kuki”5
1.6Mru1
1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1
2.1.3Lepcha1
2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1
2.3.2Southern Kiranti2
2.3.3Central Kiranti4
Dumiŋi#811 PTB *r/g-na ‘EAR / HEAR / LISTEN’PKC *naa ⪤ *hnaa ‘EAR’PCN *hnaʔ ‘EAR’PCN *a-hŋaj ‘HEAR, LISTEN’PTk *na ‘EAR’PTk *na ‘HEAR’PNN *na ‘EAR’PL *(C)-na² ‘EAR’PKar *-hnaᴮ ‘LISTEN TO’PKar *naᴮ ‘EAR’◦tso#816 PTB *m-tsywa-(k/ŋ) ‘EAR’-simorpheme◦ʔi ‘earwax’Driem 93 Dumi
2.3.4Western Kiranti3
2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1
4Nungic2
6.1.2.2Central Loloish1
Lahu (Black)ɛ̀-ɛ̀ temorpheme ve#450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’Allofams1 #1821 PTB *s/g-ray ⪤ *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD’1a #449 PTB *g-ray ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1b #658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’1c #450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1d #5495 PTB *s-ray ‘PLURALIZER’ ‘[baby-talk] make poo-poo; make caca’Matisoff 88 DL: 129
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3
7Karenic53
Karenglɔ³¹#3318 PTB *glaŋ ‘OX / BULLOCK / ELEPHANT’PNN *C̥-glaːŋ ‘ELEPHANT’PLB *ʔlaŋ¹/³ ‘ELEPHANT’e̱³¹ n‘dung (cow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0262.50
Karentho̱⁵⁵#1006 PTB *pʷak ‘PIG’PKC *wok ‘PIG’PTk *hwok ‘PIG’PNN *wak ‘PIG’TGTM *ᴮɖwa ‘PIG’PLB *wakᴸ ‘PIG’PKar *thɔʔ / tháuʔ ‘PIG’PKar *thɔɁᴰ ‘PIG’PKar *thɔɁᴰmiᴬ ‘BOAR (WILD~)’PBai *te ‘PIG’e³¹ n‘dung (pig)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0288.50
Karentθo⁵⁵#6080 PTB *səw ‘SHEEP’PKar *soᴬ ‘SHEEP’e̱³¹ n‘dung (goat, sheep)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0280.50
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #576,
*ya(k) ‘SHIT / FECES / DUNG / EXCREMENT’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/576Data: 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}
}