STEDT #585

*s-graw

SKIN / OUTER COVERING

Reconstruction analysis

handleg-rawprefixs-ginitialg-rrhymeawcoverK · W

Notes

See STC #121. (This root was inadvertently omitted from HPTB.)

STC #121 assigns the first syllable of WT gro-ga ‘thin bark of birch tree’ to this etymon, but Gong (2001:28) considers it rather to reflect #314 PTB *grwa BIRCH.

Reflexes & cognates20 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmans-graw ‘bark of willow; skin’Benedict 72 STC: 121

1.1.2Deng1

Darang [Taraon]wa:morpheme◦cimorpheme◦kru ‘skin (dry, over sores)’Anonymous xx Tar

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte2

Tangsa (Moshang)aprefix kru ‘skin’French 83: 549

Tangsa (Moshang)aprefix◦kru ‘skin’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphośəgrau ‘outer skin, as of fruit’Benedict 72 STC: 121

2.1.2.1Tibetan6

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)dʑo ‘feather, quill’Sun J 85 Amdo: 776

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)ɕærmorpheme dʑo ‘feather’Sun J 85 Amdo: 71

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)ⁿgo#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’ dʑo ‘hair (on the head)’Sun J 85 Amdo: 338

Tibetan (Written)bya#2187 PTB *b(y/r)a ‘BIRD / BEE’PLB *bya² ‘BEE’PL *bya² ‘BEE’.sgro ‘feather’Sun J 85 TbGl: 71

Tibetan (Written)mgo#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’.sgro ‘hair (on the head)’Sun J 85 TbGl: 338

Tibetan (Written)sgro-basuffix ‘bark of willow; skin’Benedict 72 STC: 121

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchakryu ‘skin’Lepcha medial -y- frequently descends from prefixal s- (**s-kru). See Benedict 1943, “Secondary infixation in Lepcha.”Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.4Tamangish4

Gurung (Ghachok)Tuh-bi#590 PTB *p(y)ik ‘SKIN / PEEL’PKar *pheɁᴰ ‘BARK (n.), LEATHER, SKIN’ ‘skin’Matisoff 87 BP

GurungTuh◦bi plā:bāq v‘skin’also contains *p(y)ik, *p(r/y)amorphemeHale 73 CSD: 03b.31

Gurung (Ghachok)ʈuh◦bi#590 PTB *p(y)ik ‘SKIN / PEEL’PKar *pheɁᴰ ‘BARK (n.), LEATHER, SKIN’ ‘skin’Glover 72 GuVo: 1.28

Gurung (Ghachok)ʈu◦hbi#590 PTB *p(y)ik ‘SKIN / PEEL’PKar *pheɁᴰ ‘BARK (n.), LEATHER, SKIN’ plaː#792 PTB *p(r/y)a ‘SKIN’◦baqmorpheme v.‘skin’Glover 72 GuVo: 3.B.31

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #585, *s-graw ‘SKIN / OUTER COVERING’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/585

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

References: STC#121

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-585,
  title  = {{*s-graw 'SKIN / OUTER COVERING'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #585},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/585}
}