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STEDT #588

*l-pak

SKIN
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlepwakprefixlinitialp(w)rhymeakcoverP · T

Notes

Several forms from Tibetan dialects show lenition of the initial to w-. For the widespread TB variation between labial stops and w-, see Matisoff 2000, “An extrusional approach to *p-/w- variation in Sino-Tibetan”.

Reflexes & cognates37 reflexes · 4 subgroups

2.1.2Bodic1

Tshona (Mama)pʌː¹³ wo⁵³suffix ‘hide’Sun H 80 MLD

2.1.2.1Tibetan31

Tibetan (Batang)zə¹³morpheme taʔ⁵³morpheme baʔ⁵⁵ baʔ⁵³morpheme ‘hide / leather’Dai 89 Bata: 8.2.6
Tibetan (Batang)pɑ⁵⁵prefixpɑʔ⁵³ n‘skin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0265.03
Tibetan (Khams:Dege)pa⁵⁵pa⁵³suffix ‘skin’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 266.3
Tibetan (Lhasa)pak⁵³pa⁵³suffix ‘skin’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 266.2
Tibetan (Lhasa)pak⁵⁵pa⁵⁵suffix n‘skin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0265.02
Spitipa◦wosuffix ‘skin’Bodh 91: 8.2
Tibetan (Spiti)pa◦wosuffix ‘skin’Sharma, S.R. 79 Sp
Tibetan (Written)pags-pasuffix ‘skin, peel, bark’Luce 85: H.125
Tibetan (Written)pags-pamorpheme ‘foreskin’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)pags-pasuffix ‘skin’Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)pags-pasuffix ‘skin, leather’Zhang Liansheng 88: 2
Tibetan (Written)pags◦pasuffix ‘skin’Marrison 67 Naga
Tibetan (Written)sdomsmorpheme-lpags ‘foreskin’WT sdoms seemingly derived from dom ‘private’.Matisoff 87 BP
Tibetan (Written)z̀al#1190 PTB *zyal ‘FACE / MOUTH’-lpags ‘lip’WT z̀al is an honorific form for kha ‘mouth’.Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #588, *l-pak ‘SKIN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/588
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-588,
  title  = {{*l-pak 'SKIN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #588},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/588}
}