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STEDT #590

*p(y)ik

SKIN / PEEL
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlepyikprefixsinitialp(y)rhymeik ~ m-pcoverP · VNT

Intermediate reconstructions

Karenic*pheɁᴰ ‘BARK (n.), LEATHER, SKIN’TL#12

Notes

Several Bodo-Garo forms begin with a syllable bi(ŋ), which superficially resembles this root. However, R. Burling points out that this is merely a prefix which occurs with many body part terms, e.g. Garo bi-bik ‘intestines’, bi-bil ‘afterbirth’, bi-gil ‘skin; bark; peel; pod; leather’, bi-gron ‘testicle’, bi-ka ‘liver’, bi-kit ‘gall bladder’, bi-mang ‘body of person or thing; shape, form; middle portion of an object, such as a glass’, bi-rot ‘pimple, boil, pox’; also Meche biŋgur, bigur ‘skin’. See Burling 2003.

The first syllables of Tshona (Mama) phe⁵⁵ khu⁵³ ‘skin’ and WT pʻyi srin ‘vermin living on skin’ also superficially resemble this etymon, but are really a different morpheme meaning ‘outside’. See Jäschke (1881:348-50). Thus, ‘vermin living on skin’ means lit. “outside vermin”.

A few Karenic forms (Pa-O ʼbeŋ¹, Pho (Delta) ɓẽ⁴, Sgaw ɓẽ⁴ ‘skin, bark’) point to a final nasal, but these could well reflect a different etymon. The morphemic identity of the second syllables of Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada) a³¹ be̱³¹ and pʰi⁵⁵ be̱³¹ ‘skin’ remains obscure.

Reflexes & cognates144 reflexes · 13 subgroups

1NE Indian Areal Group1

Mijipʰriʔ ‘skin’Simon 79 Miji

1.6Mru3

Mrupei² ‘skin’Luce 85: Q.68
Mrupei⁴ ‘skin’Luce 85: Q.68
Mrupik ‘skin’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.4Tamangish25

Gurung (Ghachok)pʰimorpheme piq◦basuffix ‘peel’Gurung pʰi ‘peel, bark (n.)’.Glover 72 GuVo: 7.B.1.14
GurungTuh◦bi plā:bāq v‘skin’also contains *s-graw, *p(r/y)amorphemeHale 73 CSD: 03b.31
Gurung¹pʰi n‘peel, bark’Mazaudon 94 These: 647
Manang (Gyaru)piː¹ basuffix V‘peel’Nagano 84 Man: 166
Manang (Prakaa)¹pʰiː- ‘peel’Hoshi 84: 0343
Tamang (Risiangku)¹pʰiː ‘bark / peel / skin’Mazaudon 94 These: 647
Tamang (Sahu)'pʰiː-pasuffix v.‘peel (to strip skin with ha’Taylor 72 TmVo: 18.A.14
Tamang (Sahu)²pʰiː v‘peel (to strip skin with ha’Mazaudon 94 These: 649
Thakali (Marpha)⁵⁴pʰi ‘bark / peel / skin’Mazaudon 94 These: 649
Thakali (Tukche)pʰi-lɔmorpheme ‘peel (potatoes, fruit, etc.)’Hari 71a ThVo: 7.B.1.13 1
Thakali (Tukche)pʰi-lɔmorpheme ‘peel (out of shells)’Hari 71a ThVo: 7.B.1.15 1
Thakali (Tukche)²pʰi ‘peel (out of shells)’morphemeMazaudon 94 These: 649

3.2Qiangic21

6.1.2Loloish1

Lolophov̩⁵⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ phi³¹ ‘scalp’Dai 89 Lolo: 2.8

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Sani [Nyi]n̩⁵⁵morpheme pʰɿ³³ ‘lip’Ma 89 SanQ: 322.6

7Karenic55

*KarenpheɁᴰ n.‘bark, leather, skin’Luangthongkum 13: 12
*Karen [Burling]phiɁ² n.‘bark, leather, skin’Luangthongkum 13: 12
*Karen (Pwo)phɛ́ʔ ‘skin’Jones 61: 554
Bwe-phe n‘skin, hide, bark, scales’Henderson 97 Kar
Bwephe³³ n.‘bark, leather, skin’Luangthongkum 13: 12
Bwe (Western)pʻe² ‘skin, peel, bark’Luce 85: H.125
Bwe (Western)pʻe² ‘skin, bark’Luce 85: J.242
Bwe (Western)ɓe² ‘skin, bark’Luce 85: J.242
Bweəprefix-phe dəprefix-blɔ̀morpheme ‘skin / hide (portion of)’Henderson 97 Kar
Bweəprefix-phe təprefix-ɓemorpheme ‘skin / hide (whole)’Henderson 97 Kar
Gebabe² ‘skin, bark’Luce 85: J.242
Gebapʻe² ‘skin, bark’Luce 85: J.242
Gebapʻe³ ‘skin, peel, bark’Luce 85: H.125
Karena³¹prefixbe̱³¹ n‘skin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0120.50
Karenphi⁵⁵be̱³¹morpheme n‘skin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0265.50
Kayahpha⁵⁵ n.‘bark, leather, skin’Luangthongkum 13: 12
Kayawphe³³ n.‘bark, leather, skin’Luangthongkum 13: 12
Pa-O (Northern)ăprefix◦pʻeʔ³ ‘skin, peel, bark’Luce 85: H.125
Pa-O (Northern)pheɁ²¹ n.‘bark, leather, skin’Luangthongkum 13: 12
Pa-Opì ‘skin of human, fruit’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Opì ‘skin’Matisoff 87 BP
Pa-Opì ‘skin’Jones 61: 554
Pa-Opi ‘skin, bark’Benedict 72 STC: 145n393
Pa-Opì phróʔmorpheme ‘skin, general’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-O (Northern)ʼbeŋ¹ ‘skin, bark’Luce 85: J.242
Pakupʻi¹ ‘skin, peel, bark’Luce 85: H.125
Pakuɓe³ ‘skin, bark’Luce 85: J.242
Pwo (Northern)phaiɁ⁴⁵ n.‘bark, leather, skin’Luangthongkum 13: 12
Pwo (Southern)phaiɁ³¹ n.‘bark, leather, skin’Luangthongkum 13: 12
Pwophiʔ ‘skin, bark’Benedict 72 STC: 145n393
Pwo (Delta)pʻæʔ¹ ‘skin, peel, bark’Luce 85: H.125
Pwo (Delta)ɓẽ⁴ ‘skin, bark’Luce 85: J.242
Pwo (Tenasserim)ə̆prefix◦pʻɑiʔ³ ‘skin, peel, bark’Luce 85: H.125
Pwo (Bassein)phɛ̀ʔ ‘skin’Matisoff 87 BP
Pwo (Bassein)phɛ̀ʔ ‘skin’Jones 61: 554
Pwo (Moulmein)phàiʔ ‘skin’Jones 61: 554
Sgaw (Southern)phaiɁ²¹ n.‘bark, leather, skin’Luangthongkum 13: 12
Sgaw (Northern)phiɁ⁴⁵ n.‘bark, leather, skin’Luangthongkum 13: 12
Sgawpʻiʔ² ‘skin, peel, bark’Luce 85: H.125
Sgawɓẽ⁴ ‘skin, bark’Luce 85: J.242
Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)pʰi⁵⁵ be̱³¹morpheme ‘skin’Dai 89 KarB: 150.1
Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)pʰi⁵⁵ be̱³¹morpheme ‘skin (animal)’Dai 89 KarB: 315
Karen (Sgaw/Yue)pʰi̱ʔ⁵⁵ ‘skin’Dai 89 KarA: 150
Karen (Sgaw/Yue)pʰi̱ʔ⁵⁵ ‘skin (animal)’Dai 89 KarA: 331

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #590, *p(y)ik ‘SKIN / PEEL’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/590
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-590,
  title  = {{*p(y)ik 'SKIN / PEEL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #590},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/590}
}