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STEDT #602

*lak

SKIN

Notes

This root has so far only been unearthed in the relatively obscure Asakian branch of Tibeto-Burman.

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 1 subgroup

1.7.3.2Asakian9

Gananʃă#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’le¹ ‘skin’These Ganan and Kadu forms superficially resemble Loloish reflexes of #596 PTB *m/s-k-rəy SKIN, but they have been assigned to the present etymon because of their resemblance to other Asakian forms.Luce 85: L.161
Sakaprefixláʔ ‘skin’Huziwara 08 Sak: 49
Sak (Bawtala)ăprefixlaᴜʔ² ‘skin’Luce 85: L.161
Sak (Dodem)lɑk² ‘skin’Luce 85: L.161

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #602, *lak ‘SKIN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/602
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("LUI")
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-602,
  title  = {{*lak 'SKIN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #602},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/602}
}