*ri-k

KID / SHEEP

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This weakly attested root resembles PTB *ra GOAT, but appears to be an independent morpheme.

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

Bengnirik-ǰuŋ#6028 PTB *g-ya(k/ŋ) ‘SHEEP / YAK’ ‘kid (young goat)’Sun J 93 Tani

2.1.2.1Tibetan5

Tibetan (Balti)riu· ‘kid’Rangan 75: 18

Tibetan (Jirel)'riu n‘kid (goat)’Hale 73 CSD: 03a.039

Tibetan (Written)ri-gumorpheme ‘goat (young) / kid (col.)’Jäschke 1881

Tibetan (Written)rí-gumorpheme ‘goat (young) / kid’Jäschke 1881

Tibetan (Xiahe)ri ɣəmorpheme n‘kid’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0278.04

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6038, *ri-k ‘KID / SHEEP’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6038

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6038,
  title  = {{*ri-k 'KID / SHEEP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6038},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6038}
}