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STEDT #631

*s-wik

TUSK / FANG / CANINE TOOTH

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*wik ‘tusk / fang / canine tooth’p. 344

Notes

If the Chepang and Magar forms belong here, they must be explained as due to preemption by the sibilant prefix. It is also possible that these forms would be better assigned to #635 PTB *m-dzyway TOOTH / TUSK.

Reflexes & cognates36 reflexes · 4 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanwik ‘tusk / fang / canine tooth’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 619

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]vek ‘tusk / canine tooth’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchavik ‘tooth (canine) / tusk’Matisoff 87 BP

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang34

Chepangcoʔmorpheme.gammorpheme.(səyk) n.‘molar, small, next but one to canine tooth’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepanghlukmorpheme.gammorpheme.(səyk) n.‘wisdom tooth’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepanghlukmorpheme.gammorpheme.(səyk) n.‘tooth (sp.), wisdom tooth’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepanghlukmorpheme.gammorpheme.səyk n.‘wisdom tooth’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangjunʔmorpheme.(səyk) n.‘tooth - front tooth, incisor’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangjunʔmorpheme.səyk n.‘front tooth’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangkuyʔmorpheme.gammorpheme.(səyk) n.‘molar next to canine tooth’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangkuyʔmorpheme.gammorpheme.səyk n.‘molar next to canine tooth’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangkuyʔmorpheme.gammorpheme.səyk n.‘tooth (molar) next to canine’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangkuyʔ#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’.səyk n.‘tooth (sp.), canine’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangmamorpheme.gammorpheme.(səyk) n.‘molar, large, next to wisdom tooth’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangmamorpheme.gammorpheme.(səyk) n.‘tooth (sp.), molar (large)’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangraymorpheme.gammorpheme.(səyk) n.‘milk tooth’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangraymorpheme.gammorpheme.səyk n.‘tooth (sp.), milk tooth’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangraymorpheme.gammorpheme.səyk n.‘milk tooth’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangroŋʔ#814 PTB *m/g-(r)wa-ŋ/k/t ‘HORN / ANGLE / CORNER’MesorootsPTani *rəŋ ‘HORN’Allofams1a #814 PTB *m/g-(r)wa-ŋ/k/t ‘HORN / ANGLE / CORNER’1b #2009 PTB *nu-(ŋ/k) ⪤ *nwa-(ŋ/k) ‘HORN’.səyk n.‘tusk of pig’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangsayk ‘tooth’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 189

Chepangsayk ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP

Chepangsayk n.‘tooth (B)’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangsəik ‘tooth’Weidert 87 TBTo: 525

Chepangsəyk n.‘tooth (gen.), beak’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangsəyk ‘tooth’Caughley 72 CVoc: 1.43

Chepangsəyk dupmorpheme- vi.‘grow outwards (tusk, tooth of pig, dog)’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangtolmorpheme.gammorpheme.(səyk) n.‘molar, large, next but one from wisdom tooth’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepang (Eastern)hlukmorpheme◦gam#630 PTB *gam ‘JAW / CHIN / MOLAR’◦səyk ‘tooth (wisdom)’Caughley 90 CheQ: 3.10.4

Chepang (Eastern)junʔ#796 PTB *m-(t/d)un ‘FOREPART / FORESKIN’◦səyk ‘tooth (incisor)’Caughley 90 CheQ: 3.10.1

Chepang (Eastern)kuyʔ#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’◦səyk ‘eyetooth / canine tooth / fang’Caughley 90 CheQ: 3.10.3

Chepang (Eastern)mamorpheme◦gam#630 PTB *gam ‘JAW / CHIN / MOLAR’◦səyk ‘molar’Caughley 90 CheQ: 3.10.2

Chepang (Eastern)raymorpheme◦gammorpheme◦səyk ‘baby tooth’Caughley 90 CheQ: 3.10.5

Chepang (Eastern)səyk ‘tooth’Caughley 90 CheQ: 3.10

Chepang (Eastern)səyk ‘tusk (of elephant, boar)’Caughley 90 CheQ: 3.10.6

Magarmiprefix-syAk ‘tooth’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 189

Magarmiprefix-syāk ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #631, *s-wik ‘TUSK / FANG / CANINE TOOTH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/631

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

References: cf. HPTB p. 344

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-631,
  title  = {{*s-wik 'TUSK / FANG / CANINE TOOTH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #631},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/631}
}