*pit

NUMB

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*le-pit ‘NUMB (in the feet)’

Notes

This root bears a strong phonosemantic resemblance to #5685 PTB *pir NUMB, and perhaps should be considered part of the same etymon.

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanile-pit ‘numb (in the feet)’Sun J 93 HCST: 276

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

Apatanilɯ-pi ‘numbness in leg’Sun J 93 Tani

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]le-pit ‘numb (in the feet)’Sun J 93 HCST

Damulə-pit ‘numb’Sun J 93 Tani

4Nungic2

Dulongpit⁵⁵ v.‘numb, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1513.20

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)pĭt⁵⁵ ‘go numb (as a leg)’Sun H 82 Dul

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6424, *pit ‘NUMB’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6424

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

References: JS-HCST: 206

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6424,
  title  = {{*pit 'NUMB'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6424},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6424}
}