*p(y/w)at

INSERT / STICK INTO

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*PET ‘FORCE INTO (a crack)’

Notes

This root is well-established in Tani, but the scattered reflexes elsewhere require confirmation.

The final -p in Dumi is perhaps due to assimilation with the initial.

Reflexes & cognates19 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanipet ‘force into (a crack)’Sun J 93 HCST: 164

1.1.1.1Western Tani5

Bengni-pit ‘force into (a crack)’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengnifi#632 PTB *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’PTani *fiː ‘TOOTH’PKC *haa ‘TOOTH’PCN *p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PTk *ha ‘TOOTH’PNN *swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’PLB *swa² ‘TOOTH’PL *swa² ‘TOOTH’-pit koːmorpheme ‘clean teeth’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnifi#632 PTB *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’PTani *fiː ‘TOOTH’PKC *haa ‘TOOTH’PCN *p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PTk *ha ‘TOOTH’PNN *swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’PLB *swa² ‘TOOTH’PL *swa² ‘TOOTH’-pit koːmorpheme ‘pick tooth’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokar-pet ‘force into (a crack)’Sun J 93 HCST

Bokarčomorpheme-pet ‘insert’Sun J 93 Tani

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]pet ‘force into (a crack)’Sun J 93 HCST

Damupet-dʑapmorpheme-ramorpheme ‘insert’Sun J 93 Tani

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garo (Bangladesh)pot-amorpheme vt‘insert; tuck in’Burling 03 Garo: 6.53-II:idx

1.7.1.3Koch1

Atongbat- v‘stick in’van Breugel 08 Atong

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

BantawabiT v‘insert on / in’Rai 85 BnDs

2.3.3Central Kiranti3

Dumipip◦nɨmorpheme ‘<insert,poke> pierce, stick lengthwise into, thrust (any long’Driem 93 Dumi

Dumipip◦sunɨmorpheme ‘<insert, poke> thrust, drive / stick into lengthwise’Driem 93 Dumi

Dumipip◦tunɨmorpheme ‘<insert> position / get into place by thrusting in lengthwise’Driem 93 Dumi

5Tujia2

Tujiapie³⁵ ‘poke (a sign into earth) / insert’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1171.49

Tujiapie³⁵ ‘insert / stick into’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 639.38

8Bai4

Bai (Bijiang)peʴ⁴² ‘insert / stick into’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 639.37

Bai (Dali)peʴ⁴² ‘insert / stick into’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 639.35

Bai (Dali)pɛ 8 ‘insert, to’Dell 81: 307

Bai (Jianchuan)pe⁴² ‘insert / stick into’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 639.36

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6512, *p(y/w)at ‘INSERT / STICK INTO’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6512

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

References: JS-HCST: 210

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6512,
  title  = {{*p(y/w)at 'INSERT / STICK INTO'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6512},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6512}
}