*s-pyak

DESTROY / DESTROYED / RUINED

Reconstruction analysis

handlepyakinitialpyrhymeak ~ byacoverP · WT

Notes

The Jingpho forms with final -k are loans from Burmese, since PTB *-k regularly becomes Jingpho -ʔ. Jingpho byáʔ is apparently the regular cognate to the Burmese forms.

Reflexes & cognates27 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmans-pyak ‘destroyed / ruined’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 608

1.7.3.1Jingpho4

Jingphobyák ‘destroy’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 350

Jingphobyáʔ be v.‘destroyed, broken up, decaying’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 64(b)

Jingphophyák ‘destroy’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 350

Jingphopyák ‘destroy’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 350

6.1Lolo-Burmese3

*Lolo-Burmesebyak ‘destroy / ruin’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 64(b)

*Lolo-Burmesepyak ‘destroy / ruin’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 64(a)

*Lolo-Burmeseʔbyak ‘destroy / ruin’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 64(c)

6.1.1Burmish11

Bola (Luxi)la̱ʔ⁵⁵morphemepɛ̃³¹morphemepjɛ̱ʔ⁵⁵ v.‘destroy (cause to)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1391.32

Bola (Luxi)pɛ̃³¹morphemepjɛ̱ʔ⁵⁵ v.‘destroy / exterminate’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1390.32

Burmese (Rangoon)phjɛʔ⁴ v.‘destroy (cause to)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1391.27

Burmese (Rangoon)pjɛʔ⁴ v.‘destroy / exterminate’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1390.27

Burmese (Rangoon)pjɛʔ⁴ pjõ⁵⁵morpheme v.‘destroy / exterminate’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1390.27

Burmese (Written)phjɑk⁴ v.‘destroy (cause to)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1391.26

Burmese (Written)phyak ‘destroy; oppose’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)pjɑk⁴ v.‘destroy / exterminate’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1390.26

Burmese (Written)pjɑk⁴prun³morpheme v.‘destroy / exterminate’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1390.26

Burmese (Written)pyak be v.‘ruined, destroyed; fail’Benedict 76 WBur

Atsi [Zaiwa]phyoʔ be v.‘destroyed’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 64(c)

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishpyakᴴ ‘destroy’Bradley 79 PLo: 616

6.1.2.2Central Loloish3

Lahu (Black)pɛ̂ʔ ‘lose its power’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 64(b)

Lisuhpyá2 ‘destroy’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 64(a)

Lisu (Central)hpyá² v.‘destroy’Fraser 22

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish9

Akhabye HS ‘destroy (Lewis p. 202 Npyak)’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 64(a)

Akha (Yunnan)jɔmorpheme pjaq ‘get bad, ruin’Hansson 89 AHKP: 462

Akha (Thai)pjaq ‘get bad, ruin’Hansson 89 AHKP: 462

Akhapya HS ‘tear down’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 64(a)

Akhapyaˆ ‘tear down’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 350

Hani (Lüchun)bjaq ‘get bad, ruin’Hansson 89 AHKP: 462

Hani (Pijo)pèq ímorpheme ‘get bad, ruin’Hansson 89 AHKP: 462

Mpipja³ v.‘break down (as a house, table, car, etc.) / throw (a’Srinuan 76

Mpipjɑʔ³ ‘tasteless’Srinuan 76

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #693, *s-pyak ‘DESTROY / DESTROYED / RUINED’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/693

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

References: cf. TSR #64, HPTB p.323

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-693,
  title  = {{*s-pyak 'DESTROY / DESTROYED / RUINED'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #693},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/693}
}