*s-byak

PORCUPINE (BRUSH-TAILED~)

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Karenic*s-Ɂbaᴬ ‘PORCUPINE (BRUSH-TAILED)’

Notes

This is a rock-dwelling species, Atherurus macrourus.

Reflexes & cognates8 reflexes · 3 subgroups

3.2Qiangic1

Xumipɛ⁵³ n‘porcupine’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0318.17

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lahu (Black)fâʔ#2630 PTB *rwak ‘RAT’PTk *rwok ‘RAT / RODENT’-pɛ́ ‘brush-tailed porcupine (a rock-dwelling species) [Atherurus macrourus]’Matisoff 88 DL: 1307

7Karenic7

*Karens-Ɂbaᴬ ‘porcupine (brush-tailed~)’Luangthongkum 13: 223

Kayahse³³be³³ ‘porcupine (brush-tailed~)’Luangthongkum 13: 223

Kayawsa⁵⁵ba⁵⁵ ‘porcupine (brush-tailed~)’Luangthongkum 13: 223

Pa-Otəbà ‘porcupine, small with flat spi’Solnit 89 PaO

Pwo (Southern)θə⁵⁵ba³¹¨ ‘porcupine (brush-tailed~)’Luangthongkum 13: 223

Sgaw (Northern)ba³³ ‘porcupine (brush-tailed~)’Luangthongkum 13: 223

Sgaw (Southern)ba⁵⁵ ‘porcupine (brush-tailed~)’Luangthongkum 13: 223

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #7427, *s-byak ‘PORCUPINE (BRUSH-TAILED~)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7427

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

References: TL#223

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-7427,
  title  = {{*s-byak 'PORCUPINE (BRUSH-TAILED~)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #7427},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7427}
}