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STEDT #760

*p-(l/y)ap

WING / FEATHER
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlelapprefixpinitiallrhymeapcoverL · T

Connections

Allofams

Notes

The Tamangic forms have medial -y-, which appears to be secondary. It is possible that this -y- derives from earlier prefixal *s- (see Benedict 1943, Secondary Infixation in Lepcha). Note the similar alternation between l- and y- in #695 PTB *lak HAND/LIMB and #699 PTB *d-yak HAND / ARM / LEAF.

There is apparently no connection #2588 PTB *(p/b)yam FLY (v.).

Reflexes & cognates17 reflexes · 3 subgroups

2.1.4Tamangish15

Gurungpyā:h n‘wing’Hale 73 CSD: 03a.014
Gurung³pjaː ‘feather’Mazaudon 94 These: 707
Manang (Gyaru)syᴇ³morpheme baː² ‘wing’Nagano 84 Man: 316
Manang (Prakaa)³ɕimorpheme◦pyə ‘wing’Hoshi 84: 0064
Tamang (Risiangku)³pjap ‘wing / feather (large, of wing)’Mazaudon 94 These: 707
Tamang (Sahu)pyahp.syiŋmorpheme ‘feather’Taylor 72 TmVo: 1.36

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Hayublop ‘feather’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 64

3.3.1rGyalrong1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #760, *p-(l/y)ap ‘WING / FEATHER’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/760
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-760,
  title  = {{*p-(l/y)ap 'WING / FEATHER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #760},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/760}
}