Reconstruction analysis
handletaŋinitialtrhymeaŋcoverT · N
Notes
This rather poorly attested root is found in the second syllable of compounds in Bodic and Burmish, as well as in Kiranti, where it apparently occurs independently. No Written Tibetan cognate has yet been identified.
Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 4 subgroups
2.1.2Bodic2
Tsangla (Central)khop#783 PTB *kwap ‘SKIN / LIP / SCALES (fish) / SHELL’MesorootsPCN *kəp ‘SKIN / COVER (n.)’Allofams7a #783 PTB *kwap ‘SKIN / LIP / SCALES (fish) / SHELL’7b #5516 PTB *krap ‘SHELL / SHIELD’◦tang ‘skin’Egli-Roduner: 36 10
Tsangla (Motuo)kʰop⁵⁵#783 PTB *kwap ‘SKIN / LIP / SCALES (fish) / SHELL’MesorootsPCN *kəp ‘SKIN / COVER (n.)’Allofams7a #783 PTB *kwap ‘SKIN / LIP / SCALES (fish) / SHELL’7b #5516 PTB *krap ‘SHELL / SHIELD’ taŋ⁵⁵ ‘skin’Zhang Jichuan 86
2.1.2.1Tibetan1
2.3.2Southern Kiranti2
BantawaNa#1455 PTB *s-ŋya ‘FISH’PTani *ŋo ‘FISH’PKC *ŋaa ⪤ *hŋaa ‘FISH’PCN *a-hŋaʔ ‘FISH’PTk *ŋa ‘FISH’◦TUN ‘fish scale’Rai 85 BnDs
BantawaTUN ‘scale (fish, etc.)’This peculiar transcription with capital letters, used by Novel Kishore Rai, represents [t̺ɯŋ], with an apico-alveolar initial.Rai 85 BnDs
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #785,
*taŋ OR *tuŋ ‘SKIN’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/785Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-785,
title = {{*taŋ OR *tuŋ 'SKIN'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #785},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/785}
}