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*t(s)ak

BODY
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handletsakinitialt(s)rhymeakcoverTS · T

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*tak-shaa ‘BODY’PKC #181

Notes

This etymon has reflexes ranging from an affricate ts- (Lotha), to a simple dental stop t- or th-, to a dental sibilant (Mizo, Nocte), to an h- (Meithei, Moyon, Maring). [For a similar range of reflexes, cf. #2742 PTB *(t)sum MORTAR.

We can assume a development in Meithei from *ts- to *s- to h-; the Moyon and Maring forms might well be borrowings from Meithei.

VanBik reconstructs a binome *tak-shaa for Proto-Kuki-Chin, where the second element is the general etymon PTB *sya MEAT / FLESH / ANIMAL.

Reflexes & cognates36 reflexes · 11 subgroups

1NE Indian Areal Group1

Mijizaʔ ‘body’Simon 79 Miji

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

Tiddimsaëmorpheme takö ‘flesh’VanBik 09 PKC: 196

1.2.2Central Chin8

Lai (Hakha)tak ‘flesh, body’VanBik 09 PKC: 196

1.2.4“Old Kuki”7

Sorbungʔəprefix-táak ‘flesh’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.014
Sorbungʔəprefix-ták ‘muscle (=flesh)’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: BodyParts.272

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)6

Lotha Nagaprefix-tsək² n.‘body’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Lotha Nagatsək²-ka²morpheme num.‘one (human)’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Lotha Nagaoprefixtsak ‘body’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagaoprefixtsük ‘body’Murry 78: 11
Lotha Nagaoprefixtsuk ‘body (general)’Nienu 90 LotQ: 1
Lotha Nagaoprefixtsuk ‘body’Nienu 90 LotQ: 1.1

1.4Meithei4

Meitheihakchang#6 PTB *tyaŋ ‘BODY’ ‘body’Laryngeality of Meithei hak unexplained.Marrison 67 Naga
Meitheiəsibəmorpheme həkcaŋ#6 PTB *tyaŋ ‘BODY’ ‘corpse / dead body’Singh 91 MeiQ: 1.14

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1

Noctesak ‘body’Marrison 67 Naga

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti2

Limbuthak ‘body’Matisoff 87 BP
Limbuthɔk ‘body’Michailovsky 89 Lm

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #8, *t(s)ak ‘BODY’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/8
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-8,
  title  = {{*t(s)ak 'BODY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #8},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/8}
}