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STEDT #81

*srwak

LIFE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlesrwakinitialsrwrhymeakcoverS · T

Connections

HPTB*r-sak ‘breath(e) / life’pp. 144, 233, 317, 326, 537

Notes

This root has so far been uncovered only in Bodic and in a few TB languages of Nepal.

Reflexes & cognates19 reflexes · 5 subgroups

2.1.4Tamangish1

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Chepang (Eastern)syak◦naʔmorpheme ‘alive / be living’Caughley 90 CheQ: 1.12

3.3.1rGyalrong3

Caodengtəprefix-srɔ ‘life’Sun J 97 Cao
rGBenzhentəprefix-srok ‘life’Sun J 97 rGB

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #81, *srwak ‘LIFE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/81
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-81,
  title  = {{*srwak 'LIFE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #81},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/81}
}