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STEDT #92

*(k/g)ak

BORN / BREATH / LIFE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlekakinitialkrhymeak ⪤ akcoverK · T

Intermediate reconstructions

Tangkhulic*kʰak ‘BREATH’DRM#552

Notes

This root has so far been discovered only in Tangkhulic, Lepcha, and Kiranti (Thulung). The Thulung allofams with voiced vs. voiceless initials reflect a simplex/causative distinction: ‘be born’ (with g-) / ‘give birth’ (with k-).

Reflexes & cognates15 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.3.4Tangkhulic12

Huishuʔamorpheme-kʰoʔ ‘breath’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.272
Kachaiʔamorpheme-kʰak ‘breath’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.254
Tangkhulkhak ‘breathe’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangkhulkhak ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP
Tangkhulkhak-kasuisuffix ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP
Tangkhulkhak-khāmorpheme ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP
Tangkhulkhək ‘breath’Bhat 69 TNV: 85
Tusomʔəmorpheme-kʰa ‘breath’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.265
Ukhrulkʰak-suj ‘breath’Mortensen 12 Tk
Ukhrulʔamorpheme-kʰak ‘breath’Mortensen 12 Tk
Ukhrulʔamorpheme-kʰɐk ‘breath’Mortensen 12 Tk

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchagek be v.‘born’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

2.3.4Western Kiranti3

Thulunggəks- ‘born, be’Allen 75
Thulunggək◦siumorpheme◦mamorpheme ‘childbirth, woman in’Allen 75
Thulungkəks- ‘birth, give’Allen 75

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #92, *(k/g)ak ‘BORN / BREATH / LIFE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/92
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-92,
  title  = {{*(k/g)ak 'BORN / BREATH / LIFE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #92},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/92}
}