2.0 Animals and Animal Verbs > 2.1 Animals of the Chinese Zodiac > 2.1.4 Lagomorphs

#5357 IA *kharāyō HARE / RABBIT

The basic meaning of this root in Indo-Aryan was ‘donkey’ (khara‑), with the word for the formerly exotic lagomorph ‘rabbit’ expressed by the Old Indo-Aryan compound kharabhaka‑ (lit. ‘long-eared like a donkey’) (Turner 1966). Tibeto-Burman languages have borrowed this IA etymon in both senses. Cf. Nepali kharāyō ‘rabbit’ (Schmidt 1993), the source of Newar kharāyo, as opposed to the meaning ‘donkey’ in many other TB languages.

The Guiqiong forms look like IA + Chinese hybrids. Cf. #5732 CH *luózi MULE.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
35972653571820ku |rudonkeynBokar731.1.1.1Western Tani1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0282.240
1531655357365ku-|rudonkeyBokar731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
1551635357365ku-|ruhorse (5 years old)Bokar731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
1857985357368kurudonkeyBokar Lhoba731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC114.510
35972453571818gɯ³¹|ɹɑu⁵⁵donkeynDarang [Taraon]61.1.2Deng1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0282.220
1857975357509gɯ³¹|ɹɑu⁵⁵donkeyDarang [Taraon]61.1.2Deng1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC114.490
1858225357592gɯ³¹|rɯu⁵⁵donkeyKaman [Miju]61.1.2Deng1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC114.480
35972553571819gɯ³¹|ɹɯu⁵⁵donkeynKaman [Miju]61.1.2Deng1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0282.230
1858235357662gɯ³¹|ɹɑu⁵⁵donkeyIdu61.1.2Deng1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC114.500
35972753571821gɯ³¹|ɹɑu⁵⁵donkeynYidu61.1.2Deng1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0282.250
35970553571826kᴜ⁵⁵|rᴜ⁵³donkeynTibetan (Batang)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0282.030
18577553571380ku¹³|ru⁵³donkeyTibetan (Khams:Dege)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC114.30
32383953571789kharāyorabbitNewar272.2Newar1Genetti 90 NeQ2CG-NewariQ20
1858075357561ku⁵⁵|əʴ⁵⁵donkeyErsu343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC114.180
35971853571811ku⁵⁵|ʐu⁵⁵donkeynGuiqiong343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0282.160
1857815357,5732595qu⁵⁵lu⁵⁵|tsi³³donkeyGuiqiong343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC114.170
3597205357,57321813ku³³liu⁵³donkeynLyuzu343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0282.180
18578253571147ku³³|əʴ⁵⁵donkeyNamuyi343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC114.190
35974853571844ku³³|əʴ³⁵donkeynNamuyi343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0282.460
18580653571699ko⁵⁵|rə⁵³donkeyQueyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC114.160
35971653571809ku⁵⁵|ʐu³³donkeynZhaba (Daofu County)343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0282.140
35972253571816ku³¹|ɹɯ⁵³donkeynDulong384Nungic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0282.200
1858215357537kɯ³¹|ɹɯ⁵³donkeyTrung [Dulong]384Nungic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC114.460