2.0 Animals and Animal Verbs > 2.2 Other Animals > 2.2.6 Insects, Arachnids, and Worms

#2631 PTB *k/p/s-rwak ANT

No fewer than three prefixes are attested for this interesting root: *k‑ (e.g., WT grog‑ma), *s‑ (e.g., Anong sərɔ) and *p‑ (e.g., WB pərwak). This velar prefix occurs in several other Lolo-Burmese animal terms: CAT, RAT, CHICKEN, TIGER, and LEECH (see HPTB p. 138). The sibilant prefix is a reduction of #34 PTB *sya‑n FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL. The labial prefix is a reduction of #2178 PTB *bəw INSECT / SNAKE / VERMIN / BUG.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
312732631178-rwakant*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 83 TILJAM-TIL420
784732631185g-|rwakant*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0French 83WTF-PNN4510
51581126312012g/|p-|rwakant*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6110
608142631181rwakant*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB1520
721482631182rwakant*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Benedict 72 STCSTC1990
45223026311964hráʔwhite antSak401.7.3.2Asakian1Huziwara 08 SakHK-Sak306a 1
3636722631,s1848cçok mæantnTibetan (Alike)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0365.050
1879932631,s1550tɕok maantTibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC157.40
1879692631,s1585cçɔk maantTibetan (Amdo:Zeku)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC157.50
358142631,s1584tɕog mæantTibetan (Amdo:Zeku)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun J 85 AmdoJS-Amdo140
1879922631,s1557tʂho¹³maʔ¹³antTibetan (Lhasa)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC157.20
3636692631,s1815tʂhoː¹³ma⁵⁵antnTibetan (Lhasa)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0365.020
3636682631,s1804grog maantnTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0365.010
1879672631,s1582grog maantTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC157.10
310862631,s1572grog-maantTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Matisoff 83 TILJAM-TIL420
599982631,s1577grog-maantTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB1520
703592631,s1578grog-maantTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Benedict 72 STCSTC1990
2327952631,s1567gróg-moantTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Jäschke 1881HAJ-TED0
2327942631,s1567gróg-mɑantTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Jäschke 1881HAJ-TED0
375982631,s1575grog.maantTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun J 85 TbGlJS-Tib140
3636712178,2631,s1837mbə tɕaχ maantnTibetan (Xiahe)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0365.040
600022631881khorokantLambichong292.3Kiranti1LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB1520
703622631882khorokantLambichong292.3Kiranti1Benedict 72 STCSTC1990
478038m,26311975poŋ◦gorokant (big species)Athpare (Rai)312.3.1Eastern Kiranti1Ebert 97 AthpareKE-GA0
600012631953khorokantLohorong312.3.1Eastern Kiranti1LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB1520
703612631954khorokantLohorong312.3.1Eastern Kiranti1Benedict 72 STCSTC1990
1879742178,2631595bu³³xɑ⁵³antGuiqiong343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC157.170
3636832178,26311811mbu³⁵ha⁵⁵antnGuiqiong343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0365.160
36368226311810tʂuɑ²⁴antnMuya343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0365.150
18797326311136tʂuɑ³⁵antMuya [Minyak]343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC157.150
1879962178,26311309bu̵⁵⁵ɣio⁵⁵antPumi (Taoba)343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC157.100
1879992178,26311699bu³⁵dʐo³⁵ma⁵⁵antQueyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC157.160
363684m,26311812tshɛ⁵³ru³³antnXumi343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0365.170
188001m,26311409tshɑ⁵⁵ro³³antXumi343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC157.200
36367926311807skhroantnDaofu353.3rGyalrongic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0365.120
36367826311806kho |rokantnrGyalrong (Maerkang)783.3.1rGyalrong1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0365.110
18799726311340kho |rokantrGyalrong783.3.1rGyalrong1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC157.120
600002631610korokantrGyalrong783.3.1rGyalrong1LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB1520
703602631611körŏkantrGyalrong783.3.1rGyalrong1Benedict 72 STCSTC1990
32990626311797qrɔantCaodeng783.3.1rGyalrong1Sun J 97 CaoJS-Caodeng0
3292732631,m1796kha |ro NbuantrGyalrong783.3.1rGyalrong1Nagano 97 GyQGyarong.Nag15.20
33254226311799kʰə-|rokantrGBenzhen783.3.1rGyalrong1Sun J 97 rGBJS-rGBenzhe0
7036526311205sərɔantAnong384Nungic1Benedict 72 STCSTC1990
1679692631146k-|rwakant*Lolo-Burmese426.1Lolo-Burmese1Matisoff 72 LTSRJAM-TSR183(b)0
1679682631146p-|rwakant*Lolo-Burmese426.1Lolo-Burmese1Matisoff 72 LTSRJAM-TSR183(a)0
51581226312011p-|rwakᴴant*Lolo-Burmese426.1Lolo-Burmese1Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6110
1679702631146s-|rwakant*Lolo-Burmese426.1Lolo-Burmese1Matisoff 72 LTSRJAM-TSR183(c)0
600052631407parwakantBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1LaPolla 87RJL-DPTB1520
703662631409părwakantBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 72 STCSTC1990
2553342631,m392parwak◦chitant (generic)Burmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
1879852631,m411pu¹rwɑk hsipantBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC157.390
310842631400pərwakantBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Matisoff 83 TILJAM-TIL420
3636932631,m1822pɑ¹|rwɑk⁴shit⁴antnBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0365.260
115172631152p-|rwakᴴant*Loloish456.1.2Loloish1Bradley 79 PLoDB-PLolo730
363701m,26311831la⁵⁵ɣɹua̱⁵³antnNusu (Central)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0365.340
335897m,26311220la⁵⁵ɹu⁵⁵antNusu (Southern)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Sun J 86 NusuJZ-Nusu0
334994m,26311219lɑ³¹ɹuɑ̱³⁵antNusu (Northern)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Sun J 86 NusuJZ-Nusu0
187988m,26311215lɑ⁵⁵ɹuɑ³¹antNusu (Bijiang)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC157.450

Chinese comparandum

蟻 OC *ngiɑ, GSR #2x ‘ant’; Schuessler 2007:567 *ŋaiʔ; B & S 2011: *m‑qʰajʔ {m‑qʰ(r)ajʔ}; Mand. yǐ.
螘 OC *ngi̯ər, GSR #548i ‘ant’; Schuessler 2007:567 *ŋəiʔ; B & S 2011: *m‑qʰəjʔ / *m‑qʰajʔ {m‑qʰ(r)ajʔ}; Mand. yǐ.


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The original /hraʔ/ is corrected.