6.0 Verbs of Motion, of Manipulation, and of Production > 6.6 Verbs requiring liquids

#3567 PTB *s-nyak WET

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

PLB *s-nyakᴴ WET

Chepang nyat‑ shows fronting of the final consonant to ‑t, but the doublet nik‑ preserves the original position of articulation.

rn	analysis	lgid	reflex	gloss	gfn	language	grpid	grpno	grp	genetic	citation	srcabbr	srcid	rn
515581	3567	2012	s-nyak\|	wet		*Tibeto-Burman	2	0.1	Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)	0	Matisoff 03 HPTB	JAM-HPTB	605	0
483297	3567	1977	nik-	cold and wet, clammy, chilly (object)	va.	Chepang	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Caughley 00 Chepang	RC-DOC		0
62815	3567,m	449	nik-ʔo	cold		Chepang	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Caughley 72 CVoc	SIL-Chep	1.94	0
62894	3567,m	449	nik-ʔo	damp		Chepang	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Caughley 72 CVoc	SIL-Chep	12.B.16	0
483299	3567,m,m,m	1977	nik.tin.to ghay	cold	onom.	Chepang	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Caughley 00 Chepang	RC-DOC		0
269501	3567,m	441	nik.ʔo	cold (wet)		Chepang	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Hale 73 CSD	AH-CSDPN	01.094	0
261528	3567,m	441	nik.ʔo	damp	adj	Chepang	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Hale 73 CSD	AH-CSDPN	12b.16	0
483419	3567	1977	nyat-	wet, damp	va.	Chepang	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Caughley 00 Chepang	RC-DOC		0
64430	3567,m	449	nyat-sa	wet, become		Chepang	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Caughley 72 CVoc	SIL-Chep	7.B.1.6	0
64428	3567,m	449	nyat-ʔo	wet		Chepang	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Caughley 72 CVoc	SIL-Chep	12.B.17	0
261541	3567,m	441	nyāt.ʔo	wet	adj	Chepang	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Hale 73 CSD	AH-CSDPN	12b.17	0
167917	3567	146	(s-)nyak\|	wet		*Lolo-Burmese	42	6.1	Lolo-Burmese	1	Matisoff 72 LTSR	JAM-TSR	150	0
30909	3567	143	s-\|nyakᴸ/ᴴ\|	wet		*Lolo-Burmese	42	6.1	Lolo-Burmese	1	Matisoff 78 MLBM	JAM-MLBM	81	0
11088	3567	152	(s)-\|ɲakᴴ/ᴸ\|	wet		*Loloish	45	6.1.2	Loloish	1	Bradley 79 PLo	DB-PLolo	540A	0
224112	3567	1663	nᴀ̱³³	wet		Yi (Mojiang)	46	6.1.2.1	Northern Loloish	1	Sun H 91 ZMYY	ZMYYC	865.26	0
284490	385,243,3567	1704	uˉ◦naw˰◦nehˆ	brain		Lahu (Shehleh)	47	6.1.2.2	Central Loloish	1	Bradley 79 Lahu	DB-Lahu	140	0
284447	385,243,3567	1703	uˉ◦naw˰◦nehˆ	brain		Lahu (Nyi)	47	6.1.2.2	Central Loloish	1	Bradley 79 Lahu	DB-Lahu	140	0
398038	3567	1841	nɛ⁵⁴	wet		Lahu (Lancang)	47	6.1.2.2	Central Loloish	1	Huang and Dai 92 TBL	TBL	1029.43	0
351816	385,243,3567	1841	u³⁵nɔ²¹nɛ⁵⁴	brains	n	Lahu (Lancang)	47	6.1.2.2	Central Loloish	1	Huang and Dai 92 TBL	TBL	0132.43	0
30774	3567	835	nɛ̂ʔ	wet		Lahu (Black)	47	6.1.2.2	Central Loloish	1	Matisoff 78 MLBM	JAM-MLBM	81	0
33750	3567	839	nɛ̂ʔ HS\|	wet		Lahu (Black)	47	6.1.2.2	Central Loloish	1	Matisoff 72 LTSR	JAM-TSR	150	0
224090	3567	851	nɛ⁵⁴	wet		Lahu (Black)	47	6.1.2.2	Central Loloish	1	Sun H 91 ZMYY	ZMYYC	865.33	0
163491	385,3567	848	ū neh˰	brains		Lahu (Black)	47	6.1.2.2	Central Loloish	1	Luce 85	GHL-PPB	U.43	0
33770	385,243,3567	839	ú-nɔ̀ʔ-nɛ̂ʔ	brains		Lahu (Black)	47	6.1.2.2	Central Loloish	1	Matisoff 72 LTSR	JAM-TSR	156(a)	2
41495	385,243,3567	850	v̩³⁵ nɔʔ²¹ nɛʔ⁵⁴	brain		Lahu (Black)	47	6.1.2.2	Central Loloish	1	Chang 86	JZ-Lahu		0
33751	3567	1368	na 44 HS\|	wet		Sani [Nyi]	47	6.1.2.2	Central Loloish	1	Matisoff 72 LTSR	JAM-TSR	150	0
30773	3567	1117	ɲaŋʔ¹	wet		Mpi	48	6.1.2.3	Southern Loloish	1	Matisoff 78 MLBM	JAM-MLBM	81	0
436100	3567	1120	ɲaŋʔ¹	wet, sopping		Mpi	48	6.1.2.3	Southern Loloish	1	Srinuan 76	SD-MPD		0
523560	3567	2020	na³³	wet		Azha	75	6.1.2.4	Southeastern Loloish	1	Pelkey 11 Phula	JP-CPL	974	0

^ 1.

This root was originally reconstructed *s‑nek in LTSR #150, on the basis of insufficient data.

^ 2.

The last syllable (nɛ̂ʔ) probably means ‘wet’ (cf. modern computer slang ‘wet-ware’).