Allofams:
1.0 The Body > 1.2 Head and Face > 1.2.1 Head/Headed

#391 PTB *s-tak HEAD

This rather sparsely attested root looks as if it is related to #1722 PTB *l‑t(y)ak UPPER SURFACE / TOP / ABOVE / CLIMB / LIFT / ASCEND / PALATE [q.v.].

The Lepcha form with medial ‑y‑ is evidence for the *s‑ prefix (see Benedict 1941).

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
113839p,391894a-tyakglans penisLepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety 1
116523p,391894a-tʻyakheadLepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
115993m,391,m894a-tʻyak kin̊foreheadLepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
262768391,m,m,m1520Ta 'yuhyo 'la-lanod (with head)vThakali232.1.4Tamangish1Hale 73 CSDAH-CSDPN02b1.640
1165173911527TaheadThakali (Tukche)232.1.4Tamangish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
677153911531ʈɔheadThakali (Tukche)232.1.4Tamangish1Hari 71a ThVoSIL-Thak1.380
68037391,m,m,m1531ʈɔ 'juhjo 'lɔ-lɔnod (head)Thakali (Tukche)232.1.4Tamangish1Hari 71a ThVoSIL-Thak2.B.1.640
1750413911530ᴴʈəheadThakali (Tukche)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 94 TheseMM-Thesis640
116500386,3911256hóq◦táqheadPalaychi507Karenic1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
57177386,3911259hóq◦táqheadPalaychi507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS2070

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The Lepcha ‑y‑ is from prefixal *s‑.