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#5562 PTB *s-pwak TIME / OCCASION

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

This root is well-attested in Lolo-Burmese, and has fairly good support elsewhere. The lack of a final consonant in the Lepcha form is unexplained.

This root was formerly reconstructed as *s‑pok.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
51564955622012s-|poktime / occasion*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6070
50511655621988photime, turnn.Lepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Plaisier 07 LepchaHP-GL0
392155m,55621808(tɯ⁵⁵) phuə⁵⁵time / instance (of going somewhere)clfQueyu (Xinlong)343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0917.130
392159m,55621812(dʑi³³) pu⁵⁵time / instance (of going somewhere)clfXumi343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0917.170
61870655622222poqtimeRawang (Mvtwang)384Nungic1LaPolla 01RJL-RT1070
341145562146ʔpoktime / occasion(HIGH)*Lolo-Burmese426.1Lolo-Burmese1Matisoff 72 LTSRJAM-TSR600
1677665562146ʔpoktime / occasion*Lolo-Burmese426.1Lolo-Burmese1Matisoff 72 LTSRJAM-TSR600
39219555621824pɔk⁵⁵time / instance (of going somewhere)clfAchang (Longchuan)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0917.280
39217855621833pho³³time / instance (of going somewhere)clfYi (Weishan)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0917.360
332435562,m214pu-nu 44-44stime / occasionAhi476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 72 LTSRJAM-TSR600
47688555621969phɔ35(go one) timeKucong476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Dai 09 KucongDC-Kucong0
39218555621841pɔ⁵⁴time / instance (of going somewhere)clfLahu (Lancang)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0917.430
39234155621841pɔ⁵⁴time / instance (of hitting)clfLahu (Lancang)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0920.430
332415562839pɔ̂ʔtime / occasionLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 72 LTSRJAM-TSR600
2729845562946puʔ²¹time, occasionCLisu (Northern)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Bradley 94 LisuDB-Lisu0
332425562234po HS|time / occasionAkha486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Matisoff 72 LTSRJAM-TSR600
61870555622221póqtime / occasionAkha486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB3790