2.0 Animals and Animal Verbs > 2.1 Animals of the Chinese Zodiac > 2.1.10 Fowl (i.e. Domestic Birds)

#5713 PLB *bay¹/² DUCK

WB bhâi (< Tone *2); Lahu á‑pɛ̀ (< Tone *1); Mpi tɕa²peʔ⁴ seems to reflect a prototype with final stop. The unusual WB initial (Bradley #53a reconstructs ʔ‑b) adds to the impression that this is a loanword, and in fact a Southeast Asian areal etymon. Cf. PTai *pet. Benedict reconstructs Proto Austro-Tai *bets (1975a, p. 276).

This root appears primarily in Lolo-Burmese, with perhaps a couple of scattered borrowings in Qiangic.

Other areal words for DUCK that have been borrowed into TB are Indo-Aryan #5716 IA *battakh DUCK, Nepali #5717 IA *hā̩s DUCK, and Mandarin #5718 CH *yāzi DUCK.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
47084157131970mandarin duckTangut [Xixia]333.1Tangut1Li 97 TangutLFW199733010
18702757131309ba³⁵duckPumi (Taoba)343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC138.100
360642b,57131812ɦõ³³ba⁵³duck (mallard)nXumi343.2Qiangic1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0300.170
304975713141bay¹/|²duck*Lolo-Burmese426.1Lolo-Burmese1Matisoff 85 GSTCJAM-GSTC1580
2877295713201pɛ³¹duckAchang (Lianghe)446.1.1Burmish1Dai 85 AcJZJZ-Achang0
2877305713,m201pɛ³¹tɕɑŋ³¹gooseAchang (Lianghe)446.1.1Burmish1Dai 85 AcJZJZ-Achang0
36065357131824pi³¹ducknAchang (Longchuan)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0300.280
1870175713200pi³¹duckAchang (Longchuan)446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC138.410
2869045713207pəi⁵¹duckAchang (Luxi)446.1.1Burmish1Dai 85 AcJZJZ-Achang0
2869055713,2527207pəi⁵¹ŋɔŋ⁵¹gooseAchang (Luxi)446.1.1Burmish1Dai 85 AcJZJZ-Achang0
36065257131823bɛ⁵⁵ducknBurmese (Rangoon)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0300.270
3607042527,57131823ŋɑ̃⁵⁵bɛ⁵⁵goosenBurmese (Rangoon)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0301.270
18704257131428bɛ⁵⁵duckBurmese (Spoken Rangoon)446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC138.400
1870932527,57131428ŋɑ̃⁵⁵bɛ⁵⁵gooseBurmese (Spoken Rangoon)446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC139.400
2561735713392bhaiduckBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
301935713397bhâiduckBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Matisoff 85 GSTCJAM-GSTC1580
4401355713406bhâiduckBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 76 WBurPKB-WBRD0
3030615713409bhaìduckBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 72 STCSTC15n54(c)0
36065157131822bhɑi³ducknBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0300.260
1870165713411bhɑi³duckBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC138.390
256174m,5713392wam:◦bhaiduckBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
3607032527,57131822ŋɑn³bhɑi³goosenBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0301.260
1870672527,5713411ŋɑn³bhɑi³gooseBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC139.390
45320157131965duckMarma446.1.1Burmish1Huziwara 08 SakHK-Sak305-40
111225713152ʔ-|bay²duck*Loloish456.1.2Loloish1Bradley 79 PLoDB-PLolo53A0
36240457131831be³¹goose (wild)nNusu (Central)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0334.340
18703357131658bə⁵⁵duckYi (Dafang)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC138.220
476667p,57131969a31 piɛ31duckKucong476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Dai 09 KucongDC-Kucong0
360668p,57131841ɑ³³pɛ³¹ducknLahu (Lancang)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0300.430
360720p,5713,m1841ɑ³³pɛ³¹lo³⁵goosenLahu (Lancang)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0301.430
301945450,5713833á-pɛ̀duckLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 85 GSTCJAM-GSTC1580
187319m,p,5713851ɣə³¹A³³pe³¹wild gooseLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC144.330
187013p,5713851ᴀ³³pɛ³¹duckLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC138.330
187064p,5713,m851ᴀ³³pɛ³¹lo³⁵gooseLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC139.330
3020465450,5713856a¹pɛ²duckLahu (Yellow)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Chang 86JZ-Lahu0
187037p,5713418ɔ³¹pe⁵⁵duckHani (Caiyuan)486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC138.300
187038p,57131416ɔ³¹pɛ⁵⁵duckHani (Shuikui)486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC138.320
360667p,57131840ɔ³¹pɛ⁵⁵ducknHani (Mojiang)486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0300.420
30195m,57131116tɕa²peʔ⁴duckMpi486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Matisoff 85 GSTCJAM-GSTC1580
435923m,57131120tɕa²peʔ⁴duckn.Mpi486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Srinuan 76SD-MPD0
435944m,57131120tɕɑ²peʔ⁴duckn.Mpi486.1.2.3Southern Loloish1Srinuan 76SD-MPD0
522704m,57132020ʑɛ³³pi⁴⁴duckAzha756.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1Pelkey 11 PhulaJP-CPL1110
520313m,5713,m,m2018ʑi²¹pi²¹ɬi²¹a²¹wild duckSouthern Muji756.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1Pelkey 11 PhulaJP-CPL1210
520303m,57132018ʑɛ³³bi²¹duckSouthern Muji756.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1Pelkey 11 PhulaJP-CPL1110
532855m,57132062ja³¹ pjɛ³³duckPhu Kha756.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1Fried 00 PhuKhaRF-PK0
519076p,57132017a³³pɛ⁵⁵duckPhuza756.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1Pelkey 11 PhulaJP-CPL1110
519086p,5713,m,m2017a³³pɛ⁵⁵tɬʰa⁵⁵wɔ³³wild duckPhuza756.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1Pelkey 11 PhulaJP-CPL1210
5175185713,s1999bæ˧mie˧duckLaze (Xiangjiao)436.2Naxi1Michaud 06 NaLazeAM-NaLaze136170
5125695713,s1998bæ˧mi˧duckNa (Yongning)436.2Naxi1Michaud 06 NaLazeAM-NaLaze10
49622357131981bēduckNKayan (Pekon)507Karenic1Manson 10 KayanKM-Kayan0
301975713103betsduck*Austro-Tai57X.1Non-TB0Matisoff 85 GSTCJAM-GSTC1580
301965713169petduck*Tai57X.1Non-TB0Matisoff 85 GSTCJAM-GSTC1580

Chinese comparandum

鴄 OC (*p’i̯ĕt), GSR (not in #408) ‘duck’; Schuessler 2007:413 *phit; B & S 2011: *pʰit {pʰi[t]}); Mand. .