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

#5716 IA *battakh DUCK

This word is ultimately from Arabic bat̤t̤ax, from which it was borrowed into many Indo-Aryan languages, and from there into TB. This disyllabic root has been monosyllabized in various ways in TB languages, but has sometimes survived as a disyllable.

Other areal words for DUCK that have been borrowed into TB are Nepali #5717 IA *hā̩s DUCK, Mandarin #5718 CH *yāzi DUCK, and Austro-Tai #5713 PLB *bay¹/² DUCK.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
44925657161957papakduckChinbon691.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1So-Hartmann 88 ChinHSH-SCL550
3041601603,5716984va-rakduckLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Benedict 72 STCSTC107n3010
524011m,57162030kùm◦pʰékduckSorbung721.2.4“Old Kuki”0Mortensen 11 SorbungMK-SorbungAnimals.0390
2561555716270padakduckAo (Chungli)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2561565716273phatakduckAo (Mongsen: Longchang)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
45069557161963phàtàkduck (<Hindi batakh)n.Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Coupe 07 AoARC-GMA0
4506965716,341963phàtàk-saʔduck meat ('duck' + 'meat')n.Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Coupe 07 AoARC-GMA0
61765057162220photükduckLotha Naga631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Murry 78LLC-ALV350
2561635716963potakduckLotha Naga631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
61813557162205bhatakduckSangtam631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Kumar 73 SangBBK-Sangtam0
61824157162205phatakduckSangtam631.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1Kumar 73 SangBBK-Sangtam0
256153m,5716252to◦phaduckAngami (Khonoma)651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
256154m,5716254to◦phaduckAngami (Kohima)651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
256158m,5716486tu◦phaduckChokri651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2561665716,m1188pak◦makduckNocte841.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2561575716429phatakduckChang851.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
48806257161978bat⁵⁵æk⁵⁵|duckPhom851.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1Burling 98 PhomBP-PPWL0
25616857161281patakduckPhom851.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2561711603,57161628ao◦pakduckWancho851.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
334072m,5716679khai³³pjek⁵⁵duckJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Liu 84JZ-Jingpo0
187020m,5716690khai³³pjek⁵⁵duckJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC138.470
360644m,57161814khai³³pje̱k⁵⁵ducknJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0300.190
256176m,5716669khai◦pyekduckJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
2561771603,5716669u◦pyekduckJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
54272857162109bətəkduckChaudangsi202.1.1Western Himalayish0Krishan 2003SK-TBLUP690
33696057161788bɔ̆tɔ̆kducknKanauri202.1.1Western Himalayish0Bailey 11BAI19110
54550457162112bətəkduckRaji202.1.1Western Himalayish0Krishan 2003SK-TBLUP103 1
4773235716,16031975beʔ◦waduckAthpare (Rai)312.3.1Eastern Kiranti1Ebert 97 AthpareKE-GA0

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[Source note] (IA).