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#585 PTB *s-graw SKIN / OUTER COVERING

See STC #121. (This root was inadvertently omitted from HPTB.)

STC #121 assigns the first syllable of WT gro‑ga ‘thin bark of birch tree’ to this etymon, but Gong (2001:28) considers it rather to reflect #314 PTB *grwa BIRCH.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
72069585182s-|grawbark of willow; skin*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Benedict 72 STCSTC1210
341960m,m,5851800wa:◦ci◦kruskin (dry, over sores)Darang [Taraon]61.1.2Deng1Anonymous xx TarNEFA-Taraon0
78286p,5851107a kruskinTangsa (Moshang)841.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1French 83WTF-PNN5490
171302p,5851489a◦kruskinTangsa (Moshang)841.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
69967585685śəgrauouter skin, as of fruitJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Benedict 72 STCSTC1210
365745851584dʑofeather, quillTibetan (Amdo:Zeku)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun J 85 AmdoJS-Amdo7760
35869m,5851584ɕær dʑofeatherTibetan (Amdo:Zeku)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun J 85 AmdoJS-Amdo710
36136386,5851584ⁿgo dʑohair (on the head)Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun J 85 AmdoJS-Amdo3380
376532187,5851575bya.sgrofeatherTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun J 85 TbGlJS-Tib710
37920386,5851575mgo.sgrohair (on the head)Tibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun J 85 TbGlJS-Tib3380
69965585,s1578sgro-babark of willow; skinTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Benedict 72 STCSTC1210
119392585894kryuskinLepcha212.1.3Lepcha1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety 1
119383585,590602Tuh-biskinGurung (Ghachok)232.1.4Tamangish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
271288585,590,792,m596Tuh◦bi plā:bāqskinvGurung232.1.4Tamangish1Hale 73 CSDAH-CSDPN03b.310
64588585,590604ʈuh◦biskinGurung (Ghachok)232.1.4Tamangish1Glover 72 GuVoSIL-Gur1.280
65912585,590,792,m604ʈu◦hbi plaː◦baqskinv.Gurung (Ghachok)232.1.4Tamangish1Glover 72 GuVoSIL-Gur3.B.310
8827585,5961176chyɔu◦riskin / barkNewar (Dolakhali)272.2Newar1Genetti 90 DolaCG-Dolak0
143897586,585643kuk◦tshoskinHayu302.3.4Western Kiranti1Michailovsky 91 KrBM-PK71570
119393586,585644kuk◦tshoskinHayu302.3.4Western Kiranti1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
1193685851256shzùskinPalaychi507Karenic1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
575895851259shzùskinPalaychi507Karenic1Jones 61RBJ-KLS5540

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Lepcha medial ‑y‑ frequently descends from prefixal s‑ (**s‑kru). See Benedict 1943, “Secondary infixation in Lepcha.”