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#643 PTB *ʔip ⪤ *ʔiːt BAG / SCROTUM

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

This etymon is firmly attested in the NE Indian Areal Group and Burmese, and may be confidently set up for PTB. The basic meaning seems to be ‘bag, pouch’. The variation between final ‑p and ‑t is unexplained, but is paralleled in a number of other roots with high front vowels. Cf., e.g., Lai Chin ʔit ‘sleep’, from #127 PTB *s‑y(i/u)p SLEEP, and Mizo mit ‘eye’, from #682 PTB *s‑mik EYE.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
514695643,6432012ʔip ⪤ ʔiːtbag / sack*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB5830
5621643,646,1654563ˆɯt-tum ˋa◦pɤtesticleGalo731.1.1.1Western Tani1Weidert 87 TBToAW-TBT617a0
113779643,646189'et-tumtestes and scrotumPadam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
5004966431920ʔipBAG / SACK*Chin81.2Kuki-Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC4650
4438436431930ipbagPaite681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC4650
4438426431925ip³bag, pocketTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC4650
3139236431778ip³bag; pocketTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Bhaskararao 96 CDBPB-CLDB5310
313925643,m1778ip³ pi¹sackTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Bhaskararao 96 CDBPB-CLDB5330
315533m,6431778thung¹ ip³shoulder bagTiddim681.2.1.1Northern Chin1Bhaskararao 96 CDBPB-CLDB19040
4438406431947ʔipbagLai (Hakha)701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC4650
236833643976ipbagnLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
4438416431924ìpsack, a bag (any kind of bag which is not carried like a satchel)nLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1VanBik 09 PKCKVB-PKC4650
3139226431779ipsack; pocketLushai [Mizo]701.2.2Central Chin1Bhaskararao 96 CDBPB-CLDB5310
118987m,3559,643396hwê-ce’-ʔitscrotumBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
236829643392itbagnBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
437832643406itbagBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 76 WBurPKB-WBRD0
118988m,m,643396kap-pay-ʔitscrotumBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0