STEDT Etymon #792
1.0 The Body > 1.6 Diffuse Organs > 1.6.5 Skin
#792 PTB *p(r/y)a SKIN |
Tamangic points to a possible connection between this etymon and the concept FLAT. Cf. Thakali (Tukche) 'plja‑lɔ ‘flatten dough (with roll)’.
The allofam with medial ‑y‑ is reconstructed because of vowel fronting in several forms (Pattani, Tshona, Lepcha, Thakali). There are two possible Chinese comparanda (see below).
| rn | analysis | lgid | reflex | gloss | gfn | language | grpid | grpno | grp | genetic | citation | srcabbr | srcid | rn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35715 | m,792,m | 659 | ki◦pra shrega | skin | Idu | 6 | 1.1.2 | Deng | 1 | Pulu 78 | JP-Idu | 0 | ||
| 35607 | 589,589,792 | 659 | ko ko◦pra | leather | Idu | 6 | 1.1.2 | Deng | 1 | Pulu 78 | JP-Idu | 0 | ||
| 129090 | 589,792 | 661 | ko⁵⁵pɹa⁵⁵ | skin | Idu | 6 | 1.1.2 | Deng | 1 | Sun H 91 IduQ | SHK-Idu | 8.2 | 0 | |
| 193575 | 589,792 | 662 | ko⁵⁵pɹɑ⁵⁵ | skin | Idu | 6 | 1.1.2 | Deng | 1 | Sun H 91 ZMYY | ZMYYC | 266.50 | 0 | |
| 35695 | 589,562,792 | 659 | ko◦li◦pra | scale(fish) | Idu | 6 | 1.1.2 | Deng | 1 | Pulu 78 | JP-Idu | 0 | ||
| 35344 | 589,792 | 659 | ko◦pra | bark | Idu | 6 | 1.1.2 | Deng | 1 | Pulu 78 | JP-Idu | 0 | ||
| 35714 | 589,792 | 659 | ko◦pra | skin | Idu | 6 | 1.1.2 | Deng | 1 | Pulu 78 | JP-Idu | 0 | ||
| 351180 | 589,792 | 1821 | ko⁵⁵pɹɑ⁵⁵ | skin | n | Yidu | 6 | 1.1.2 | Deng | 1 | Huang and Dai 92 TBL | TBL | 0120.25 | 0 |
| 131357 | m,792 | 1005 | trà◦pRi | skin | Pattani [Manchati] | 20 | 2.1.1 | Western Himalayish | 0 | Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma | STP-ManQ | 8.2 | 0 | |
| 39557 | 792 | 1093 | pʰiu⁵⁵ | skin | Tshona (Wenlang) | 22 | 2.1.2 | Bodic | 1 | Lu 86 CuoM | JZ-CNMenba | 0 | ||
| 115431 | 682,792 | 894 | mig-be | eyelid; edges of lid | Lepcha | 21 | 2.1.3 | Lepcha | 1 | Matisoff 87 BP | JAM-Ety | 0 | ||
| 271288 | 585,590,792,m | 596 | Tuh◦bi plā:bāq | skin | v | Gurung | 23 | 2.1.4 | Tamangish | 1 | Hale 73 CSD | AH-CSDPN | 03b.31 | 0 |
| 65912 | 585,590,792,m | 604 | ʈu◦hbi plaː◦baq | skin | v. | Gurung (Ghachok) | 23 | 2.1.4 | Tamangish | 1 | Glover 72 GuVo | SIL-Gur | 3.B.31 | 0 |
| 67551 | 792,m | 1531 | 'plja-lɔ | flatten dough (with roll) | Thakali (Tukche) | 23 | 2.1.4 | Tamangish | 1 | Hari 71a ThVo | SIL-Thak | 7.B.1.9.2 | 0 | |
| 68404 | 596,792,595 | 1531 | ʈih 'pli-lɔ | skin | v. | Thakali (Tukche) | 23 | 2.1.4 | Tamangish | 1 | Hari 71a ThVo | SIL-Thak | 3.B.31 | 0 |
| 128929 | 2538,792,792 | 594 | ȵi³⁵ pɑ⁵⁵ pɑ⁵⁵ | hide / leather | Guiqiong | 34 | 3.2 | Qiangic | 1 | Sun H 91 GuiQ | SHK-GuiqQ | 0 | ||
| 129149 | 681,792 | 1319 | nə◦ɹɑ | eyelid | Qiang (Mawo) | 34 | 3.2 | Qiangic | 1 | Sun H 91 MawQ | SHK-MawoQ | 3.4.1 | 0 | |
| 128386 | 682,792 | 560 | meɣ⁵³ pe³³ | eyelid | Ergong (Northern) | 35 | 3.3 | rGyalrongic | 1 | Sun H 91 ErNQ | SHK-ErgNQ | 3.4.1 | 0 | |
| 457855 | m,792 | 1966 | ta2pa4 | skin | n. | Tujia (Northern) | 41 | 5 | Tujia | 1 | Brassett 04 Tujia | PCB-Tujia | 0 | |
| 453766 | m,792 | 1967 | ta²pa⁴ | skin | Tujia (Northern) | 41 | 5 | Tujia | 1 | Brassett 06 Tujia | BBL-TL | 2.1 | 0 | |
| 358863 | m,792 | 1847 | tha⁵⁵pha²¹ | skin | n | Tujia | 41 | 5 | Tujia | 1 | Huang and Dai 92 TBL | TBL | 0265.49 | 0 |
| 193569 | m,792 | 1615 | tha⁵⁵pha²¹ | skin | Tujia | 41 | 5 | Tujia | 1 | Sun H 91 ZMYY | ZMYYC | 266.38 | 0 | |
| 127249 | m,792 | 1611 | tʰa⁵⁵ pʰa²¹ | skin | Tujia | 41 | 5 | Tujia | 1 | Chen 86 TuBQ | CK-TujBQ | 8.2 | 0 | |
| 127252 | m,792 | 1611 | tʰa⁵⁵ pʰa²¹ | hide / leather | Tujia | 41 | 5 | Tujia | 1 | Chen 86 TuBQ | CK-TujBQ | 8.2.6 | 0 | |
| 43394 | m,792 | 1616 | tʰa⁵⁵ pʰa²¹ | skin | Tujia (Northern) | 41 | 5 | Tujia | 1 | Tian 86 | JZ-Tujia | 0 | ||
| 118307 | m,b,596,792 | 396 | (pûn-)liŋ-ʔəre-prâ | foreskin | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Matisoff 87 BP | JAM-Ety | 1 | ||
| 119426 | p,596,792 | 396 | ʔə-re-prâ | skin | Burmese (Written) | 44 | 6.1.1 | Burmish | 1 | Matisoff 87 BP | JAM-Ety | 0 | ||
| 17337 | m,792,m,596 | 1366 | ɪ²¹ pɪ³³ qɤ⁵⁵ tʂʅ³³ | skin of belly | Sani [Nyi] | 47 | 6.1.2.2 | Central Loloish | 1 | Wu 84 | WAH-Sani | 313.4 | 0 | |
| 33300 | 792,586 | 234 | baq-xoq | skin | Akha | 48 | 6.1.2.3 | Southern Loloish | 1 | Matisoff 72 LTSR | JAM-TSR | 71(a) | 0 | |
| 161890 | 792 | 593 | bʼiɑ/bʼjie̯ | skin, peel, bark | Chinese (GSR #) | 52 | 9 | Sinitic | 1 | Luce 85 | GHL-PPB | H.125 | 0 | |
| 169247 | 792 | 481 | bʼiɑ/bʼjie̯ | skin | Chinese (Old/Mid) | 53 | 9.0.1 | Old Chinese | 0 | Karlgren 57 GSR | GSR | 25a-c | 0 | |
| 295376 | 792 | 471 | b(r)jaj | skin | Chinese (Old) | 53 | 9.0.1 | Old Chinese | 0 | Baxter 92 | WHB-OC | 1057 | 0 | |
| 161889 | 792 | 472 | bʼia | skin, peel, bark | Chinese (Old) | 53 | 9.0.1 | Old Chinese | 0 | Luce 85 | GHL-PPB | H.125 | 0 | |
| 296203 | 792 | 471 | prja | skin (human) | Chinese (Old) | 53 | 9.0.1 | Old Chinese | 0 | Baxter 92 | WHB-OC | 1858 | 0 | |
| 77439 | 792 | 468 | pju | skin | Chinese (Middle) | 54 | 9.0.2 | Middle Chinese | 0 | Coblin 86 | WSC-SH | 134 | 0 | |
| 169743 | 792 | 1007 | pʼi | skin | Chinese (Mandarin) | 55 | 9.0.3 | Modern Chinese | 0 | Karlgren 57 GSR | GSR | 25a-c | 0 |
膚 OC *pli̯wo, GSR #69g ‘skin’; WSC-SH:134; WHB-OC #1367; Schuessler 2007:243. Li 1971 *pjag; Baxter 1992: *prja > Mand. fū.
皮 OC *bʼiɑ, GSR #25a-c ‘skin’; WHB-OC:1057; Li 1971: *bjiar; Baxter 1992: *b(r)jaj > Mand. pí.
The form written 膚 likely reflects the Chinese root, with the form written 皮 derived from it by a prefix that voiced the labial initial (as well as by an unexplained change to the coda). The most likely prefix is *m‑, which is found in a number of OC words for human body parts and is cognate to the PTB prefix *m‑ having a similar function. In their latest system, Baxter and Sagart reconstruct this prefix in words for ‘nose’, ‘belly’, ‘head’, and ‘right hand’, as well as ‘skin’. The OC pronunciation of 皮 can be reconstructed as *m‑pra‑j, with root *pra. (See Sagart & Baxter 2010.)
Ignoring the medial *‑j‑ (whose existence in OC is increasingly discounted, and which does not correspond regularly to anything in PTB), the correspondences between the variant PTB form *pra and the OC root are regular.
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