Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/C-pək

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Reconstruction

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *prwag (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *pʷak (Matisoff, STEDT); *pwak (LaPolla, 1987; Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972; Coblin, 1986) *pak ~ pwak (Weidert, 1987)

Noun

*C-pək

pig

Descendants

Old Chinese: 富 (“rich, wealth”) /*pək-s/ (B-S); /*pɯɡs/ (ZS)
- Middle Chinese: 富 (pjuwH)
  - Modern Mandarin
    - Beijing: 富 (fù)
Proto-Bodish: *pʰak (see there for further descendants)
Boro-Garo
- Atong (India): wak
- Bodo (India): अमा (oma)
- Garo: wak
- Kokborok: wak
- Rabha: বাক (bak)
- Tiwa: oa
rGyalrongic
- East rGyalrongic
  - Situ: pak
  - Tshobdun: pa
  - Zbu: pâx
Naic
- Proto-Naish: *Cbak
  - Naxi: bbuq (/⁠bu²¹⁠/)
  - Narua: bboq (/⁠bo˩˥⁠/)
  - Laze: [Term?] (/⁠wɤ˧⁠/)
- Namuyi: vā
Lolo-Burmese
- Burmish
  - Achang: wuq
  - Burmese: ဝက် (wak, “pig, swine”)
- Loloish
  - Northern Loloish
    - Yi (Liangshan): ꃮ (vot, “pig”), ꃢ (vit, “pig (literary)”)
Proto-Kuki-Chin: *wok
- Maraic
  - Lutuv: va
- Northern
  - Zou: vok

References

Benedict, Paul K. (1972) Sino-Tibetan: A Conspectus‎^[1], London: Cambridge University Press, page 23