Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/rV-pat

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: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *k-r-pʷat (Matisoff, STEDT; Mortensen, 2012); *r-pat (Benedict, 1972; LaPolla, 1987); *r-pat ⪤ *p-wat ⪤ *k-r-wat (Matisoff, 1985)

The *k- in Lolo-Burmese is probably an animal prefix *kV-.

Noun

*rV-pat

  1. leech

Descendants

  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Tibetan: པད་མ (pad ma) (as in སྲིན་བུ་པད་མ (srin bu pad ma, “leech”)), པད་པ (pad pa, “leech”)
  • Lolo-Burmese: *k-r-watᴸ (“leech”) (Matisoff, 2003)
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: ကျွတ် (kywat, “small land leech”) (perhaps also ကြွတ် (krwat, “leech”)? According to Marrison (1967), Benedict (1972), LaPolla (1987) etc.)
    • Proto-Loloish: *k-rwatᴸ (Bradley, 1979)
      • Northern Loloish
        • Yi (Liangshan): ꁶ (nbit, “leech”)
  • Boro-Garo
    • Garo: ruat (“leech”)
  • Proto-Karen: *s-waɁᴰ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
    • S'gaw Karen: သူး (sū́, “(land) leech”), (?) ဝ့ၤ (wẽ, “a species of land leech”)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *w(a/o/u)t
  • Proto-Tani: *pat¹
  • Proto-Kho-Bwa: *-pat
    • ⇒ Proto-Western Kho-Bwa: *pʰu-pat

See also

  • *mV-lit (“water leech, horseleech”)
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