Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/pʷak

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

Etymology

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

*pʷak

pig

Descendants

Old Chinese: 豝 /*pˤra/ (B-S); /*praː/ (ZS) ("sow, female pig")
- Middle Chinese: 豝 /pɣa/
  - Modern Mandarin
    - Beijing: 豝 (bā, /pa⁵⁵/)
Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
  - Bodish
    - Tibetan
      - Written Tibetan: ཕག (phag, “pig, swine”)
    - East Bodish
      - Kurtöp: ཕག (phag)
Sal
- Bodo-Garo
  - Atong (India): wak
  - Bodo (India): अमा (oma)
  - Garo: wak
  - Kokborok: wak
  - Rabha: বাক (bak)
  - Tiwa: oa
Tangut-Qiang
- rGyalrongic
  - Situ: pak
  - Tshobdun: pa
  - Zbu: pâx
Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese
  - Burmish
    - Burmese: ဝက် (wak, “pig, swine”)
  - Loloish
    - Northern Loloish
      - Yi (Liangshan): ꃮ (vot, “pig”), ꃢ (vit, “pig (literary)”)
Proto-Kuki-Chin: *wok
- Northern
  - Zou: vok

References

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