Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/k-r-pʷat

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: ?
  • 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)

Noun

*k-r-pʷat

1. leech

Descendants

• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: པད་མ (pad ma) (as in སྲིན་བུ་པད་མ (srin bu pad ma, “leech”)), པད་པ (pad pa, “leech”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • 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”)
• Sal
  • Bodo-Garo
    • possibly 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
  • Khomic
    • Khumi Chin: tävaw

See also

• *m-liːt (“water leech, horseleech”)