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Kulung dictionary :
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Entry: sayɔ
Grammar: n.
Meaning: musk-deer
Nepali: kasturi.
kulet-prnum,kulet-pspeech,kulet-meaning,kulet-nepali,
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Kiranti etymology :
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Proto-Kiranti: *sǝ̀ ( ~ *sà)
Meaning: antelope, deer
Tulung: so sambhar deer
Limbu: sā hunting, ik-cā snow deer, ik-sā snow deer, tāŋ-sā spotted deer
kiret-prnum,kiret-meaning,kiret-tul,kiret-lim,kiret-kul,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ś(u)a
Meaning: deer
Tibetan: śa, śwa a hart, a stag.
Burmese: sah animal (in compounds).
Kachin: šan a deer.
Lushai: sa animal.
Comments: Newari sa; Midzhu śa mithan; Abor śo cow; Digaro śá (N); Chepang mo-śa. Sh. 188; Ben. 46. The root is hardly distinguishable from *śa meat, flesh; the Tib. form, however, suggests a possibility of original difference.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-tib,stibet-burm,stibet-kach,stibet-lush,stibet-kir,stibet-comments,
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *wħǝ̄[ś]wé
Meaning: deer
Comments and references : Differently in HGC 28. sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-yen,sccet-notes,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *wħɨ̄swe (~ -ʕ-, -ś-)
Meaning: mountain goat; deer
Proto-West Caucasian: *š́ʷV Notes: EC and WC forms correspond quite regularly, andthe PNC reconstruction is reliable. Despite Abayev (3,15) and Shagirov (2,149) the comparison of PAK *śǝħV́ with PN *sag 'deer' is impossible for phonetic reasons. But there is an interesting parallel in Kartvelian (PK *šw-el- 'roe, chamois'; the comparison with NC see Trombetti 1923, 370).
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-lezg,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *bisV (~ -š(ʷ)-)
Meaning: mountain goat
Avar: bis
Chadakolob: biš
Chamalal: bis (Gig.)
Comments: Av. paradigm A (bísi-l, bísa-l). If the Cham. form is inherited, the reconstruction should be *bisV; however, it is more probable that it is a loan from Av. (in this case both *-s- and *-š(ʷ)- are equally possible).
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-avc,aandet-chm,aandet-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *wɨs:
Meaning: 1 mountain goat 2 female mountain goat
Rutul: wasi 2
Tsakhur: wis 1
Archi: bos 1
Comment: For PL *s: cf. Tsakh. gen. wis:e-n, Arch. erg. bas:a. Rut. reflects a suffixed form (*wɨs:V-j). 3d class in all languages. See Хайдаков 1973, 14.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-rut,lezget-cak,lezget-arc,lezget-comment,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *š́ʷV
Meaning: 1 deer 2 game, wild animal 3 hunting
Abkhaz: á-š̌ara-χ 1
Abaza: šʷaraχ 1, šʷǝr 2
Adyghe: śǝħa 1
Kabardian: śǝħ ́
Ubykh: ʎa-šʷá 3
Comments: PAT *šʷV-rV (cf. also Bzyb. á-š̌ara-x 'deer'); PAK *śǝ-ħV́. The Ub. word is a compound with ʎǝ 'deer' ('deer-hunting'). The meaning 'hunting' in Ub. is secondary, being influenced by a similar (phonetically and semantically) root represented in Ub. sʷā-ḳ́á 'hunter', PAK *š:a-ḳʷa- 'to hunt', PAT *šʷara-ća- 'to hunt' (the latter form demonstrates a similar merger of two originally distinct roots) < PWC *š́:ʷa- 'to hunt'. The components *-ħV in PAK and *-xǝ in PAT (*šʷara-xǝ) are unclear. They may represent originally independent roots (for PAK *ħV cf. PEC *wHɨ̆rχ_V 'mountain goat', for PAT *-xǝ cf. PEC *ɦānxV 'deer' q.v.), but since they are attested only in compounds and in different subbranches of WC, such etymologies at present seem too risky. The roots for 'deer' (*š́ʷV) and 'hunt' (*š́:ʷa) are correctly separated by Shagirov (1977,2,149) in an argument with Dumézil (1967,160; 1969, 112). Also correct is his separating of Abkh. a-čá 'female deer' and Ub. žʷa 'deer' (see PWC *č́ʷa / *ǯ́ʷa). However, his separating PAT *šʷVrV from PAK *śǝħV́ is hardly justified (the Ub. form ʎa-šʷá is not even considered).
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,
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Yenisseian etymology :
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Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔas- (~x-)
Meaning: wild deer, wild animal
Ket: aśśeĺ6, pl. aśśen6; assan-o6 'to hunt (animals)'
Yug: atčɛ:hr4, pl. atčen5,6
Kottish: ačánše, *ačaŋši, g. -ša, pl. -šīn "elk"
Comments: ССЕ 184. Ket and Yug reflect a compound *ʔas-sēr1e (see *sēr1e). In Kottish the word is formally analyzed as "the one being caught" (see *čɔŋ- "catch"), but this is most probably a result of secondary contamination. The analysis of the Ket/Yug form as "God's deer" (Werner 1, 65) seems quite artificial.
yenet-prnum,yenet-meaning,yenet-ket,yenet-sym,yenet-kot,yenet-notes,
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