pɨrɨs ʸ n. horse cheval (10 groups, 32 languages) A syn: takʷ, bɨskʷan.
This root is a borrowing from the Arabic 'FRS', denoting a mare. The Arabic /f/ appears as a Proto-Central Chadic *p, since there was no *p/*f contrast in the early stages of Central Chadic, and [p] was the word-inital allophone. Likewise, the *r has the regular reflex *l in the languages of the North sub-branch and Proto-Daba. However, it is also realised as *l in Proto-Mafa and Proto-Hurza, where *r is expected. The palatalisation prosody is present in all groups where it is expected, except for Gidar.
1Proto-Daba *pɨlɨs ʸ horse cheval 1.1) Daba (Lienhard) pìlís le cheval
2Proto-Mafa *pɨlas ʸ horse cheval 2.1) Mafa (Barreteau) píléʃ cheval 2.2) Cuvok (Gravina) pəlez horse cheval
3Proto-Tera *pɨrsi, pirʃa horse cheval 3.1) Tera (Newman) pərsi horse 3.2) Nyimatli (Harley) pu̱rsi horse 3.2.1) Nyimatli (Harley) pu̱rsaᵑg horse-the 3.3) Gaʼanda (Gwaji) pirʃa horse
4Proto-Hurza *pɨlas ʸ horse cheval 4.1) Mbuko (Gravina) pəles horse cheval 4.2) Vame (Kinnaird) pə̄léʃ horse cheval
5Proto-Mandara *pɨlɨsa ʸ horse cheval 5.1) Matal (Branger) pəlis, pəliʃ horse cheval 5.2) Podoko (Swackhammer) pɨrəʃé,-e cheval 5.3) Mandara (Fluckiger) bélsá cheval (m) 5.4) Malgwa (Löhr) bəlsa horse 5.5) Glavda (Owens) pəls horse 5.5.1) Glavda (Nghagyiva) pɨ̀lːʃa horse
6Proto-Mofu *pɨlɨs ʸ horse cheval 6.1) Ouldeme (Kinnaird) pə̀lìs horse cheval 6.2) Moloko (Friesen) pəles horse cheval 6.3) Zulgo (Haller) pírís cheval m. 6.4) Gemzek (Sabatai) pəles horse cheval 6.5) Merey (Gravina) pəles horse cheval 6.6) Dugwor (Jubumna) pəles horse cheval 6.7) Mofu North (Barreteau) pélés cheval 6.8) Mofu-Gudur (Hollingsworth) pəles cheval
7Proto-Maroua *pɨlɨs ʸ horse cheval 7.1) Giziga Moutourwa (Michielan) pilis(i) Mt:plis ffd: putʃu cheval 7.2) Giziga Marva (Hamidou) piles horse cheval 7.3) Mbazla (Tourneux) piliʃ cheval
8Proto-Lamang *pɨlis horse cheval 8.1) Lamang (Wolff) pə́lís horse 8.1.1) Lamang (Wolff) pə́lísí horse 8.1.2) Lamang (Wolff) plís horse 8.2) Hdi (Bramlett) pəlis horse le cheval
9Proto-Musgum *pɨlɨs ʸ horse cheval 9.1) Mulwi (Tourneux) aplis cheval 9.2) Vulum (Tourneux) aplis cheval 9.3) Mbara (Tourneux) pilis horse 9.4) Muskum (Tourneux) pleseke cheval
10Proto-Gidar *pɨlsa horse cheval 10.1) Gidar (Schuh) pəlsa cheval 10.2) Gidar (Hungerford) pɨɨlsa cheval
This root is a borrowing from the Arabic 'FRS', denoting a mare. The Arabic /f/ appears as a Proto-Central Chadic *p, since there was no *p/*f contrast in the early stages of Central Chadic, and [p] was the word-inital allophone. Likewise, the *r has the regular reflex *l in the languages of the North sub-branch and Proto-Daba. However, it is also realised as *l in Proto-Mafa and Proto-Hurza, where *r is expected. The palatalisation prosody is present in all groups where it is expected, except for Gidar.
1Proto-Daba *pɨlɨs ʸ horse cheval 1.1) Daba (Lienhard) pìlís le cheval
2Proto-Mafa *pɨlas ʸ horse cheval 2.1) Mafa (Barreteau) píléʃ cheval 2.2) Cuvok (Gravina) pəlez horse cheval
3Proto-Tera *pɨrsi, pirʃa horse cheval 3.1) Tera (Newman) pərsi horse 3.2) Nyimatli (Harley) pu̱rsi horse 3.2.1) Nyimatli (Harley) pu̱rsaᵑg horse-the 3.3) Gaʼanda (Gwaji) pirʃa horse
4Proto-Hurza *pɨlas ʸ horse cheval 4.1) Mbuko (Gravina) pəles horse cheval 4.2) Vame (Kinnaird) pə̄léʃ horse cheval
5Proto-Mandara *pɨlɨsa ʸ horse cheval 5.1) Matal (Branger) pəlis, pəliʃ horse cheval 5.2) Podoko (Swackhammer) pɨrəʃé,-e cheval 5.3) Mandara (Fluckiger) bélsá cheval (m) 5.4) Malgwa (Löhr) bəlsa horse 5.5) Glavda (Owens) pəls horse 5.5.1) Glavda (Nghagyiva) pɨ̀lːʃa horse
6Proto-Mofu *pɨlɨs ʸ horse cheval 6.1) Ouldeme (Kinnaird) pə̀lìs horse cheval 6.2) Moloko (Friesen) pəles horse cheval 6.3) Zulgo (Haller) pírís cheval m. 6.4) Gemzek (Sabatai) pəles horse cheval 6.5) Merey (Gravina) pəles horse cheval 6.6) Dugwor (Jubumna) pəles horse cheval 6.7) Mofu North (Barreteau) pélés cheval 6.8) Mofu-Gudur (Hollingsworth) pəles cheval
7Proto-Maroua *pɨlɨs ʸ horse cheval 7.1) Giziga Moutourwa (Michielan) pilis(i) Mt:plis ffd: putʃu cheval 7.2) Giziga Marva (Hamidou) piles horse cheval 7.3) Mbazla (Tourneux) piliʃ cheval
8Proto-Lamang *pɨlis horse cheval 8.1) Lamang (Wolff) pə́lís horse 8.1.1) Lamang (Wolff) pə́lísí horse 8.1.2) Lamang (Wolff) plís horse 8.2) Hdi (Bramlett) pəlis horse le cheval
9Proto-Musgum *pɨlɨs ʸ horse cheval 9.1) Mulwi (Tourneux) aplis cheval 9.2) Vulum (Tourneux) aplis cheval 9.3) Mbara (Tourneux) pilis horse 9.4) Muskum (Tourneux) pleseke cheval
10Proto-Gidar *pɨlsa horse cheval 10.1) Gidar (Schuh) pəlsa cheval 10.2) Gidar (Hungerford) pɨɨlsa cheval