STEDT Etymon #3466
1.0 The Body > 1.9 Reproductive System > 1.9.4 Breast
#3466 IA *du-t MILK / BREAST |
This etymon is certainly of Indo-Aryan origin, from a root duh- (cf. Nepali dudh ‘milk’, Hale 1973, p.166). See the series of entries beginning with dugdhá- in Turner 1966 (A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages), pp. 365-6.
| rn | analysis | lgid | reflex | gloss | gfn | language | grpid | grpno | grp | genetic | citation | srcabbr | srcid | rn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159576 | 3466,3453 | 334 | (dɯ)-bjuŋ | suck | Bengni | 73 | 1.1.1.1 | Western Tani | 1 | Sun J 93 Tani | JS-Tani | 0 | ||
| 1810 | b,3466,s | 1070 | (gakir) tut-ma | milk | Milang | 74 | 1.1.1.2 | Eastern Tani | 1 | Tayeng 76 Mil | AT-MPB | 0 | ||
| 39790 | 3466 | 505 | du⁵⁵ | suck (milk) | Darang [Taraon] | 6 | 1.1.2 | Deng | 1 | Sun H 80 MLD | SLZO-MLD | 0 | ||
| 426418 | 3466 | 1818 | du⁵⁵ | suck | v. | Darang [Taraon] | 6 | 1.1.2 | Deng | 1 | Huang and Dai 92 TBL | TBL | 1648.22 | 0 |
| 35593 | 3466,m | 659 | do◦ga | kiss | Idu | 6 | 1.1.2 | Deng | 1 | Pulu 78 | JP-Idu | 0 | ||
| 35739 | 3466,m | 659 | do◦ga | suck | Idu | 6 | 1.1.2 | Deng | 1 | Pulu 78 | JP-Idu | 0 | ||
| 48684 | 3466,m | 660 | do◦ga | suck | Idu | 6 | 1.1.2 | Deng | 1 | Anonymous 62 Idu | NEFA-PBI | 0 | ||
| 172324 | p,3466,298 | 790 | a◦tu◦thui | milk | Khoirao | 64 | 1.3.3 | Zeme Group | 1 | Marrison 67 Naga | GEM-CNL | 0 | ||
| 55736 | 3466 | 803 | du | milk | Kokborok | 80 | 1.7.1.1 | Bodo | 1 | Tripuri 88 | PT-Kok | 0 | ||
| 235025 | 3466,3466 | 519 | du◦du | breast | Dhimal | 60 | 2.1.5 | Dhimal | 1 | King 94 DhBP | JK-Dh | 0 | ||
| 235028 | 3466,3466,253,1019 | 519 | du◦du◦no◦si | nipple | Dhimal | 60 | 2.1.5 | Dhimal | 1 | King 94 DhBP | JK-Dh | 0 | ||
| 441392 | 3466,3466,m,m | 1919 | du-du-pwa-(la) | breast | Newar (Kathmandu) | 27 | 2.2 | Newar | 1 | Malla 07 PC | KPM-pc | 1 | ||
| 8840 | 3466,3466 | 1176 | du◦du | vagina / breast / milk | Newar (Dolakhali) | 27 | 2.2 | Newar | 1 | Genetti 90 Dola | CG-Dolak | 2 | ||
| 72614 | 3466,3466,3374 | 547 | dɨ◦dhɨ◦kwam | nipples (human) | Dumi | 77 | 2.3.3 | Central Kiranti | 1 | Driem 93 Dumi | SVD-Dum | 0 | ||
| 49432 | 3466,3466 | 1545 | diu◦diu | milk | Thulung | 30 | 2.3.4 | Western Kiranti | 1 | Allen 75 | NJA-Thulung | 0 | ||
| 63619 | 3466,1019 | 449 | dut-sayʔ | nipple | Chepang | 28 | 2.4 | Kham-Magar-Chepang | 1 | Caughley 72 CVoc | SIL-Chep | 2.A.35 | 0 | |
| 127959 | 3466 | 452 | dut | breast | Chepang (Eastern) | 28 | 2.4 | Kham-Magar-Chepang | 1 | Caughley 90 CheQ | RC-ChepQ | 5.4 | 0 | |
| 127962 | 3466 | 452 | dut | milk | Chepang (Eastern) | 28 | 2.4 | Kham-Magar-Chepang | 1 | Caughley 90 CheQ | RC-ChepQ | 5.4.3 | 0 | |
| 127960 | 3466,1019 | 452 | dut.sayʔ | nipple | Chepang (Eastern) | 28 | 2.4 | Kham-Magar-Chepang | 1 | Caughley 90 CheQ | RC-ChepQ | 5.4.1 | 0 |
Lit. “milk-container”; Newar pwala ‘round object, container’.
According to K. P. Malla (p.c. 2007), the basic meaning of this form is ‘breast’, although it is also used euphemistically for ‘vagina’. He is doubtful that the same word is used for all three glosses.