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STEDT #1224

*kuk

HEAD / SKULL / WEAR ON THE HEAD

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*kuk ‘wear on head’p. 357

Notes

This is a general TB root, contra HPTB:358, where it was treated as probably confined to Lolo-Burmese.

Reflexes & cognates39 reflexes · 13 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmankuk ‘wear on head’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 597

1.2.1.1Northern Chin2

Tiddimkhuː³ > khuk³ v‘wear over head as a cap or umbrella’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 861

Tiddimkhuː³/khuk³ ‘wear over head as a cap...’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Lotha Nagamamorpheme◦kok ‘skull’Marrison 67 Naga

1.4Meithei7

Meitheikok ‘head’Abbi 85

Meitheikok ‘head’Singh 91 MeiQ: 2

Meitheikok ‘head’Marrison 67 Naga

Meitheikôk ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP

Meitheikok-kimorpheme səru#234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘skull’Meithei -ki is a genitive particle.Singh 91 MeiQ: 2.4

Meitheikok◦ru#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘skull’Marrison 67 Naga

Meitheisəm#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ (kok-kimorpheme) ‘hair of head’Singh 91 MeiQ: 8.1.1

1.5Mikir [Karbi]4

Mikir [Karbi]aprefix◦phu#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’◦bong#388 PTB *(p/b)wa(ŋ) ‘HEAD’◦kok aprefix◦nung#203 PTB *s-nu(ŋ/k) ‘BACK / BEHIND / AFTER’PKC *nuŋ ⪤ *hnuŋ ‘BACK / BEHIND / LATER’ ‘back of head’Matisoff 87 BP

Mikir [Karbi]bong#388 PTB *(p/b)wa(ŋ) ‘HEAD’◦kok ‘skull’Marrison 67 Naga

Mikir [Karbi]bong#388 PTB *(p/b)wa(ŋ) ‘HEAD’◦kok ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP

Mikir [Karbi]phú#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’-bòng#388 PTB *(p/b)wa(ŋ) ‘HEAD’-kòk ‘skull’Grüssner 79 BP: 145

2.1.2Bodic3

Tshona (Mama)kɔk¹³ tʰeʔ⁵³#358 PTB *ta-y ‘FOREHEAD’ ‘head’Sun H 80 MLD

Tshona (Mama)kɔk¹³theʔ⁵³#358 PTB *ta-y ‘FOREHEAD’ ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.6

Cuona Menbakɔk³⁵theʔ⁵³#358 PTB *ta-y ‘FOREHEAD’ n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.06

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti5

Limbukhuks◦usuffix ‘wear on the head’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 12

Limbukhuːks- v.‘wear (a hat / other head-covering)’Driem 88? LimA

Limbukhuːkt- v.‘wear (a hat / head-covering)’Michailovsky 89 Lm

Limbukhuːkt◦usuffix ‘wear on the head’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 12

Limbumimorpheme kho-k ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Kulungkhuks-usuffix v.‘wear (on head / shoulders)’Rai 75 Kul

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmesekok ‘wear on the head’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 12

6.1.1Burmish1

Achang (Xiandao)u³¹#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ liŋ³⁵#1430 PLB *k-liŋ ‘BALD’ kɔk³⁵ ‘bald person’Dai 89 Xian: 246

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish4

Lalokhoq ‘wear (bamboo hat / turban)’Björverud 94

Yi (Nanhua)khu̱³³ v.‘wear (a hat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1252.37

Yi (Weishan)kho³³ v.‘wear (a hat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1252.36

Yi (Weishan)kho³³ v.‘wear (a turban)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1253.36

6.1.2.2Central Loloish5

Jinuokho⁴² v.‘wear (a hat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1252.44

Lahu (Black)qhɔ̂ʔ ‘wear on the head’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 12

Lisuhkaw2 ‘wear on the head’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 12

Lisu (Central)hkaw² ‘wear (hat)’Fraser 22

Sani [Nyi]qʻu 44 ‘wear on the head’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 12

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish6

Akhak'o ‘wear on one's head’Lewis 89 AETD: 255

Bisukhɔ̄ ‘wear on the head’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 12

Hani (Pijo)khə ‘wear hat’Hansson 89 AHKP: 513

Hani (Pijo)khə ‘wear (hat)’Hansson 89 AHKP: 513

Hani (Khatu)kho ‘wear hat’Hansson 89 AHKP: 513

Hani (Khatu)kho ‘wear (hat)’Hansson 89 AHKP: 513

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1224, *kuk ‘HEAD / SKULL / WEAR ON THE HEAD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1224

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1224,
  title  = {{*kuk 'HEAD / SKULL / WEAR ON THE HEAD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1224},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1224}
}