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STEDT #1230

*bawk

WHITE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlebokinitialbrhymeokcoverP · T

Connections

HPTB*bok ‘white’p. 378

Notes

This root is well-distributed, occurring in Bodo-Garo, Kuki-Chin, Kiranti, and Chinese.

Chinese comparandum

白 OC *bɑ̆k, GSR #782a ‘white’; Schuessler 2007:153-4 *brâk; B & S 2011: *bˁrak; Mand. bái.
魄 OC *p’ɑ̆k, GSR #782o ‘animal soul of man; phase of the moon’; Schuessler 2007:417 *phrâk; B & S 2011: *pʰˁrak; Mand. pò.

Reflexes & cognates25 reflexes · 10 subgroups

Matuḁprefix◦ɓoːk ‘white’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 238

Mkaangɓɔ́ːk ‘white’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 238

Ngmüünɓɔ́ːk ‘white’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 238

Nyhmoyeɓɔ́ːk ‘white’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 238

1.7.1Bodo-Garo1

*Bodo-Garobok ‘white’Burling 59 PBo: 445

1.7.1.2Garo5

Garogimorpheme◦bok / gimorpheme◦pok ‘white’Benedict 72 STC: 181n478

Garogi◦bok~gi◦pok ‘white’morpheme · morpheme · morphemeChou 72: 782a-e

Garo (Bangladesh)bok-amorpheme vi‘white’Burling 03 Garo: 3.455-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)gipmorpheme-bok vi‘white’Burling 03 Garo: 3.531-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)mik#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’-onmorpheme gipmorpheme-bok ‘white of the eye’Burling 92 GaBa

1.7.1.3Koch2

Atongamorpheme◦lamorpheme◦bok n‘white crane bird’van Breugel 08 Atong

Atongpimorpheme◦bok adj2‘white, unripe, very light green’van Breugel 08 Atong

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti2

Limbunam#2487 PTB *s-nam ‘SESAME’PLB *s/|ʔ-nam² ‘SESAME’PL *s-nam² ‘SESAME’◦bɔːŋ ‘white variety of sesame’Weidert 87 TBTo: 300

Limbuphɔ ‘white’Michailovsky 89 Lm

9Sinitic2

Chinese (Hanzi)白 ‘white’BaxterSagart 2011: 31

Chinese (Hanzi)白 ‘white’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1632

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old/Mid)bʻɑ̌k/bʻɒk ‘white’Chou 72: 782a-e

9.0.3Modern Chinese2

Chinese (Mandarin)bái ‘white’Evans 91

Chinese (Mandarin)bái ‘white’BaxterSagart 2011: 31

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1230, *bawk ‘WHITE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1230

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

References: STC p.181, HPTB p.378

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1230,
  title  = {{*bawk 'WHITE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1230},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1230}
}