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STEDT #1275

*pu

BALL / EGG / ROUND OBJECT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlepuinitialprhymeucoverP · V

Connections

Allofams
HPTB*ʔu ‘egg / sit on eggs’p. 199

Notes

These forms are undoubtedly related to those meaning “egg”, but have acquired or retained the more general meaning of BALL / SMALL ROUND OBJECT. This morpheme appears in several compound body part terms like “eyeball” and perhaps “head” (cf. #385 PTB *d-bu-s HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE). See also the discussion under #137 PTB *pʷam BELLY / STOMACH / WAIST, where this morpheme occurs as second element in compounds. Also probably reflecting this same etymon is “shoulder” #3344 PTB *baw SHOULDER.

Reflexes & cognates59 reflexes · 17 subgroups

1.1.2Deng1

Idupo⁵⁵lo⁵⁵morpheme ‘ball’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 501.50

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group4

Sema [Sumi]avelamorpheme yemorpheme◦pu ‘evening star’Achumi 98: 2.42
Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦yemorpheme◦pu n‘star’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦yemorpheme◦pu ‘star’Achumi 98: 2.4
Sema [Sumi]inaqhemorpheme yemorpheme◦pu ‘morning star’Achumi 98: 2.43

1.4Meithei2

Meitheilemmorpheme◦phu ‘top of head / crown / pate’Singh 91 MeiQ: 2.2
Meitheilemmorpheme◦phu ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphopo³¹luŋ⁵⁵morpheme ‘ball’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 501.47

2.1.2.1Tibetan5

Tibetan (Balti)po:lo· ‘ball’This Balti word is the source of English polo!morphemeRangan 75: 22
Tibetan (Balti)po◦lo·morpheme ‘ball’Rangan 75: 54
Tibetan (Khams:Dege)po⁵⁵lo⁵³morpheme ‘ball’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 501.3
Tibetan (Lhasa)po⁵³lo¹³morpheme ‘ball’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 501.2
Tibetan (Written)spo lomorpheme ‘ball’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 501.1

3.2Qiangic1

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]pa⁵⁵lo⁵⁵morpheme ‘ball’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 501.16

5Tujia10

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish13

Nasuo³³#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’ bu⁵⁵ ‘skull’Chen 86 Yi: 2.4
Nusu (Central)u³³#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’ pʰu⁵⁵ guɔ̱⁵³morpheme ‘bald person’Dai 89 NusB: 246.
Nusu (Central)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’ pʰu⁵⁵ ‘head’Dai 89 NusB: 96.
Nusu (Central)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’ pʰu⁵⁵ ‘head’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Southern)ʔo³¹#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’ pʰu⁵⁵ ‘head’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Northern)ʔo³¹#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’ pʰu⁵⁵ ‘head’Sun J 86 Nusu

6.2Naxi2

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1275, *pu ‘BALL / EGG / ROUND OBJECT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1275
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1275,
  title  = {{*pu 'BALL / EGG / ROUND OBJECT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1275},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1275}
}