*syu(p/t)

PUS

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlešup/initialšrhymeu(p/t)coverS · T

Notes

This weakly attested root has so far been found only in Tani and Himalayish.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]taprefix-shut ‘pus’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)rma#1788 PTB *r-ma-t ‘WOUND / SCAR / INJURY / NETTLE’PKC *hmaa ‘WOUND / SCAR’PCN *hma ‘WOUND, SORE’PTk *ma ‘SCAR / WOUND’-ɕu ‘ulcer’Zhang Liansheng 88: 80

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchatŭkprefix-sŭp ‘pus’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Hayutǔkmorpheme-sŭp ‘pus’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1290, *syu(p/t) ‘PUS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1290

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1290,
  title  = {{*syu(p/t) 'PUS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1290},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1290}
}