*kun

PUS

Indo-Aryan · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kiranti*kun ‘PUS’

Notes

The Kiranti binomes may well be hybrids of Nepali kun ‘blood’ and #2080 PTB *r/s/g-wa WATER / RAIN (p.c. Boyd Michailovsky).

The Milang kuŋ-nu ‘pus’ might be related to these forms.

Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 4 subgroups

2.3Kiranti1

*Kirantikun (?) ‘pus’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 142

2.3.2Southern Kiranti5

Bantawakho◦wamorpheme-wamorpheme ‘pus’Rai 84 BnDc: 41

Bantawakho◦wamorpheme◦wamorpheme ‘pus’Rai 85 BnDs

Bantawakho◦wamorpheme◦wamorpheme◦ ‘pus’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 142

Kulungkhun◦wamorpheme ‘pus’Rai 75 Kul

Kulungkhun◦wamorpheme◦ ‘pus’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 142

2.3.3Central Kiranti4

Dumikhɨ'ni ‘pus’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 142

Dumikhɨ'ni ‘pus (from a wound); Nep. pīp.’Driem 93 Dumi

Khaling'khūnū◦wemorpheme ‘pus’Matisoff 87 BP

Khalingkhünü◦wämorpheme ‘pus’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 142

2.3.4Western Kiranti2

Thulungkəlmorpheme-kən ‘pus’Allen 75

Thulungkən ‘pus’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 142

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1291, *kun ‘PUS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1291

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1291,
  title  = {{*kun 'PUS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1291},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1291}
}