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STEDT #138

*luk

ENOUGH / SATIATED

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlelokinitiallrhymeok⪤lukcoverL · LT

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*lok ‘ENOUGH’

Connections

HPTB*luk ‘enough’p. 357

Notes

This root is best attested in Lolo-Burmese, but (contra STC pp. 203, 213) it is also to be found elsewhere, e.g. Shixing / Xumi, Baic, and Karenic.

Chinese comparandum

裕 OC *gi̯ug, GSR #1202h ‘indulgent, abundant, opulent’; Schuessler 2007:589 *lokh; Mand. yù.

Reflexes & cognates26 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanluk ‘enough’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 600

3.2Qiangic1

Xumilu³⁵ v.‘enough, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1349.17

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmeselok ‘enough’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 164

6.1.1Burmish5

Burmese (Written)lok ‘enough’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)lok ‘enough’Hansson 89 AHKP: 520

Burmese (Written)lok ‘enough, sufficient’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)lɔk⁴ v.‘enough, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1349.26

Burmese (Written)əprefix-lok ‘enough’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish4

Laloʔlo̱² ‘enough’Chen 86 CS: 87.

Laloʔlùq ‘enough’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 358

Luquanlu 55c ‘enough’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 164

Nasulu 55 ‘enough’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 164

6.1.2.2Central Loloish7

Ahilu 44s ‘enough’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 164

Lahu (Lancang)lɔ²¹ v.‘enough, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1349.43

Lahu (Black)lɔ̀ʔ ‘enough’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 371

Lahu (Black)lɔ̀ʔ ‘enough’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 164

Lisulaw6 ‘enough’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 164

Lisulù c ‘enough’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 164

Sani [Nyi]lu 22s ‘enough’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 164

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3

Akhalo LS ‘enough’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 164

Hani (Hu T’an)lu 21c ‘enough’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 164

Wonilu 33 ‘enough’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 164

7Karenic3

Karenlø̱⁵⁵ v.‘enough, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1349.50

Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)lə⁵⁵ ɔ³¹#1833 PTB *s/k-wa ‘SATIATED’ ‘full (from eating)’Dai 89 KarB: 1652

Karen (Sgaw/Yue)lɛ⁵⁵ ɔ³¹#1833 PTB *s/k-wa ‘SATIATED’ ‘full (from eating)’Dai 89 KarA: 1652

8Bai3

Bai (Dali)lu 6 ‘enough’Dell 81: 167

Bai (Jianchuan)lu⁵⁵ v.‘enough, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1349.48

Bai (Jianchuan)lu⁵⁵ ‘full / be satiated’Zhao 90: 3.7.10

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #138, *luk ‘ENOUGH / SATIATED’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/138

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

References: STC p.88, TSR #164, HPTB p.357; PLB *lok

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-138,
  title  = {{*luk 'ENOUGH / SATIATED'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #138},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/138}
}