Skip to content

STEDT

The Body › Body Parts › Body

STEDT #14

*du

BODY

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handleduinitialdrhymeucoverT · V

Notes

From Tai - ‘classifier for animals; self’ PTai *tue⪤*due [NT] (cf. Si. tua); HCT pp.99, 283.

Reflexes & cognates35 reflexes · 8 subgroups

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphodu-sat#5365 IA *sattvá ‘ANIMAL / LIVING CREATURE’-du-myengmorpheme ‘animal’Matisoff PC

Jingpho¹du◦¹shat#5365 IA *sattvá ‘ANIMAL / LIVING CREATURE’ ‘animal’Weidert 87 TBTo: 289

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Tamantu ‘body’Luce 85: K.49

2.1.4Tamangish1

Manang (Gyaru)doː² ma²morpheme ‘trunk’Nagano 84 Man: 291

5Tujia3

Tujiaso⁵⁵#4 PTB *g-zuk ‘BODY’ tʰiu²¹ ‘body’Chen 86 TuBQ: 1.1

Tujiato⁵⁵ pʰo²¹#1902 PTB *-pu ⪤ *-pwa ‘SUFFIX (nominalizer; bulk-provider)’ ‘body’Chen 86 TuMQ: 1.1

Tujia (Southern)to⁵⁵ pʰo²¹#1902 PTB *-pu ⪤ *-pwa ‘SUFFIX (nominalizer; bulk-provider)’ ‘body’Tian 86

6.1.1Burmish13

Achang (Lianghe)ɑ³¹prefix to³⁵ ‘body’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Longchuan)a³¹prefix tu³¹ ‘body’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Luxi)kɔŋ³¹#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’ tɔ³¹ ‘body’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Xiandao)a³¹prefix tu³¹ ‘body’Dai 89 Xian: 94

Achang (Xiandao)a³¹prefix tu⁵¹ m̥ɔŋ³⁵morpheme ‘back (body)’Dai 89 Xian: 115

Achang (Xiandao)a³¹prefixtu³¹ n‘body’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0073.29

Bolakauŋ⁵⁵#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’ tɔʔ³¹ ‘body’Dai 89 Bola: 94

Bola (Luxi)kauŋ⁵⁵#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’tɔʔ³¹ n‘body’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0073.32

Maru [Langsu]kauŋ³¹#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’ tau³⁵ ‘body’Dai 89 Lang: 1.1

Maru [Langsu]kauŋ³¹#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’tau³⁵ ‘body’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 231.43

Atsi [Zaiwa]kuŋ⁵¹#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’ tu²¹ ‘body’Xu 84 Zaiwa

Atsi [Zaiwa]kuŋ⁵¹#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’tu²¹ n‘body’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0073.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]kuŋ⁵¹#1 PTB *guŋ ‘BODY / BACK’tu²¹ ‘body’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 231.42

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish3

Gazhuoŋa³²³#205 PTB *r-ŋa ‘TAIL / BACK’ tv̩³³ ‘body’Dai 89 Gazh: 1.1

Gazhuoŋa³²³#205 PTB *r-ŋa ‘TAIL / BACK’ tv̩³³ ‘back’Dai 89 Gazh: 1.4

Gazhuoŋa³²³#205 PTB *r-ŋa ‘TAIL / BACK’tv³³ n‘body (back)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0073.47

6.1.2.2Central Loloish8

Ahii³³morpheme to²² ‘torso / trunk’Luo 90: 1.6

Lahu (Black)to-nûmorpheme-to-šâʔ#5365 IA *sattvá ‘ANIMAL / LIVING CREATURE’ ‘animals in general’Matisoff 88 DL: 1177

Lahu (Black)ɔ̀#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’-to ‘body’Matisoff 87 BP

Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’ tu³³ ‘body’Chang 86

Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹prefixto³³ ‘body’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 231.33

Lahu (Yellow)ɔ²#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’ to³³ ‘body’Chang 86

Lisu (Putao)ko⁴#2 PTB *s-kəw ‘BODY / CHEST / THORAX / CORPSE’◦[dü⁵] ‘body’Luce 85: V.16

Lisu (Luquan)kɑ⁵⁵#2 PTB *s-kəw ‘BODY / CHEST / THORAX / CORPSE’ to⁵⁵ ‘back / body’Xu 86 Lisu: p.110

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #14, *du ‘BODY’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/14

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-14,
  title  = {{*du 'BODY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #14},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/14}
}