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STEDT #1436

*(d/t)u-k

BALD
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleDuinitial(d/t)rhymeu-k orsuffixkcoverT · VLT

Connections

Poss. allofam*tuk ⪤ *twak ‘HEAD / SKULL / NECK’

Notes

This poorly attested root awaits further confirmation.

Chinese comparandum

禿 OC *tʼuk, GSR #1205a ‘bald’; Mand. tū.

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 4 subgroups

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Spiti)do◦lomorpheme ‘bald’Sharma, S.R. 79 Sp

6.1.2.2Central Loloish5

Jinuo (Baya/Banai)a⁴⁴prefix tu³³ ‘bald’Dai 89 JinA: 1436
Yi (Sani)dv̩¹¹ adj‘bald / bare’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0993.39
Sani [Nyi]ni⁵⁵morphemedu²¹ ‘bald’Wu 84
Sani [Nyi]n̩⁵⁵morpheme du²¹ ‘bald; blunt’Wu 84: 85.1
Sani [Nyi]o⁵⁵#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’ du²¹ ‘bald’Wu 84: 324.1

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2

Hani (Mojiang)tv̩³³ adj‘bald / bare’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0993.42

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1436, *(d/t)u-k ‘BALD’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1436
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. perhaps *t/duk SKULL
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1436,
  title  = {{*(d/t)u-k 'BALD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1436},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1436}
}