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STEDT #1459

*pruk

SCRATCH / ITCH

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handleprukinitialprrhymeukcoverP · T

Connections

See alsoITCH

Poss. allofam#1465

Notes

The semantic association between SCRATCH and ITCH occurs also in colloquial English.

Reflexes & cognates20 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanpruk ‘scratch’Benedict 72 STC: 391

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]phúk- v.‘itch / be itchy’Grüssner 79 BP: 146

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Dimasaburu ‘scratch’Benedict 72 STC: 391

Kokborokpru ‘scratch’Tripuri 88

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garobrik ‘scratch’Benedict 72 STC: 391

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)ḥphrug-pasuffix ‘scratch oneself’Benedict 72 STC: 391

2.3.4Western Kiranti2

Thulungphrap- v.‘scratch’Allen 75

Thulungphrək- v.‘scratch’Allen 75

4Nungic5

Anongbɯ³¹ sɑŋ⁵⁵#1457 PTB *m-sak ‘ITCH’PTani *fak ‘ITCH’PKC *thak-I, -thaʔ-II ‘ITCH / ITCHY’PCN *m-sak ‘ITCH (v.)’PCN *m-ʃak ‘SCRATCH (v.)’PKar *saɁᴰ ‘ITCHY’ ‘itch’Sun J 88 Ano

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)pɯ³¹ saʔ⁵⁵#1457 PTB *m-sak ‘ITCH’PTani *fak ‘ITCH’PKC *thak-I, -thaʔ-II ‘ITCH / ITCHY’PCN *m-sak ‘ITCH (v.)’PCN *m-ʃak ‘SCRATCH (v.)’PKar *saɁᴰ ‘ITCHY’ ‘itch, itchy’LaPolla 87: 95

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)pɯ³¹ sɑ̆ʔ⁵⁵#1457 PTB *m-sak ‘ITCH’PTani *fak ‘ITCH’PKC *thak-I, -thaʔ-II ‘ITCH / ITCHY’PCN *m-sak ‘ITCH (v.)’PCN *m-ʃak ‘SCRATCH (v.)’PKar *saɁᴰ ‘ITCHY’ ‘itchy’Sun H 82 Dul

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)pɯ³¹ saʔ⁵⁵#1457 PTB *m-sak ‘ITCH’PTani *fak ‘ITCH’PKC *thak-I, -thaʔ-II ‘ITCH / ITCHY’PCN *m-sak ‘ITCH (v.)’PCN *m-ʃak ‘SCRATCH (v.)’PKar *saɁᴰ ‘ITCHY’ ‘itch, itchy’LaPolla 87: 95

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)pɯ³¹ sɑ̆ʔ⁵⁵#1457 PTB *m-sak ‘ITCH’PTani *fak ‘ITCH’PKC *thak-I, -thaʔ-II ‘ITCH / ITCHY’PCN *m-sak ‘ITCH (v.)’PCN *m-ʃak ‘SCRATCH (v.)’PKar *saɁᴰ ‘ITCHY’ ‘itchy’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)phrok v.‘scratch, in order to allay itching’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)phyok v.‘scratch, in order to allay itching’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishm-prakᴴ ‘scratch’Bradley 79 PLo: 585

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish6

Akhapyaˆ-eumorpheme ‘scratch’Bradley 79 PLo: 585

Hani (Dazhai)pja̱³³ ‘scratch (an itch)’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Caiyuan)phɤ̱³³ ‘scratch (an itch)’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Gelanghe)pja̱³³ ‘scratch (an itch)’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Shuikui)pʰa³³ ‘scratch (an itch)’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Mpiphjoʔ³ ‘scratch’Bradley 79 PLo: 585

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1459, *pruk ‘SCRATCH / ITCH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1459

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

References: STC#391 include 1466

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1459,
  title  = {{*pruk 'SCRATCH / ITCH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1459},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1459}
}