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STEDT #1617

*kuk

POUCH / BASKET / SCROTUM
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*kuk ‘basket / pouch’pp. 356, 359, 361

Notes

This root was reconstructed as meaning ‘bag; basket; receptacle’ in STC #393. It seems to refer often to a pannier, or hanging basket for transporting goods on an animal’s back.

Reflexes & cognates19 reflexes · 12 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmankuk ‘basket / pouch’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 597
*Tibeto-Burmankuk ‘pouch, little bag’Benedict 72 STC: 393

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]hok ‘small hanging basket’Benedict 72 STC: 393

1.7.1Bodo-Garo1

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Dimasabaiŋmorpheme-kho ‘basket carried on a load’Benedict 72 STC: 393
Dimasabomorpheme◦kho ‘receptacle’Benedict 72 STC: 393

1.7.1.2Garo3

Garokhok ‘basket’LaPolla 87: 3
Garokhok ‘basket’Benedict 72 STC: 393

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern NagaC̬-kʰuk ‘bag’French 83: 454

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte2

Noctechimorpheme◦khok ‘small basket’French 83: 454
Tangsa (Moshang)yamorpheme◦khak n‘bag’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang2

Konyaknimorpheme◦khok n‘bag’Marrison 67 Naga
Konyaknimorpheme◦khok ‘bag’French 83: 454

2.1.2.1Tibetan4

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)kʰəg mæsuffix ‘bag (small)’Sun J 85 Amdo: 39
Tibetan (Written)khug-mamorpheme ‘pouch’LaPolla 87: 3
Tibetan (Written)khug-mamorpheme ‘pouch, little bag’Benedict 72 STC: 393
Tibetan (Written)khug.masuffix ‘bag (small)’Sun J 85 TbGl: 39

2.1.3Lepcha2

Lepchakómmorpheme bamorpheme-guk ‘purse’LaPolla 87: 3
Lepchakómmorpheme bamorpheme-gŭk ‘purse’Lepcha kóm ‘silver; money’.Benedict 72 STC: 393

3.2Qiangic1

Qiang (Longxi)pámorpheme kù ‘large basket’Evans 99 Qiang: 870

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1617, *kuk ‘POUCH / BASKET / SCROTUM’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1617
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#393, WTF-PNN p. 454, HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1617,
  title  = {{*kuk 'POUCH / BASKET / SCROTUM'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1617},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1617}
}