*b-ruk

CHEW / BITE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlerukprefixbinitialrrhymeukcoverL · T

Notes

This root occurs primarily in Western Himalayish, with scattered cognates elsewhere.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]kòrmorpheme-ràk- v.‘bite’Grüssner 79 BP: 48

2.1.1Western Himalayish4

Bunanruk◦camorpheme v‘chew’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 3.10.8

Kanauribrəg◦migmorpheme ‘chew’Sharma, D.D. 88 Kn: 34

Pattani [Manchati]rhuk◦tshimorpheme ruk◦tsimorpheme v‘chew’Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 3.10.8

Pattani [Manchati]ruk◦tʃʰimorpheme v.‘chew’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH

2.1.2Bodic1

Tsangla (Motuo)tsimorpheme◦rut ‘chew cud’Sun H 80 MLD

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGyalrong (Northern)tɕumorpheme◦wumorpheme rək◦rumorpheme v‘chew’Sun H 91 rNQ: 3.10.8

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1760, *b-ruk ‘CHEW / BITE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1760

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1760,
  title  = {{*b-ruk 'CHEW / BITE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1760},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1760}
}