*suk

COUGH

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*səw-t ‘cough’pp. 199, 462

Notes

This root bears a strong resemblance to #5468 PTB *səw-t COUGH. For now, we are assigning reflexes with open syllables or final -t to #5468 PTB *səw-t COUGH, and those with final velars to the present etymon.

Chinese comparandum

嗽 OC *sug, GSR #1222s ‘cough’; Coblin 86:58 ST *suɣ > OC *sugh; Mand. sòu.

Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetansuɣ ‘cough’Coblin 86: 58

1.1.1.1Western Tani3

Bokar Lhobaɕak ‘cough’Sun H 80 MLD

Galosig-yamorpheme-gemorpheme-namsuffix v‘cough’Das Gupta 63 Gal

Taginiprefix◦sɯk sak-namsuffix v‘cough’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]shâg-rémorpheme v.‘cough’Matisoff 87 BP

Milangcak-simorpheme-cak-masuffix ‘cough’Tayeng 76 Mil

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti2

Limbusuks- v.‘cough’Michailovsky 89 Lm

Limbusuŋ◦māmorpheme v.‘cough’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.2Southern Kiranti2

Kulungchuks- v.‘cough’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 38

Kulungchuks-amorpheme v.‘cough’Rai 75 Kul

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)sug ‘cough’Chou 72: 1222s

Chinese (Old)sugh ‘cough’Coblin 86: 58

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1794, *suk ‘COUGH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1794

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1794,
  title  = {{*suk 'COUGH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1794},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1794}
}