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STEDT #188

*ku

SEMEN / BODY FLUID

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlekyuinitialkrhymeucoverK · V

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 4 subgroups

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Bunankhu◦cu#1631 PTB *tsyu ‘WATER / LIQUID / BODY FLUID’PCN *a-tʃə ‘WATER’TGTM * ᴮkjui ‘WATER’ ‘semen’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 10.3.7

2.1.2.1Tibetan3

Tibetan (Written)kʻu-basuffix ‘semen virile’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)kʻu-basuffix byinmorpheme-pasuffix ‘ejaculate (semen)’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)kʻu-kʻrag#231 PTB *krak ‘BLOOD / RED’ ‘semen and uterine blood’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.2Southern Kiranti2

Bantawalü#1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’MesorootsPL *(n)-li² ‘PENIS’Allofams114 #1285 PTB *m-(l/n)ey ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114a #1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114b #545 PTB *m-ney ‘PENIS’-khü-wa#1614 PTB *(r/w)a ‘SEMEN’ ‘semen’Rai 84 BnDc: 47

BantawalU#1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’MesorootsPL *(n)-li² ‘PENIS’Allofams114 #1285 PTB *m-(l/n)ey ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114a #1284 PTB *m-ley ⪤ *m-li ‘PENIS’114b #545 PTB *m-ney ‘PENIS’◦khU◦wa#1614 PTB *(r/w)a ‘SEMEN’ ‘semen’Rai 85 BnDs

2.3.4Western Kiranti6

Hayupe#187 PTB *b-ləy-k ‘TEARS’◦ku◦ti#298 PTB *m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ *m-ti-s ‘WATER / FLUID / LIQUID / RIVER / SOAK / SPIT’PKC *tuy ‘WATER / FLUID / LIQUID’PTk *dɨ ‘WATER’PLB *m/ʔ-titᴴ ‘WET / SOAK’PKar *thejᴬ ‘WATER’ ‘tears’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 178

Hayupe#187 PTB *b-ləy-k ‘TEARS’◦ku◦ti#298 PTB *m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ *m-ti-s ‘WATER / FLUID / LIQUID / RIVER / SOAK / SPIT’PKC *tuy ‘WATER / FLUID / LIQUID’PTk *dɨ ‘WATER’PLB *m/ʔ-titᴴ ‘WET / SOAK’PKar *thejᴬ ‘WATER’ s‘tears’Matisoff 87 BP

Sunwarprek#187 PTB *b-ləy-k ‘TEARS’◦ku ‘tears’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 178

Sunwarprek#187 PTB *b-ləy-k ‘TEARS’◦ku s‘tears’Matisoff 87 BP

Thulungbri#187 PTB *b-ləy-k ‘TEARS’◦ko ‘tears’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 178

Thulungbri#187 PTB *b-ləy-k ‘TEARS’◦ko ‘tears’Allen 75

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #188, *ku ‘SEMEN / BODY FLUID’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/188

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-188,
  title  = {{*ku 'SEMEN / BODY FLUID'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #188},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/188}
}