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STEDT #2067

*s-nuk

BEAN / EYE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*s-nukᴴ ‘BEAN’cf. HPTB pp.39, 40, 100, 315

Connections

HPTB*s-nuk ‘bean’p. 356

Notes

Like #1019 PTB *sey FRUIT / ROSE / ROUND OBJECT and #3559 PTB *dzəy SEED / TESTICLE / ROUND OBJECT, this etymon often occurs as second element in compounds for EYE.

Chinese comparandum

OC *si̯ôk, GSR #1031a,g ‘pulse, bean’; Coblin 86:39 *snjəkw; B & S 2011: *s.tuk; Schuessler 2007:469 *nhiuk; Mand. shū.

Reflexes & cognates73 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetansnjəkw ‘bean’Coblin 86: 39

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmans-nok ‘bean’[Source note] [TSR 140].LaPolla 87: 46

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphonoʔ³¹ kju⁵⁵morpheme ‘bean’LaPolla 87: 46

3.2Qiangic21

Guiqiongli³¹morphemeki⁵⁵morphemeȵo³⁵ n‘soya bean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0431.16
Guiqiongȵo³⁵ n‘pea / bean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0430.16
Guiqiongȵo³⁵ n‘soya bean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0431.16
Guiqiongȵo³⁵ ‘beans’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 201.17
Guiqiongȵo³⁵phɔ̃⁵⁵morphemelɔ⁵⁵morpheme n‘pea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0433.16
Namuyinu⁵⁵ly³³morpheme ‘beans’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 201.19
Namuyinu̵⁵⁵lu̵³¹morpheme n‘pea / bean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0430.46
Namuyinu̵⁵⁵lu̵³¹morpheme n‘soya bean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0431.46
Pumi (Jiulong)qõ⁵⁵morphemeȵo⁵⁵ n‘pea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0433.10
Pumi (Jiulong)ɑ⁵⁵prefixlɑ⁵⁵morphemesi¹¹morphememɑ¹¹morphemeȵo³⁵ n‘soya bean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0431.10
Pumi (Jiulong)ɕə¹¹morphemeȵo⁵⁵ n‘bean (broad)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0432.10
Pumi (Lanping)ȵõ¹³za⁵⁵morpheme n‘pea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0433.09
Pumi (Lanping)ȵu⁵⁵pa⁵⁵morpheme n‘bean (broad)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0432.09
Xuminu³³ʁu⁵⁵morpheme n‘pea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0433.17

6.1Lolo-Burmese3

6.1.1Burmish9

Bola (Luxi)nauʔ³¹ n‘pea / bean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0430.32
Bola (Luxi)nauʔ³¹ma³¹morpheme n‘soya bean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0431.32
Leqi (Luxi)nuk³¹tse̱i⁵³morpheme n‘soya bean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0431.33

6.1.2Loloish3

*Loloishs-nökᴴ ‘bean’Bradley 79 PLo: 276A
*Loloishs-nökᴴ ‘bean’Hansson 89 AHKP: 565
PNLs-nökᴴ ‘bean’Chen 86 CS: 69.

6.1.2.2Central Loloish11

Lahunɔ̂ʔ ‘bean’LaPolla 87: 46
Lahu (Yellow)nɔ⁶ba³morpheme ‘bean curd’Chang 86
Lisuno̱³³de³¹ n‘bean (broad)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0432.40
Lisuno̱³³pɛ³³lɛ³³ n‘soya bean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0431.40
Lisuxɯ³¹morphemeno̱³³ n‘peanut’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0434.40
Lisuɑ⁵⁵morphemeno̱³³ n‘pea / bean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0430.40
Sani [Nyi]no⁴⁴ ‘bean’Chen 86 CS: 69.

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish13

6.2Naxi16

Laze (Xiangjiao)ɲy˧hu˥probable loanword ‘long-boiled soft bean curd’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 4125
Laze (Xiangjiao)ɲy˧hw̃ɑ˥morpheme ‘green beans’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 4131
Laze (Xiangjiao)ɲy˧tsɑ˥morpheme ‘coarse chaff of beans (used to feed cows)’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 4288
Na (Yongning)nv˧hṽ˩morpheme ‘bean (generic term)’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)nv˧hṽ˩morpheme ‘string bean, kidney bean’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)nv˧hṽ˩morphemebi˩morphemebi˩morpheme ‘green beans’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)nv˩dʑi˧morpheme ‘tofu’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)nv˩hu˥probable loanword ‘long-boiled soft bean curd (tofu)’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)nv˩tsɑ˧˥morpheme ‘coarse chaff of beans’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)nv˩tɕʰi˥morpheme ‘coarse chaff of beans (used to feed cows)’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Naxinv̩²¹ n‘pea / bean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0430.45
Naxinv̩²¹ n‘soya bean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0431.45

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2067, *s-nuk ‘BEAN / EYE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2067
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. TSR #140 *s-nok, HPTB p.356; 2nd elem. in cpds for EYE
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2067,
  title  = {{*s-nuk 'BEAN / EYE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2067},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2067}
}