Reconstruction analysis
handlekuinitialkrhymeucoverK · V
Notes
This root occurs especially as the second element in compounds meaning ‘earwax’.
Chinese comparandum
垢 OC *ku, GSR #112d ‘filth’; Schuessler 2007:258 *kôʔ; B & S 2011: (*kˁoʔ); Mand. gòu.
詬 OC *ku ~ *k’u ~ *χu, GSR #112f ‘revile; disgrace’; Schuessler 2007:258 *(k)hôh ~ *kôʔ; B & S 2011: (*kʰˁo-s ~ *kˁoʔ); Mand. gòu.
Comment: Also see comparanda for #6385 PTani *kot¹ BODY DIRT.
Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 7 subgroups
2.1.1Western Himalayish1
2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1
Limbunek#811 PTB *r/g-na ‘EAR / HEAR / LISTEN’PKC *naa ⪤ *hnaa ‘EAR’PCN *hnaʔ ‘EAR’PCN *a-hŋaj ‘HEAR, LISTEN’PTk *na ‘EAR’PTk *na ‘HEAR’PNN *na ‘EAR’PL *(C)-na² ‘EAR’PKar *-hnaᴮ ‘LISTEN TO’PKar *naᴮ ‘EAR’◦kho◦hī#572 PTB *kləy ‘BODY DIRT / EXCREMENT’PKC *mik-khlii ‘TEARS’PCN *a-khləjʔ ‘FECES, EXCREMENT’TGTM *ᴬkli ‘FECES,SHIT’PKar *khrejᴮ ‘BODY DIRT’ ‘earwax’Matisoff 87 BP
2.3.4Western Kiranti1
2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang3
Khamnah#811 PTB *r/g-na ‘EAR / HEAR / LISTEN’PKC *naa ⪤ *hnaa ‘EAR’PCN *hnaʔ ‘EAR’PCN *a-hŋaj ‘HEAR, LISTEN’PTk *na ‘EAR’PTk *na ‘HEAR’PNN *na ‘EAR’PL *(C)-na² ‘EAR’PKar *-hnaᴮ ‘LISTEN TO’PKar *naᴮ ‘EAR’◦gu ‘earwax’Watters 89 KhQ: 2.A.64
7Karenic2
Pa-Okhú-khrí#572 PTB *kləy ‘BODY DIRT / EXCREMENT’PKC *mik-khlii ‘TEARS’PCN *a-khləjʔ ‘FECES, EXCREMENT’TGTM *ᴬkli ‘FECES,SHIT’PKar *khrejᴮ ‘BODY DIRT’ ‘body-dirt’Matisoff 87 BP
Pa-Otəkhrí#572 PTB *kləy ‘BODY DIRT / EXCREMENT’PKC *mik-khlii ‘TEARS’PCN *a-khləjʔ ‘FECES, EXCREMENT’TGTM *ᴬkli ‘FECES,SHIT’PKar *khrejᴮ ‘BODY DIRT’, khú khrí#572 PTB *kləy ‘BODY DIRT / EXCREMENT’PKC *mik-khlii ‘TEARS’PCN *a-khləjʔ ‘FECES, EXCREMENT’TGTM *ᴬkli ‘FECES,SHIT’PKar *khrejᴮ ‘BODY DIRT’ ‘scurf’Solnit 89 PaO
9Sinitic2
9.0.1Old Chinese1
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #2088,
*ku ‘DIRT / FILTH’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2088Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("HIM")
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2088,
title = {{*ku 'DIRT / FILTH'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2088},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2088}
}