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STEDT #2088

*ku

DIRT / FILTH

Reconstruction analysis

handlekuinitialkrhymeucoverK · V

Notes

This root occurs especially as the second element in compounds meaning ‘earwax’.

Chinese comparandum

OC *ku, GSR #112d ‘filth’; Schuessler 2007:258 *kôʔ; B & S 2011: (*kˁoʔ); Mand. gòu.
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

9Sinitic2

Chinese (Hanzi)morpheme ‘dirt’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0196
Chinese (Hanzi)morpheme ‘ear wax’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0028

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2088, *ku ‘DIRT / FILTH’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2088
Data: 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}
}