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STEDT #2103

*pʷu

BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*poo ‘BELLY / STOMACH’PKC #123
Tamangish*ᴮpho ‘BELLY’
Karenic*g-phowᴬ ‘STOMACH’TL#281

Connections

Allofams
HPTB*pʷu ‘intestines’p. 198
Poss. allofam*(p/b)u ‘URINARY BLADDER / KIDNEY’

Notes

This root bears a phono-semantic relationship to #779 PTB *(p/b)u URINARY BLADDER / KIDNEY, but should be kept separate for now.

Chinese comparandum

胕 OC *bʼi̯u, GSR #136o; Mand. fǔ.

Reflexes & cognates160 reflexes · 30 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burman(s-)bu ‘belly-stomach’Matisoff 78 VSTB: 2b(b)
*Tibeto-Burman(s-)pu ‘belly-stomach’Matisoff 78 VSTB: 2a(a)

1.2Kuki-Chin2

*Chinpoo ‘BELLY / STOMACH’VanBik 09 PKC: 123
Analpᴜ̀-lᴜ̀ŋmorpheme ‘intestines’Weidert 87 TBTo: 749

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)pawi ‘belly, stomach, tummy’VanBik 09 PKC: 123

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lai (Hakha)pǒo ‘belly, stomach, tummy’VanBik 09 PKC: 123

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Kom Rempoi ‘belly / abdomen (outer bulge)’Toba 91 KRQ: 5.7

1.6Mru1

Mrubu ‘abdomen / belly’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Lalung [Tiwa]phu◦sasuffix ‘intestines’Balawan 65: 53
Lalung [Tiwa]pu◦sasuffix ‘intestines’Balawan 65: 57

1.7.3.1Jingpho11

Jingphoa³¹prefix pu̱³¹ ‘intestines’Liu 84
Jingphopù ‘intestines / bowels’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphopù-kanmorpheme ‘stomach’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingphopu̱³¹ ‘intestines’Liu 84
Jingphoəprefix◦pu ‘intestines / bowels’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2.1Tibetan7

Tibetan (Batang)phoʔ¹³ ‘stomach’Dai 89 Bata: 9.10
Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)po◦asuffix ‘stomach’Bishop 89: 9.10
Tibetan (Written)pho basuffix ‘stomach’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 269.1
Tibetan (Written)pho-basuffix ‘stomach’Zhang Liansheng 88: 54
Tibetan (Written)pʻo-basuffix ‘stomach’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.4Tamangish32

*TGTMᴮpho ‘belly’Mazaudon 78 Tam: 19
*TGTM ᴮpʰo ‘belly’Mazaudon 94 These: 662
Chantyalpho ‘stomach’Noonan 92: 9.10
Chantyalpho bɦəriloanword-wasuffix ‘full / be satiated’Noonan 92: 3.7.10
Gurung (Ghachok)phoq ‘abdomen / belly’Matisoff 87 BP
Manang (Gyaru)po¹ sya¹morpheme ‘stomach’Nagano 84 Man: 037-02
Tamang (Sahu)'pho ‘abdomen / belly’Matisoff 87 BP
Tamang (Taglung)¹pʰo ‘belly, stomach’Mazaudon 94 These: 660
Thakali (Tukche)pho ‘abdomen / belly’Matisoff 87 BP

2.2Newar1

Newarsɔmorpheme◦:pu: ‘intestines / bowels’Shakya 89: 9.11

2.3.2Southern Kiranti2

Kulungbo ‘belly’Rai 75 Kul

2.3.3Central Kiranti4

Dumimumorpheme◦pu ‘belly’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 5
Dumimumorpheme◦pu ‘belly, abdomen’Driem 93 Dumi
Khalingmumorpheme◦phu ‘belly’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 5
Khalingmumorpheme◦phu ‘abdomen / belly’Matisoff 87 BP

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2

Kham'phuː ‘stomach’Watters 89 KhQ
Kham'pʰuː ‘stomach’Watters 89 KhQ

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Yi (Nanjian)ɕi²¹morpheme py⁵⁵ ‘belly’Chen 85 YiJZ

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish11

Akhabaw mamorpheme (si˯)morpheme ‘stomach’Matisoff 87 BP
Akhabaw-mamorpheme ‘belly-stomach’Matisoff 78 VSTB: 3
Akha (Yunnan)bɔ mamorpheme ‘stomach’Hansson 89 AHKP: 62
Akha (Thai)bɔ-mamorpheme ‘stomach’Hansson 89 AHKP: 263
Hani (Pijo)ɔ̀prefix phù ‘stomach’Hansson 89 AHKP: 263

7Karenic27

*Kareng-phowᴬ ‘stomach’Luangthongkum 13: 281
Bwegɔ̀-phú ‘stomach’Weidert 87 TBTo: 857
Bwegə¹¹ phu⁵⁵ ‘stomach’Luangthongkum 13: 281
Kayahpho³³ ‘stomach’Luangthongkum 13: 281
Kayanphu⁵³ ‘stomach’Luangthongkum 13: 281
Kayawphu⁵⁵ ‘stomach’Luangthongkum 13: 281
Sgaw (Northern)kə¹¹phɨ³³ ‘stomach’Luangthongkum 13: 281
Sgaw (Southern)phɨ⁵⁵ ‘stomach’Luangthongkum 13: 281
Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)a³¹prefix gă³¹ pʰɯ⁵⁵ ‘stomach’Dai 89 KarB: 185.1
Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)da³¹morpheme gă³¹ pʰɯ⁵⁵ ‘stomach’Dai 89 KarB: 185.2
Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)gă³¹ pʰɯ⁵⁵ ‘stomach’Dai 89 KarB: 185
Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)kă³¹ pʰu⁵⁵ ‘stomach’Dai 89 KarB: 185.1
Karen (Sgaw/Yue)kă³¹ pʰu⁵⁵ ‘stomach’Dai 89 KarA: 185

8Bai3

Bai (Dali)fv̩̄⁴⁴ ‘belly’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Jianchuan)fv̱ˌ⁴⁴ kʰo³³morpheme ‘belly / abdomen (external bulge)’Zhao 90: 5.7
Bai (Jianchuan)fv̩̄⁴⁴ ‘belly’Xu 84 Bai

9.0.1Old Chinese3

Chinese (Old/Mid)b'i̯u/b'i̯u ‘intestines’Matisoff 78 VSTB: 2b(b)
Chinese (Old/Mid)bʼi̯u/bʼi̯u- ‘intestines’Karlgren 57 GSR: 136o

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2103, *pʷu ‘BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2103
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p. 198
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2103,
  title  = {{*pʷu 'BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2103},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2103}
}