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STEDT #2106

*wuk

BELLY / STOMACH
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

Allofams
HPTB*puːk ‘belly / cave’pp. 358, 359, 360, 362
Allofams#2107, #258
Poss. allofams*(p/b)u ‘URINARY BLADDER / KIDNEY’, #2105

Notes

This allofam is most closely related to #2104 PTB *pʷik BELLY / STOMACH, since the alternation between medial *-u- and *-i- is an abundantly attested variational phenomenon in TB.

Reflexes & cognates43 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanwuk ‘belly-stomach’Matisoff 78 VSTB: 1c

1.3“Naga” Areal Group2

1.7.1Bodo-Garo1

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Bodouʔ-dəimorpheme ‘stomach’Matisoff 87 BP
Bodou◦də́ymorpheme ‘stomach’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garook ‘stomach’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte8

Noctevok ‘stomach’Weidert 87 TBTo: 676
Noctevok ‘belly’Marrison 67 Naga
Noctevok ‘belly’French 83: 457

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang6

Wanchook ‘stomach’Matisoff 87 BP
Wanchovak ‘belly’Marrison 67 Naga
Wanchovok ‘belly’French 83: 457
Wanchovok ‘abdomen’French 83: 457
Wanchovɔk ‘belly’French 83: 457

7Karenic33

*Karen (TP)(ɣóʔ) ‘stomach’Jones 61: 358
*Karen (TP)ɣóʔ ‘stomach’Jones 61: 92
*Karenɣóʔ see 358‘stomach’Jones 61: 92
*Karen (Sgaw)ɣyʔ ‘stomach’Jones 61: 92
*Karen (Sgaw)ɣyʔ◦kaʔmorpheme v.‘stomach, have full (after eating)’Jones 61: 740
*Karen (Pwo)ɣɔ́ʔ ‘stomach’Jones 61: 92
*Karen (Pwo)ɣɔ́ʔ-káʔmorpheme v.‘stomach, have full (after eating)’Jones 61: 740
Pa-Ohóʔ ‘stomach’Matisoff 87 BP
Pa-Ohóʔ ‘stomach’Jones 61: 92
Palaychihùq ‘stomach’Jones 61: 92
Palaychihùʔ ‘stomach’Matisoff 87 BP
Pwo (Bassein)ɣɔ̀ʔ ‘stomach’Matisoff 87 BP
Pwo (Bassein)ɣɔ̀ʔ ‘stomach’Jones 61: 92
Pwo (Moulmein)ɣàuʔ ‘stomach’Matisoff 87 BP
Pwo (Moulmein)ɣàuʔ ‘stomach’Jones 61: 92
Sgaw (Bassein)hyʔ ‘stomach’Jones 61: 92
Sgaw (Moulmein)ɣyʔ ‘belly-stomach’Matisoff 78 VSTB: 1e
Sgaw (Moulmein)ɣyʔ ‘stomach’Jones 61: 92
Sgaw (Moulmein)ɣyʔ◦kaʔmorpheme v.‘stomach, have full (after eating)’Jones 61: 740

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2106, *wuk ‘BELLY / STOMACH’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2106
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2106,
  title  = {{*wuk 'BELLY / STOMACH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2106},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2106}
}