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STEDT #2176

*(b/p)ul

ROOT / STUMP / TREE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlebulinitialb/prhymeulcoverP · LT

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*ɓul ‘STUMP / BASE’PKC #48

Tangkhulic*pal ‘TRUNK (OF TREE)’DRM#674

Connections

HPTB*bul ⪤ *pul ‘stump / tree / root’pp. 416, 424

Notes

It is possible that this root is related to #349 PTB *bwal LEG / FOOT / HOOF, the semantic association residing in the notion of something grounded in the earth.

Chinese comparandum

本 OC *pwən, GSR #440a ‘root; (tree) trunk’; Schuessler 2007:160 *pênʔ; B & S 2011: *C.pˤənʔ {C.pˤə[n]ʔ}; Mand. běn.

Reflexes & cognates52 reflexes · 17 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmanbul ⪤ pul ‘stump / tree / root’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 585

*Tibeto-Burmanbul~pul ‘root / stump / tree’Chou 72: 440a

*Tibeto-Burmanpul ‘stump / tree / root’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinɓul ‘STUMP / BASE’VanBik 09 PKC: 48

1.2.1.1Northern Chin7

Paitebul ‘base’VanBik 09 PKC: 48

Sizangaprefix bul ‘stump’VanBik 09 PKC: 48

Thadobùl ‘stump (of tree)’VanBik 09 PKC: 48

Tiddimbul ‘bottom, base’Benedict 72 STC: 166n443

Tiddimbul¹ ‘stump’VanBik 09 PKC: 48

Tiddimbul¹ ‘stump’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 139

Tiddimˊbul n‘bottom / base / foot (e.g. of a building)’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.2Central Chin7

Lai (Hakha)bùl ‘stump, base (e.g.of a tree)’VanBik 09 PKC: 48

Lai (Falam)búl ‘stump, base’VanBik 09 PKC: 48

Lushai [Mizo]bul ‘cause / beginning / root / stump / foot (of tree) / lower end (of stick, post, etc.)’Chou 72: 440a

Lushai [Mizo]bul n‘root’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]bǔl ‘stump, base’VanBik 09 PKC: 48

Lushai [Mizo]bul ‘stump’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 139

Lushai [Mizo]bul ‘cause, beginning, root, stump’Benedict 72 STC: 166n443

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]thámorpheme-by ‘stump, the base of anything’VanBik 09 PKC: 48

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

*Tangkhulicpal ‘trunk (of tree)’Mortensen 12 Tk: 674

1.7.1Bodo-Garo1

*Bodo-GarobVl ‘tree’Burling 59 PBo: 444

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Kokborokbɔ-pʰaŋmorpheme ‘tree’Tripuri 88

1.7.1.2Garo8

Garobol ‘tree’Chou 72: 440a

Garobol ‘tree’Benedict 72 STC: 166n443

Garo (Bangladesh)bol-bimorpheme-pangmorpheme n‘tree’Burling 03 Garo: 4.630-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)bol-dailmorpheme n‘branch; limb’Burling 03 Garo: 4.671-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)bol-kammorpheme-bimorpheme n‘tree top’Burling 03 Garo: 4.671-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)bol-pangmorpheme n‘tree’Burling 03 Garo: 4.630-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)bol-pekmorpheme-chrapmorpheme n‘fork of tree’Burling 03 Garo: 4.671-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)bol-salmorpheme n‘sal tree’Burling 03 Garo: 4.632-II:idx

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagapul ‘tree’French 83: 570

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte6

Tangsa³pul-džʌk#699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’ ‘leaf’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1126

Tangsa (Moshang)pu:l ‘tree’Benedict 72 STC: 166n443

Tangsa (Moshang)pul ‘tree’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangsa (Moshang)puːl ‘tree’Chou 72: 440a

Tangsa (Yogli)pul◦chungmorpheme ‘tree’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangsa (Yogli)pul◦khaungmorpheme ‘bark (of tree)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang8

Changpu ‘tree’Marrison 67 Naga

Changpu◦khonmorpheme ‘bark (of tree)’Marrison 67 Naga

Changpu◦phyekmorpheme n‘branch’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakpi ‘tree’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakpi◦kuimorpheme n‘branch’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakpi◦shomorpheme ‘bark (of tree)’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyak (Tamlu)bɯn-yak#699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’ ‘leaf’Weidert 87 TBTo: 1126

Phompü ‘tree’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho8

Jingphophun ‘tree / bush / stalk / wood’Chou 72: 440a

Jingphophun ‘tree’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphophún ‘tree’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 302

Jingphophun ‘tree, bush, stalk, wood’Benedict 72 STC: 166n443

Jingphophun⁵⁵ ‘tree’Liu 84

Jingphophun⁵⁵ n‘tree’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0372.19

Jingphophun⁵⁵ ‘tree’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 178.47

Jingphophun⁵⁵lă³¹morphemekji̱n³¹morpheme ‘branch’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 225.47

9Sinitic2

Chinese (Hanzi)本 ‘tree trunk’BaxterSagart 2011: 76

Chinese (GSR #)0440a ‘tree trunk’BaxterSagart 2011: 76

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)pwən/puən ‘root / trunk’Chou 72: 440a

Chinese (Old)Cprefix.pˤənʔ {C.pˤə[n]ʔ} ‘tree trunk’BaxterSagart 2011: 76

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Chinese (Middle)pwonX ‘tree trunk’BaxterSagart 2011: 76

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Chinese (Mandarin)běn ‘tree trunk’BaxterSagart 2011: 76

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2176, *(b/p)ul ‘ROOT / STUMP / TREE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2176

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: cf. STC p.166, HPTB

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2176,
  title  = {{*(b/p)ul 'ROOT / STUMP / TREE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2176},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2176}
}