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STEDT #2179

*bu

RICE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*ɓuʔ ‘RICE (cooked)’PKC #44
Karenic*ɓɯᴮ' ‘RICE’

Notes

This root has so far only been discovered in Kuki-Chin and Karenic.

While the Chin forms refer to cooked rice, the Karenic forms seem to have a broader reference, referring both to the plant in the field and to cooked rice.

Reflexes & cognates23 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinɓuʔ ‘RICE (cooked)’VanBik 09 PKC: 44

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Thadobùu ‘meal, food, rice’VanBik 09 PKC: 44
Tiddimbuʔ³ ‘rice’VanBik 09 PKC: 44

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin3

Ashobüˊ ‘rice (cooked)’VanBik 09 PKC: 44
Cho (Mindat)buh ‘boiled rice’VanBik 09 PKC: 44
Daaiɓuʔ ‘cooked rice’VanBik 09 PKC: 44

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)buʔ ‘cooked rice’VanBik 09 PKC: 44
Lai (Falam)bùʔ ‘cooked rice’VanBik 09 PKC: 44

7Karenic15

*Karenbỳh ‘plants (rice)’Jones 61: 176
Karenbɯ⁵⁵pho⁵⁵morpheme n‘seedling (rice)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0406.50
Karenbɯ̱⁵⁵tθa̱³¹morpheme n‘rice (paddy)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0403.50
Kayan (Pekon)bɨ̀ N‘paddy rice (<Mon?)’Manson 10 Kayan
Pa-Obü ‘rice plant’Benedict 72 STC: 147n402
Pa-Obɨ̀ ‘rice (plant), grain (in cpd)’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Obɨ̀ khûmorpheme ‘rice, unhusked’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Obɨ̀ mɨ̂morpheme ‘rice plant’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Obɨ̀ ʔɛ̀nmorpheme ‘sticky rice’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Olàmorpheme bɨ̀ ‘winnow rice by pouring from a’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Olwèmorpheme bɨ̀ ‘grind rice in handmill’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Olwèmorpheme bɨ̀ ‘mill rice’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Opóʔmorpheme bɨ̀ ‘thresh rice’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Orɛ̀ʔmorpheme bɨ̀, ʔərɛ̀ʔmorpheme bɨ̀ ‘cut w / sickle, harvest rice’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Ot̃hɔ̂ŋmorpheme bɨ̀ ‘pound rice’Solnit 89 PaO

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2179, *bu ‘RICE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2179
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("PKN") cf. STC p.135
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2179,
  title  = {{*bu 'RICE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2179},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2179}
}