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STEDT #2180

*bu(w)

WEAR
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlebuwinitialbrhymeu(w)coverP · W

Connections

HPTB*pun ‘wrap / cover / wear’p. 495

Notes

This root is perhaps allofamic with #2579 PTB *pun WRAP / COVER / WEAR.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 4 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanbu(w) ‘wear (clothes)’Benedict 72 STC: 428

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Thadobu ‘wear (clothes)’Benedict 72 STC: 428

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]əbu ‘wear (as a cloth)’Benedict 72 STC: 428

1.7.3.1Jingpho5

Jingphobu ‘wear (as a shirt / trousers)’Benedict 72 STC: 428
Jingphobu³¹ v.‘wear (skirt, trousers)’Dai 83 Jing: 69
Jingpholă³¹prefixpu³¹ n‘pants / trousers’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0471.19
Jingpholă³¹prefixpu³¹ ‘pants / trousers’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 379.47
Jingpholă¹prefixpu³¹ ‘trousers / pants’Liu 84

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2180, *bu(w) ‘WEAR’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2180
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#428
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2180,
  title  = {{*bu(w) 'WEAR'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2180},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2180}
}