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STEDT #2251

*(g/k)u

OWL
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleguinitialgrhymeu=gu~kucoverK · T

Connections

HPTB*gu ⪤ *ku ‘owl’p. 199

Notes

This root is very well attested, both in TB and Chinese.

Chinese comparandum

鴞 OC *gi̯og, GSR #1041t ‘owl, small bird’; B & S 2011 *ɢʷaw {[ɢ]ʷ(r)aw}; Mand. xiāo.
梟 OC *kiôg, GSR #1070m ‘unfilial bird; owl’; Mand. xiāo.
鵂 OC *χi̯ôg, GSR #1070i ‘owl’; Mand. xiū.
舊 OC *gʻi̯ug, GSR #1067c-e ‘owl’; Mand. jiù.

Reflexes & cognates34 reflexes · 13 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)5

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

Kanaurikŭgʻ (kŭkhʻ) n‘owl’STC surmises (p.185) that the Kanauri forms arose through reduplication. Cf. Northern Lisu gu³⁵gu³³.Bailey 11
Kanaurikŭkhʻ n‘owl’Bailey 11

3.2Qiangic2

Qiang (Longxi)ỳmorpheme khù ‘owl’Evans 99 Qiang: 410
Qiang (Mianchi)kuìmorpheme tòŋmorpheme khò ‘owl’Evans 99 Qiang: 410

6.1.1Burmish2

6.1.2.2Central Loloish3

Lisugu ‘owl’Coblin 86: 115
Lisu (Northern)gu³⁵gu³³ N‘owl’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisugu³⁵gu³³ n‘owl’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0332.40

9.0.1Old Chinese9

Chinese (Old/Mid)gi̯og/ji̯ɑ̈u ‘owl;bird (small);bird of unknown kind’Karlgren 57 GSR: 1041t
Chinese (Old/Mid)gʻi̯ug/gʻi̯əu ‘owl’Chou 72: 1067c-e
Chinese (Old/Mid)kiog/kieu ‘kind of bird (owl?)’Chou 72: 1070m
Chinese (Old/Mid)kiôg/kieu ‘bird (kind of, owl?)’Karlgren 57 GSR: 1070m
Chinese (Old/Mid)xi̯ôg/xi̯əu ‘owl’Chou 72: 1070i
Chinese (Old/Mid)χi̯ôg/χi̯ə̯u ‘owl’Karlgren 57 GSR: 1070i
Chinese (Old)ɢʷaw {[ɢ]ʷ(r)aw} ‘owl’BaxterSagart 2011: 3107

9.0.2Middle Chinese3

Chinese (Middle)gjəu n.‘owl-like bird’Coblin 86: 115
Chinese (Middle)kieu n.‘owl-like bird’Coblin 86: 115

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2251, *(g/k)u ‘OWL’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2251
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#494, HPTB p. 199
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2251,
  title  = {{*(g/k)u 'OWL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2251},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2251}
}