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STEDT #2296

*kaː(p/m)

DRAW (water) / SCOOP (water) / CONCAVE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*{C}-kap~ *kam ‘DRAW WATER’

Connections

HPTB*kaːp ⪤ *kam ‘draw water / scoop water / concave’pp. 341, 517

Notes

See the discussion of the alternation between final stop and nasal in this root in VSTB pp. 17, 109.

Chinese comparandum

汲 OC *ki̯əp, GSR #681h ‘draw water’; Coblin 86:66 ST *kjəp > OC *kjəp; Schuessler 2007:292 *kəp; B & S 2011: (*k-rəp); Mand. jī.

Reflexes & cognates71 reflexes · 13 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)2

*Sino-Tibetankjəp ‘draw (water)’Coblin 86: 66

*Sino-Tibetankəːp ‘draw (water)’Chou 72: 681h

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmankaːp ‘draw (water)’Benedict 72 STC: 336

*Tibeto-Burmankaːp ⪤ kam ‘draw water / scoop water / concave’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 595

*Tibeto-Burmankɑːp ‘draw (water)’Chou 72: 681h

1.7.1.1Bodo5

Bodokáw v‘draw water from a pool’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodokaw◦káw v‘draw out water’Bhat 68 Boro

Bodokaw◦káŋmorpheme v‘draw water’Bhat 68 Boro

Dimasadi#298 PTB *m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ *m-ti-s ‘WATER / FLUID / LIQUID / RIVER / SOAK / SPIT’PKC *tuy ‘WATER / FLUID / LIQUID’PTk *dɨ ‘WATER’PLB *m/ʔ-titᴴ ‘WET / SOAK’PKar *thejᴬ ‘WATER’ khau ‘draw water’Benedict 72 STC: 336

Dimasakhau ‘fill, gather, pluck’Benedict 72 STC: 336

1.7.1.2Garo2

Garoko ‘draw water’Benedict 72 STC: 336

Garo (Bangladesh)ko•-amorpheme vt‘draw water’Burling 03 Garo: 9.277-II:idx

4Nungic2

Rawang(thi³¹#298 PTB *m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ *m-ti-s ‘WATER / FLUID / LIQUID / RIVER / SOAK / SPIT’PKC *tuy ‘WATER / FLUID / LIQUID’PTk *dɨ ‘WATER’PLB *m/ʔ-titᴴ ‘WET / SOAK’PKar *thejᴬ ‘WATER’) khap ɕi³¹morpheme ɛ³³morpheme ‘fetch/draw (water)’LaPolla 03: 1236

Dulongkɑp⁵⁵ v.‘fetch / draw (water)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1238.20

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmese{C}-kap~kam ‘draw water’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 39

6.1.1Burmish10

Achang (Longchuan)xam⁵⁵ v.‘fetch / draw (water)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1238.28

Achang (Luxi)khu⁵⁵ ‘scoop’Dai 85 AcJZ

Bola (Luxi)khu³⁵ v.‘scoop up (water) / ladle out’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1754.32

Burmese (Written)khap ‘draw water’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 356

Burmese (Written)khap ‘dip up, draw, as water’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)khap ‘dig up, take out of, draw, as water’Benedict 72 STC: 336

Burmese (Written)re²#1013 PTB *rəy ‘WATER / LIQUID / BODILY FLUID’PLB *rəy¹ ‘WATER’PL *re¹ ‘WATER’khɑp⁴ v.‘fetch / draw (water)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1238.26

Hpun (Northern)khù-ŋmorpheme ‘scoop out’Henderson 86 Hpun

Leqi (Luxi)khuː⁵⁵ v.‘scoop up (water) / ladle out’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1754.33

Atsi [Zaiwa]khu²¹ v.‘scoop up (water) / ladle out’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1754.30

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish19

Gazhuokhɯ⁵³ v.‘scoop up (water) / ladle out’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1754.47

Nusu (Central)ka³¹ v.‘fetch / draw (water)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1238.34

Nusu (Northern)khu⁵⁵ ‘scoop’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Southern)khu⁵⁵ ‘scoop’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Central)khu⁵⁵ v.‘scoop up (water) / ladle out’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1754.34

Nusu (Bijiang)khu⁵⁵ ‘scoop’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 644.45

Nusu (Bijiang)khu⁵⁵ ‘ladle / dredge’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 768.45

Nusu (Central)ʑu³³morphemekhu⁵⁵ n‘ladle’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0551.34

Yi (Dafang)khɯ⁵⁵ ‘scoop’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 644.22

Yi (Liangshan)khi⁵⁵ ‘ladle out; pull out; scoop up’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Mojiang)khɯ̱²¹ ‘scoop’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 644.26

Yi (Nanhua)khə²¹ v.‘scoop up (water) / ladle out’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1754.37

Yi (Nanhua)khɯ̱⁵⁵ ‘scoop’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 644.24

Yi (Nanhua)ʑi³³morphemekhɑ³³ v.‘fetch / draw (water)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1238.37

Yi (Nanjian)kho²¹ ‘scoop’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 644.23

Yi (Weishan)kho̱²¹ v.‘scoop up (water) / ladle out’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1754.36

Yi (Wuding)khɤ⁵⁵ v.‘scoop up (water) / ladle out’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1754.38

Yi (Xide)khi⁵⁵ v.‘scoop up (water) / ladle out’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1754.35

Yi (Xide)khi⁵⁵ ‘scoop’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 644.21

6.1.2.2Central Loloish15

Jinuo (Youle)khu⁴⁴ ‘scoop’Gai 86

Jinuokhu⁴⁴ v.‘scoop up (water) / ladle out’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1754.44

Jinuokhu⁴⁴ ‘scoop’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 644.34

Jinuo (Buyuan)khɑ³³ v‘scoop, ladle’Gai 86

Lahuqho ‘draw water’Benedict 72 STC: 73n226

Lahu (Black)qho v.‘draw water’Matisoff 88 DL: 295

Lahu (Black)qhòʔ v.‘be concave, cupped’Matisoff 88 DL: 293

Lisuhkaw6 ‘draw water’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 39

Lisu (Central)hkaw⁶ ‘draw (as water)’Fraser 22

Lisu (Central)kaw³ v.‘scoop’Fraser 22

Lisukho̱³¹ v.‘fetch / draw (water)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1238.40

Lisukho⁴¹ ‘scoop’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 644.27

Lisu (Northern)khɔʔ²¹ V‘scoop; catch with net; fetch; get’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)khɔʔ²¹pø⁵⁵morpheme ‘fishing net’Bradley 94 Lisu

Yi (Sani)qhɯ² v.‘scoop up (water) / ladle out’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1754.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish13

Akhak'aw˰ ‘draw water’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 356

Akhakʻaw LS ‘draw water’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 39

Hani (Lüchun)khù ‘scoop up’Hansson 89 AHKP: 329

Hani (Dazhai)khu³¹ ‘scoop’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 644.31

Hani (Lüchun)khu³¹ v.‘scoop up (water) / ladle out’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1754.41

Hani (Caiyuan)khv̩³¹ ‘scoop’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 644.30

Hani (Pijo)khỳ ‘scoop up’Hansson 89 AHKP: 329

Hani (Gelanghe)khu³¹ ‘scoop’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Shuikui)khv̩³¹ ‘scoop’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 644.32

Hani (Khatu)khù ‘scoop up’Hansson 89 AHKP: 329

Hani (Mojiang)khv̩³¹ v.‘scoop up (water) / ladle out’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1754.42

Mpikhu¹ v.‘dip up / scoop’Srinuan 76

Silakhu21 v.‘ladle’Kato 08 Lao: 54

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1

Southern Mujiɡə³³ ‘draw water (well)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 885

6.2Naxi3

Laze (Xiangjiao)qwɑ˧˥ v.‘scoop (water)’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 3427

Na (Yongning)qwæ˧˥ v.‘scoop (water)’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Naxi (Yongning)kua¹³ ‘scoop’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 644.29

7Karenic1

Karenkhu³¹ v.‘dig / scoop out’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1698.50

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2296, *kaː(p/m) ‘DRAW (water) / SCOOP (water) / CONCAVE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2296

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

References: cf. STC#336, HPTB pp.341, 517

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2296,
  title  = {{*kaː(p/m) 'DRAW (water) / SCOOP (water) / CONCAVE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2296},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2296}
}