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STEDT #2353

*kuːk ⪤ *kawk

SHEAR / STRIP / PARE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Tangkhulic*kʰok ‘PEEL / STRIP (v.)’

Connections

HPTB*kuːk ‘shear / strip / pare’pp. 359, 361

Notes

This verbal root may well be related to the nominal root #586 PTB *s/r-kawk ⪤ *s/r-kwak OUTER COVERING / SKIN / BARK / RIND.

Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmankuːk ‘shear / strip / pare’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 597
*Tibeto-Burmankuːk ‘shear / strip / pare’Benedict 72 STC: 388

1.3.4Tangkhulic5

*Tangkhulickʰok v.‘peel / strip’Mortensen 12 Tk: 737
Tangkhulkhək ‘skin’Bhat 69 TNV: 96
Ukhrulkəmorpheme-kʰok ‘peel’Mortensen 12 Tk
Ukhrulʔaprefix-kormorpheme kəprefix-kʰok v.‘strip’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Dimasakhu ‘pare off (rind of fruit), strip’Benedict 72 STC: 388

1.7.1.2Garo1

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang2

Changkwok- v‘strip (as fibers)’Chou 72: 931a-b
Changkwok- ‘strip (as fibres)’Benedict 72 STC: 74n229

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchakuk v.‘rake, scrape / draw towards self as with a stick; to hoe superficially; to pull upwards with hook; to ladle, spoon’Benedict 72 STC: 388

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)kuik ‘bite with teeth or instrument; ache; take hold ( colors ) ; shear; accord, agree’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)kuik ‘bite with the teeth / an instrument; shear’Benedict 72 STC: 388

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2353, *kuːk ⪤ *kawk ‘SHEAR / STRIP / PARE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2353
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#388, HPTB pp. 359, 361
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2353,
  title  = {{*kuːk ⪤ *kawk 'SHEAR / STRIP / PARE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2353},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2353}
}