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STEDT #2712

*tuːk

THICK / DEEP
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletuːkinitialtrhymeuːkcoverT · T

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*thuuk ‘DEEP / PROFOUND’PKC #382
Tangkhulic*tʰuk ‘DEEP’DRM#570

Connections

HPTB*tuːk ‘deep / thick’pp. 359, 360, 361

Notes

Languages like Ao and Zeme have a sibilant fricative or affricate initial, although this may be chalked up to a widespread tendency to develop frication of t before u, as in Japanese.

Vowel length is reconstructed because of the WB rhyme -uik.

Chinese comparandum

篤 OC *tôk, GSR #1019g ‘firm, solid, thick’; Schuessler 2007:217 *tûk; B & S 2011: tˁuk; Mand. dǔ.

Reflexes & cognates58 reflexes · 19 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmantuːk ‘deep / thick’Mortensen 12 Tk
*Tibeto-Burmantuːk ‘deep / thick’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 615
*Tibeto-Burmantuːk ‘thick / deep’Benedict 72 STC: 356

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinthuuk ‘DEEP / PROFOUND’VanBik 09 PKC: 382

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

Paitethuk be v.‘deep’VanBik 09 PKC: 382
Sizanghtūk be v.‘deep’VanBik 09 PKC: 382
Thadothûʔ-INV ‘deep’VanBik 09 PKC: 382
Tiddimthuːk¹ vi‘deep’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1905
Tiddimthuːk¹ ‘sour; be deep’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin3

Ashotʻük be v.‘deep’VanBik 09 PKC: 382
Cho (Mindat)thuk be v.‘deep’VanBik 09 PKC: 382
Khumithiiw ‘deep’VanBik 09 PKC: 382

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)thuuk-I, thuʔ-II be v.‘deep’VanBik 09 PKC: 382
Lai (Falam)thûuk-INV be v.‘deep’VanBik 09 PKC: 382
Lushai [Mizo]thûuk be v.‘deep, to be profound’VanBik 09 PKC: 382

1.2.3Maraic1

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Mziemetsuk ‘deep’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic7

Huishukəmorpheme-tuʔ ‘deep’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.176
Kachaikəmorpheme-tʰuk ‘deep’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.152
Tangkhulkaprefix◦thuk ‘deep’Marrison 67 Naga
Tusomkəmorpheme-tʰu ‘deep’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.192
Ukhrulkəmorpheme-tʰuk be v.‘strong; to be deep’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]armorpheme◦sik ‘deep’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Bodotə́w v‘deep’Bhat 68 Boro

1.7.1.4Deori2

Deori/Deuritu²(-i²morpheme) ‘deep’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

2.1.1Western Himalayish3

Kanauriḍŭ◦bösmorpheme adj‘deep’Bailey 11
Kanauriḍŭ◦bösmorpheme n‘hole (very deep)’Bailey 11
Pattani [Manchati]ɖu◦gʰemorpheme ‘deep’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH

2.1.2Bodic5

KaikeTung◦masuffix adj‘thick (of things, density)’Hale 73 CSD: 12b.05
KaikeTung◦masuffix adj‘thick’Hale 73 CSD: 12c.06
Tshona (Wenlang)tuk⁵⁵pu⁵⁵suffix ‘thick’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)tuk⁵⁵po⁵³suffix ‘thick’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 813.6
Cuona Menbatuk⁵⁵po⁵³suffix adj‘thick’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0980.06

2.1.2.1Tibetan18

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)mthək posuffix ‘thick’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 813.5
Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)nthə kosuffix ‘thick’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 844.5
Tibetan (Balti)tʰuk◦po·suffix ‘thick’Rangan 75: 61
Tibetan (Batang)thu⁵⁵pᴜ⁵³suffix adj‘thick’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0980.03
Tibetan (Jirel)thuk◦puqsuffix adj‘thick’Hale 73 CSD: 12c.06
Tibetan (Khams:Dege)tuʔ⁵³po⁵³suffix ‘thick’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 813.3
Tibetan (Lhasa)thuʔ⁵³po⁵³suffix ‘thick’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 813.2
Tibetan (Lhasa)thuː⁵⁵pu⁵⁵suffix adj‘thick’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0980.02
Tibetan (Sherpa)thuk◦pusuffix adj‘thick (of things, density)’Hale 73 CSD: 12b.05
Tibetan (Sherpa)thuk◦pusuffix adj‘thick’Hale 73 CSD: 12c.06
Tibetan (Written)'thug◦paˋsuffix ‘thick’Marrison 67 Naga
Tibetan (Written)ḥthug-pasuffix ⪤ mthug-pasuffix ‘thick’Benedict 72 STC: 356
Tibetan (Written)mthug posuffix ‘thick’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 813.1
Tibetan (Written)stug(s)-pasuffix ‘thickness’Benedict 72 STC: 356
Tibetan (Xiahe)thəχ kwosuffix adj‘thick’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0980.04

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Limbutuk◦tuk◦pasuffix ‘thick (e.g. of beer)’Michailovsky 89 Lm

6.1.1Burmish3

Burmese (Written)thuik-thuik ‘thickly’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)thuik-thuik ‘thickly’Benedict 72 STC: 356

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2712, *tuːk ‘THICK / DEEP’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2712
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#356, HPTB pp.359, 360, 361
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2712,
  title  = {{*tuːk 'THICK / DEEP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2712},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2712}
}