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STEDT #2764

*ʔu

STINK / PUTREFY / STALE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*ʔuyʔ ‘STINK / FETID / SMELL (bad)’PKC #509

Reflexes & cognates16 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanu ‘polluted / stinking’Benedict 72 STC: 489

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinʔuyʔ ‘STINK / FETID / SMELL (bad)’VanBik 09 PKC: 509

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

Thadoʔùuy-I, ʔùy-II ‘smell bad, stink’VanBik 09 PKC: 509
Tiddimuiʔ³ ‘stink’VanBik 09 PKC: 509

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)uih be v.‘stale’VanBik 09 PKC: 509

1.2.2Central Chin5

Lai (Hakha)ʔuyʔ-INV ‘stink, be fetid, smell bad’VanBik 09 PKC: 509
Lai (Falam)ʔùyʔ-INV ‘stink, smell bad’VanBik 09 PKC: 509
Lushai [Mizo]ùih v‘stink, to smell putrid, to smell fetid’VanBik 09 PKC: 509

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphowuʔ ‘unclean, polluted’Benedict 72 STC: 489

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)u ‘stale, tainted, begin to putrefy ( cf. ui 'old' )’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)u be v.‘stale, tainted, begin to putrefy’Benedict 72 STC: 489

7Karenic2

Pwoü ~ o ‘putrid, rotten’Benedict 72 STC: 489
Karen (Sgaw)ü ‘putrid, rotten’Benedict 72 STC: 489

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2764, *ʔu ‘STINK / PUTREFY / STALE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2764
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#489
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2764,
  title  = {{*ʔu 'STINK / PUTREFY / STALE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2764},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2764}
}