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STEDT #3297

*pu

THIRSTY
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlepuinitial-prhymeucoverV

Notes

In certain disyllabic forms, this morpheme looks rather like a suffix. However, monosyllabic reflexes in Tamang and Naxi indicate that this is indeed a root morpheme.

Reflexes & cognates22 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani4

Bokarhəŋmorpheme-pɯ ‘thirsty’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarɦəŋmorpheme pɯ v.‘thirsty, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1478.24
Bokar Lhobaɦəŋmorpheme pɯ ‘thirsty’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 898.51
Bokar Lhobaɦəŋmorpheme◦pɯ ‘thirsty’Sun H 80 MLD

2.1.4Tamangish1

Tamang (Risiangku)¹pʰjuː be v im‘thirsty’Mazaudon 91 TamQ: 3.7.8

6.2Naxi13

Na (Yongning)ko˧morphemepv˧ be v.‘thirsty’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)pv˧lv˧morpheme ‘non-irrigated farmland; dry land’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Naxi (Yongning)ko³³morphemepv³³ ‘thirsty’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 898.29
Naxipv̩²¹ v.‘dry, be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1333.45
Naxi (Western)pv³¹ ‘thirsty’He 85
Naxi (Eastern)pv¹³ ‘thirsty’He 85

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3297, *pu ‘THIRSTY’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3297
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3297,
  title  = {{*pu 'THIRSTY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3297},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3297}
}