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STEDT #340

*duk

BURN / KINDLE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

initialdrhymeuk

Chinese comparandum

燭 OC *t̂i̯uk, GSR #1224e ‘candle, taper; shine, illuminate’; Schuessler 2007:625 *tok; B & S 2011: (*tok); Mand. zhú.

Comment: Also see 灼 zhuó and 的 dì, comparanda for #5387 PTB *glwak SHINE / FLASH.

Reflexes & cognates17 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanduk ‘burn / kindle’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 587

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)dugs-pasuffix ‘catch fire’Benedict 72 STC: 76n232

3.2Qiangic1

Pumi (Jiulong)dy¹¹ v.‘burn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1269.10

6.1.1Burmish1

Burmese (Written)tauk ‘catch fire’Benedict 72 STC: 76n232

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish2

Gazhuotsɤ³³morphemeto³⁵ v.‘burn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1269.47

Yi (Wuding)du¹¹ v.‘burn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1269.38

6.1.2.2Central Loloish12

Lahutòʔ / tú ‘catch fire’Benedict 72 STC: 76n232

Lahu (Lancang)to²¹ v.‘catch (fire) / be (on fire)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1789.43

Lahu (Lancang)tu³⁵ v.‘burn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1269.43

Lahu (Lancang)xɑ⁵³morpheme tu³⁵ v.‘burn the grass on wasteland’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1610.43

Lahu (Lancang)ɑ³¹prefixmi¹¹#2136 PTB *mey ‘FIRE’PTani *mə ‘FIRE’PKC *may ‘FIRE’PCN *mej(ʔ) ‘FIRE’PTk *mej ‘FIRE’PLB *s/ʔ-mey² ‘FIRE’PKar *hmeᴮ ‘FIRE’tu³⁵ v.‘set on fire’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1317.43

Lahu (Black)tú ‘set on fire’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 62(b)

Lahu (Yellow)tu⁴ v.t.‘burn (grass)’Chang 86

Lahu (Yellow)tu⁴ v.t.‘light (fire)’Chang 86

Lahu (Yellow)tu⁵ v.i.‘burn (wildfire)’Chang 86

Sani [Nyi]dɤ² ‘burn grass on waste land’Chen 86 CS: 189.

Yi (Sani)dɤ² v.‘burn’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1269.39

Yi (Sani)dɤ² v.‘catch (fire) / be (on fire)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1789.39

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #340, *duk ‘BURN / KINDLE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/340

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

References: HPTB pp.331, 362

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-340,
  title  = {{*duk 'BURN / KINDLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #340},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/340}
}