*k-tu-k

PENIS

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletuinitialtrhymeu-kcoverT · VT

Connections

Allofams

116a #3420 *k-tu-k ‘PENIS’
116b #3423 *tsu ‘PENIS’

Notes

This root, which has allofams both with and without a final velar stop, is found in several different subgroups of TB: NE Indian Areal Group, Himalayish, Asakian, Qiangic (including Xixia), and Baic. It has so far not been discovered in Lolo-Burmese or Karenic.

This root resembles #3423 PTB *tsu PENIS. The possibility that these two etyma might be one and the same is reinforced by the natural tendency of /t/ to become affricated before /u/, as witnessed by Japanese, where /tu/ is realized as [tsɯ].

This etymon also bears a perhaps accidental resemblance to #661 PTB *s-tu VAGINA / VULVA.

An apparently prefixal k- is attested in Kham and Spiti. Cf. also the Tangut binome khǐu̱ thu.

Reflexes & cognates20 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Damumak#548 PTB *s-nyak ⪤ *s-nik ‘PENIS / COPULATE’PTani *mrak ‘PENIS’-tuk ‘penis’Sun J 93 Tani

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group3

Angami (Kohima)(u)prefix tho⁵⁵ ‘penis’Nienu 90 AngQ: 10.3.1

Chokrithü³¹ la³¹#1624 PTB *la ‘MALE’ ‘penis’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 10.3.1

Chokri²uprefix²tho²la#1624 PTB *la ‘MALE’ ‘penis’Weidert 87 TBTo: 142

1.7.1.1Bodo3

Lalung [Tiwa]tu◦darmorpheme ‘penis’A Lalung subtlety should be noted: the first elements of tu-dar ‘penis’ and tu ki ku-thi ‘testicle’ are to be assigned to #3420 PTB *k-tu-k PENIS; on the other hand, the first element of Lalung tu-di ‘egg’ is from #1604 PTB *daw BIRD ‘bird’. This is somewhat confusing, since #300 PTB *d(w)əy EGG / TESTICLE sometimes means ‘testicle’ rather than ‘egg’.Balawan 65: 78

Lalung [Tiwa]tu◦khimorpheme shamorpheme◦lamorpheme ‘scrotum’Balawan 65: 78

Lalung [Tiwa]tu◦kimorpheme ku#305 PTB *s/r-gwa-ŋ ‘EGG / TESTICLE’◦thi#1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’MesorootsPKC *til ‘TESTICLE / SCROTUM’Allofams2a #300 PTB *d(w)əy ‘EGG / TESTICLE’2b #1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’ ‘testicle’Balawan 65: 78

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Spitikoto ‘penis’Bodh 91: 10.3.1

2.1.5Dhimal3

Dhimaltau ‘penis’King 94 DhBP

Dhimalta◦muĩ#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘man's pubic hair’King 94 DhBP

Dhimalta◦tuimorpheme ‘penis’King 94 DhBP

2.2Newar1

Newar (Dolakhali)tuk◦la#1624 PTB *la ‘MALE’ ‘penis’Genetti 90 Dola

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2

Khamkatu ‘penis (child's)’Watters 89 KhQ

Khamkatu ‘penis’Watters 89 KhQ

3.1Tangut3

Tangut [Xixia]khǐu̱#1640 PTB *s-kyu ‘MALE / PENIS’ thu ‘penis’Dai 89 Xixi: 10.3.1

Tangut [Xixia]thu² ‘penis’Sofronov 97

Tangut [Xixia]Tu ‘penis’Nishida 64 Tan: 269-052

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦skʰərmorpheme◦dok ‘testicle’Sun H 91 rNQ: 10.3.5

8Bai2

Bai (Jianchuan)tu³³ ‘penis’Zhao 90: 10.3.1

Bai (Jianchuan)tu³³ tɯ̱²¹morpheme po̱²¹morpheme kʰo³³#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’ ‘glans penis’Bai tɯ̱²¹ po̱²¹ ‘head’.Zhao 90: 10.3.2

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3420, *k-tu-k ‘PENIS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3420

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

References: cf. 661 *s-tu VAGINA; 641?

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3420,
  title  = {{*k-tu-k 'PENIS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3420},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3420}
}