*tsu

PENIS

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

Allofams

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

Notes

This allofam is only shakily attested. The Spiti and Ergong forms look parallel, and it is possible that the latter is a borrowing from a western Tibetan dialect (no similar form has been uncovered in Written Tibetan). The fit between the Hayu form and the others is excellent.

Reflexes & cognates3 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Ao (Chungli)²taprefix³tsɯ³tšaŋ#3590 PTB *tsyaŋ ‘ROUND OBJECT / SEED / NUT / TESTICLE’PCN *tsaŋ ‘SEED, NUT’ ‘testicle’Weidert 87 TBTo: 617a

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Spitibumorpheme◦tsu ‘penis’Bodh 91: 10.3.1

3.3rGyalrongic1

Ergong (Daofu)pəmorpheme tsə ‘penis’Dai 89 Daof: 10.3.1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3423, *tsu ‘PENIS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3423

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

References: ("Him") Cf. Spiti forms. Distinct from *k-tu 3420

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3423,
  title  = {{*tsu 'PENIS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3423},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3423}
}