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STEDT #3519

hus ⪤ h(u/i)r

WASH / MOISTURE / WET

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

initialhrhymeir ⪤ hurcoverH · L

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*hɯr ‘WASH’JS-HCST: 112

Connections

HPTB*hur ⪤ *hir ‘wash’pp. 397, 501

Poss. allofamhus

Chinese comparandum

靧 OC *χwəd, GSR #540f ‘wash the face’; B & S 2011: *qʰˁuj-s; Mand. huì.

Reflexes & cognates41 reflexes · 13 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanhur ⪤ hir ‘wash’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 593

*Tibeto-Burmanhus ‘wet / dew’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 593

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanihɯr ‘wash’Sun J 93 HCST: 454

1.1.1.1Western Tani18

Apataniau#18 PTB *ʔu ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *ɯ ‘BODY’ har-su#6668 PTani *-su ‘REFLEXIVE MARKER’ ‘take bath’Sun J 93 Tani

Apataniauʔ#18 PTB *ʔu ‘BODY / CORPSE’PTani *ɯ ‘BODY’-har-su#6668 PTani *-su ‘REFLEXIVE MARKER’ ‘bathe’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanihar-su#6668 PTani *-su ‘REFLEXIVE MARKER’ ‘wash’Sun J 93 HCST

Apatanihar-su#6668 PTani *-su ‘REFLEXIVE MARKER’ ‘bathe’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnidɯmorpheme-hɯr ‘clean’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnihɯr ‘wash’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengnihɯr-kjak#6680 PTani *krak ‘RESULTATIVE PARTICLE (=off, away)’ ‘wash (rice, clothes, head)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengniɯprefix-jak#35 PTB *s-nya-k ⪤ *hyak ‘FLESH / MEAT’PTani *jak ‘FLESH (human)’PKar *njáq ‘MEAT / FLESH’PKar *hɲaᴮ ‘FLESH / MEAT’ hɯr-ǰiːmorpheme ‘bathe’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengniɯprefix-jak#35 PTB *s-nya-k ⪤ *hyak ‘FLESH / MEAT’PTani *jak ‘FLESH (human)’PKar *njáq ‘MEAT / FLESH’PKar *hɲaᴮ ‘FLESH / MEAT’ hɯr-kjak#6680 PTani *krak ‘RESULTATIVE PARTICLE (=off, away)’ ‘bathe’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarhɯr-šuː#6668 PTani *-su ‘REFLEXIVE MARKER’ ‘wash’Sun J 93 HCST

Bokarhɯr-suː#6668 PTani *-su ‘REFLEXIVE MARKER’ ‘wash (face)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarhɯr-sɯːmorpheme ‘wash (face)’Sun J 93 Tani

Galohu◦namsuffix vt.‘bathe’GLDC 09 Galo

Galohu◦namsuffix vt.‘wash (body)’GLDC 09 Galo

Miri, Hillhur◦simorpheme-namsuffix ‘bathe’Simon 76 Miri

Miri, Hillhɯr◦kak#6680 PTani *krak ‘RESULTATIVE PARTICLE (=off, away)’-namsuffix ‘wash’Simon 76 Miri

Taginar◦kak#6680 PTani *krak ‘RESULTATIVE PARTICLE (=off, away)’-namsuffix v‘wash’Das Gupta 83 Tag

Tagineɟimorpheme-amorpheme ar◦kak#6680 PTani *krak ‘RESULTATIVE PARTICLE (=off, away)’-lakmorpheme ‘Wash the cloth’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani5

Padam [Abor]ɯr~ ar ‘wash’Sun J 93 HCST

Damuxər-ləmorpheme ‘wash (clothes)’Sun J 93 Tani

Damuxər-təmorpheme ‘wash (things)’Sun J 93 Tani

Damuʔamorpheme-ɕi#189 PTB *si ‘WATER’PTani *si ‘WATER’ xər-nəmorpheme ‘bathe’Sun J 93 Tani

Mishing [Miri]ɯr ‘wash’Sun J 93 HCST

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lushai [Mizo]huh adj‘wet’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]huʔ ‘wet’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 435

1.3.3Zeme Group6

Zemehui v‘wash (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Zemehui v‘wash (self)’Marrison 67 Naga

Zemehui v‘wash (clothes)’Marrison 67 Naga

Zemehui v‘wash (pots)’Marrison 67 Naga

Mziemehui◦dimorpheme v‘wash (self)’Marrison 67 Naga

Mziemehui◦dimorpheme v‘wash (pots)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Dimasahu v‘wash (pots)’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)hus ‘moisture, humidity’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 435

2.2Newar2

Newar (Kathmandu)hi(l)- ‘wash (clothes)’Genetti 90 Kath

Newar (Dolakhali)hir- ‘wash (clothes)’Genetti 90 Dola

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Kulunghurs-umorpheme v.‘wash (hair)’Rai 75 Kul

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Thulunghur- v.‘wash (hair / head)’Allen 75

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang3

Chepanghur- vt.‘wash off, rinse, cleanse, scour’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepanghus n.‘ground mist, vapour rising from ground (usually early morning in winter), moisture from this’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepanghus ‘dew’Benedict 72 STC: 2n4

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]ɣor ‘bathe, wash’Li 97 Tangut: 4404

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3519, *hus ⪤ *h(u/i)r ‘WASH / MOISTURE / WET’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3519

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

References: cf. HPTB pp. 397, 501, JAM-LITB 5.3

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3519,
  title  = {{*hus ⪤ *h(u/i)r 'WASH / MOISTURE / WET'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3519},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3519}
}