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STEDT #385

*d-bu-s

HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlebuprefixdinitialbrhymeu-scoverP · V

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’PKC #480

Connections

Allofams
HPTB*d-bu-s ‘head / center’pp. 140, 198, 442, 477

Chinese comparandum

OC *d’u, GSR #118e ‘head’; B & S 2011: *m-tˁo; Mand. tóu.

Reflexes & cognates666 reflexes · 35 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burman(d-)bu (*B)e ‘head’Coblin 86: 92
*Tibeto-Burmand-bu-s ‘head / center’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 585

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’VanBik 09 PKC: 480

1.2.1.1Northern Chin2

Thadoʔúu pàa ‘married man, leader, elder in leadership position (e.g. in church)’VanBik 09 PKC: 480
Tiddim pa¹ ‘elder’VanBik 09 PKC: 480

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)ʔûu ‘elder or older sibling’VanBik 09 PKC: 480
Lai (Falam)ʔǔu ‘older sibling’VanBik 09 PKC: 480
Lushai [Mizo]ú n‘elder brother or sister’VanBik 09 PKC: 480

1.5Mikir [Karbi]17

Mikir [Karbi]aprefixphulongmorpheme plang#392 PTB *p-laŋ ‘HEAD / FOREHEAD’ atamorphemerlokmorpheme ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP
Mikir [Karbi]phú-lóngmorpheme-dípmorpheme ‘top of head / crown / pate’Grüssner 79 BP: 145
Mikir [Karbi]phú-lóngmorpheme-pláng#392 PTB *p-laŋ ‘HEAD / FOREHEAD’ ‘top of head / crown / pate’Grüssner 79 BP: 145
Mikir [Karbi]phú-tápmorpheme ‘hair of head’Grüssner 79 BP: 145
Mikir [Karbi]phú-tápmorpheme ‘scalp’Grüssner 79 BP: 145
Mikir [Karbi]phutapmorpheme ‘scalp’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Bunanpušamorpheme ‘head’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 2.1

2.1.4Tamangish1

2.3Kiranti2

2.3.4Western Kiranti6

Hayuputshimorpheme ‘head’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 87
Hayuputshimorpheme ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP
Thulungbu syumorpheme kāmmorphemeʔamorpheme ‘head hair’Matisoff 87 BP
ThulungbuT ‘head’Matisoff 87 BP
Thulungbuy ‘head’Allen 75

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang10

Chepangmorphemepuʔ ‘skull’Matisoff 87 BP
Chepangtamorphemepuʔ ‘skull’Chepang ta could represent the same prefix as WT dbu ‘head’.Caughley 72 CVoc: 2.A.15

3.2Qiangic56

Guiqiong(wã³¹jã⁵⁵morpheme) mi³¹morphemeŋgui⁵⁵morpheme v.‘lower (the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1266.16
Guiqiongwã³¹jɛ̃⁵⁵morpheme n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.16
Guiqiongwɛ³³ jɛ̃⁵³morpheme ‘head’Sun H 91 GuiQ
Guiqiongwɛ³³jɛ̃⁵³morpheme ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.17
Lyuzu(vu³⁵) ne³³morphemengu³¹morpheme v.‘lower (the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1266.18
Lyuzuwu³⁵tsa⁵³morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.18
Muyaʁɐ̱²⁴tʂui³³morpheme n‘comb’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0481.15
Muya [Minyak]ʁɐ³⁵tʂhyi³³morpheme n‘comb’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 459.15
Namuyima³⁵morphemeʁo⁵⁵ntho⁵⁵morpheme ‘hat (bamboo)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 371.19
Namuyiʁo⁵⁵ji³³morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.19
Namuyiʁo⁵⁵ntho⁵⁵morpheme ‘hat’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 370.19
Namuyiʁo⁵⁵pa³³morpheme ‘plait’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 235.19
Namuyiʁuo⁵³ji³¹morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.46
Namuyiʁuo⁵³pæʴ³¹morpheme n‘braid / plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0076.46
Namuyiʁuo⁵⁵ndʐuo⁵⁵morpheme n‘lunatic’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0209.46
Namuyiʁuo⁵⁵nthuo⁵⁵morpheme n‘hat’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0475.46
Namuyiʁuo⁵⁵pa⁵⁵morpheme n‘upper part of / upper reaches’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0722.46
Namuyiʁuo⁵⁵pa⁵⁵morphemedæ⁵³morpheme prep‘on top (of the roof)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0729.46
Namuyiʁuæʴ⁵⁵morphemeʁuo⁵⁵nthuo⁵⁵morpheme n‘umbrella (lit. 'cloth hat')’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0583.46
Xumiʁo³³tʂɑ̃³⁵morpheme ‘plait’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 235.20
Xumiʁᴜ³³hæ⁵⁵morpheme n‘comb’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0481.17
Xumiʁᴜ³³ri⁵⁵morpheme n‘braid / plait’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0076.17
Xumiʁᴜ³³xi⁵³morpheme n‘pillow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0490.17

3.3.1rGyalrong8

rGyalrongtaprefix wo ‘head’Nagano 97 GyQ: 2.1
rGyalrongtaprefix wo lomorpheme Ngumorpheme ‘top of head’Nagano 97 GyQ: 2.2
rGBenzhenprefix-wu ‘head’Sun J 97 rGB
rGBenzhenprefix-wu prefix-morpheme-tsəmorpheme-lotmorpheme ‘shake head’Sun J 97 rGB

4Nungic25

Anongu ‘head’Coblin 86: 92

6.1.1Burmish102

Achang (Lianghe)u³¹ nuŋ³¹morpheme ‘head’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Lianghe)u³¹ nuŋ³¹morpheme ‘head’LaPolla 87: 199
Achang (Lianghe)u³¹ phɛi³¹morpheme ‘hair’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Lianghe)u³¹pɑi³¹morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Luxi)u⁵⁵ nɔŋ⁵⁵morpheme ‘head’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Luxi)u⁵⁵ nɔŋ⁵⁵morpheme ‘head’LaPolla 87: 199
Achang (Luxi)u⁵⁵khɔp³¹morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Xiandao)u³¹ ‘hair (head)’Dai 89 Xian: 97
Bolaŭ̱³⁵ kɔŋ³¹morpheme ‘bald person’Dai 89 Bola: 246
Bola (Luxi)u̱³⁵fak⁵⁵morphemefak⁵⁵morpheme v.‘shake (one's head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1752.32
Bola (Luxi)ŭ³⁵la̱k⁵⁵morpheme v.‘turn one's head to the back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1387.32
Bola (Luxi)u̱³⁵lam³¹morpheme n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.32
Bola (Luxi)ŭ³⁵thap³⁵morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.32
Bola (Luxi)ŭ³⁵thap⁵⁵morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.32
Burmese (Modern)ūː ‘head, front’Luce 85: T.28
Burmese (Modern)ū⁴ ‘head; top’Luce 85: G.93
Burmese (Rangoon)u⁵⁵ le⁵⁵morpheme n‘uncle <mother's brother>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0238.27
Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)u⁵⁵le⁵⁵morpheme ‘uncle (paternal, younger)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 323.40
Burmese (Spoken)ʔu⁴ ‘head, front’Luce 85: T.28
Burmese (Written)û ‘beginning, fore part, head’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)û-morpheme ‘uncle ( mother's elder brother )’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)ŭ̄3 ‘head, front’Luce 85: T.28
Burmese (Written)û³ le³morpheme n‘uncle <mother's brother>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0238.26
Burmese (Written)û³kri³morpheme ‘uncle (paternal aunt's husband’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 325.39
Burmese (Written)û³le³morpheme n‘uncle <mother's sister's husband>’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0240.26
Burmese (Written)û³le³morpheme ‘uncle (paternal, younger)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 323.39
Burmese (Written)û³le³morpheme ‘uncle (maternal)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 327.39
Burmese (Written)û³le³morpheme ‘uncle (maternal aunt's husband’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 329.39
Burmese (Written)ū⁴ ‘head, front’Luce 85: X.65
Danu ‘head, front’Luce 85: T.28
Langsu (Luxi)a̱u³⁵ja̱k⁵⁵morpheme v.‘turn one's head to the back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1387.31
Langsu (Luxi)a̱u³⁵thap⁵⁵morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.31
Langsu (Luxi)a̱u³⁵thap⁵⁵morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.31
Lashi (Lachhe') ‘head, front’Luce 85: T.28
Lashi (Lachhe') ‘head, front’Luce 85: T.28
Lashiwo̱⁵⁵ ku̱k⁵⁵morpheme ‘scalp’Dai 89 Lash: 2.8
Lashiwo̱⁵⁵ ʃǒ⁵⁵prefix jou³³#234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘skull’Dai 89 Lash: 2.4
Leqi (Luxi)wo̱⁵⁵thɔp⁵⁵morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.33
Maru [Langsu]a̱u³⁵thap⁵⁵morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.43
Taung-Yo ‘head, front’Luce 85: T.28
Atsi [Zaiwa]ŭ²¹thup⁵⁵morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]ŭ²¹thup⁵⁵morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]u²¹thup⁵⁵morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.42
Atsi [Zaiwa]u⁴ ‘head, front’Luce 85: T.28

6.1.2Loloish11

Lolophov̩⁵⁵ kɒ⁴⁴morpheme pi⁴⁴morpheme ‘top of head / crown / pate’Dai 89 Lolo: 2.2

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish128

Gazhuoji³¹ tsɿ³³morpheme kɯ³⁵morpheme mɤ³³morpheme ‘headache’Dai 87 Gazh
Gazhuoji³¹ tsɿ³³morpheme v̩³¹morpheme kɯ³⁵morpheme ‘skull’Dai 89 Gazh: 2.4
Nasuo³³ ŋgʰɔ³³morpheme ndʰɵ³³morpheme ‘top of head / crown / pate’Chen 86 Yi: 2.2
Nesuŋˌ³³ ka⁵⁵morpheme ‘top of head / crown / pate’The syllabic nasals in the Nesu and Noesu compounds are possibly developments from a previous w- or zero initial. A similar, though opposite development can be seen in the correspondence of Cantonese initial ŋ- and Mandarin w- (e.g. Cantonese ‘five’ and 1st.pro vs. Mandarin ‘five’ and 1st.pro).Chen 86 Yi: 2.2
Noesuŋu³³de³³morpheme ‘top of head’Chen 86 Yi: 2.2
Nusu (Southern)ʔo³¹ gɑ̃⁵⁵morpheme ti#358 PTB *ta-y ‘FOREHEAD’ ³¹ ‘forehead’Sun J 86 Nusu
Yi (Dafang)o³³se³³morphemedu³³morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.22
Yi (Liangshan)o²¹li²¹morphemeka³³morpheme ‘shake (one's head)’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)o³³ ‘head [literary]; peak (highest point); tip’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)o³³hi³³morphemem̥ɿ³³morphemeka³³morpheme ‘shake (one's head)’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)o³³ȵi⁵⁵morpheme ‘face (head); face (honor)’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)o³³ʨhɿ²¹morpheme ‘lift (the head)’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)ɔ³³bu̱³³morpheme ‘scabies (on head)’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)ɔ³³ma³³morpheme ‘head, top of the’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)ɔ³³thɛ³³morpheme ‘head wrap, man's; turban’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)ɔ³³ʨɿ⁵⁵morpheme ‘braid, hair’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Mile)o⁵⁵ti³³morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.25
Yi (Mojiang)ŋu̱³³li̱²¹morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.26
Yi (Nanhua)(u⁵⁵) li³³morpheme v.‘shake (one's head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1752.37
Yi (Nanhua)u⁵⁵də³³morpheme n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.37
Yi (Nanhua)u⁵⁵li⁵⁵morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.37
Yi (Nanhua)u⁵⁵li⁵⁵morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.37
Yi (Nanhua)u⁵⁵vɛ̱²¹morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.24
Yi (Nanjian)(u²¹dy⁵⁵morpheme)tsho³³morpheme ‘shave (hair of head)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 651.23
Yi (Weishan)(ʔy²¹) ʔl̩³³morpheme v.‘shake (one's head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1752.36
Yi (Weishan)ʔu²¹l̩³³morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.36
Yi (Weishan)ʔu̪²¹pho³³morpheme v.‘turn one's head to the back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1387.36
Yi (Weishan)ʔȳ²¹thy³³morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.36
Yi (Wuding)(v̩³³) nu¹¹morpheme v.‘ache (head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1666.38
Yi (Wuding)u³³li̱²morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.38
Yi (Wuding)u³³tɯ⁵⁵morphemetɯ³³morpheme v.‘lower (the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1266.38
Yi (Wuding)u³³ŋɤ̱²morphemephu³³morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.38
Yi (Wuding)ʔv̩³³gu̱⁵⁵morpheme v.‘turn one's head to the back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1387.38
Yi (Xide)o³³-mo²¹morpheme ‘feel giddy’Chen 79 YiCh
Yi (Xide)o³³-mo²¹morpheme ‘dizzy’Chen 79 YiCh
Yi (Xide)o³³-mo²¹morpheme ‘dizziness’Chen 79 YiCh
Yi (Xide)ɔ³³-ma³³morpheme ‘crown of head’Chen 79 YiCh
Yi (Xide)ɔ³³fɑ³³morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.35
Yi (Xide)ɔ³³the³³morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.35
Yi (Xide)ɔ³³the³³morpheme ‘scarf for head / turban(male)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.21

6.1.2.2Central Loloish197

Ahio⁵⁵ di³³morpheme ‘top of head / crown / pate’Luo 90: 2.2
Ahio⁵⁵ku³³morpheme ‘top of head’Chen 86 Yi: 2.2
Ahio⁵⁵tshɿ²²morpheme ‘hair of head’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.1
Jinuo (Buyuan)vu³³ kɑ⁵⁵morpheme lɑ⁵⁵morpheme ‘bald person’These disyllabic Jinuo forms are perhaps dimidiations (Boodberg’s coinage) of the original sesquisyllable *k-liŋ.Gai 86
Jinuo (Youle)vu⁴⁴ kʰɹu⁵⁵morpheme ‘bald person’Gai 86
Jinuovu⁴⁴njo⁵⁵morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.44
Jinuovu⁴⁴thœ⁴²morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.44
Jinuo (Buyuan)vu⁴⁴tɕhɯ⁴⁴morphemelɯ⁴⁴morpheme n‘head’Gai 86
Jinuovu⁵⁵thɐr³¹morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.34
Lahuú ‘head’LaPolla 87: 199
Lahu (Lancang)o³⁵qo¹¹#387 PTB *s-kawŋ ‘HOLLOW / HOLLOW OBJECT / HEAD’phɑ³⁵morphemetɕe²¹morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.43
Lahu (Lancang)o³⁵qo¹¹#387 PTB *s-kawŋ ‘HOLLOW / HOLLOW OBJECT / HEAD’qɔ²¹morphemelɑ³³morpheme v.‘turn one's head to the back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1387.43
Lahu (Black)ú-nɛ̂ʔmorpheme ‘brain’Matisoff 87 BP
Lahu (Black)u³⁵ni³⁵morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.33
Lahu (Yellow)u³⁵ nɛʔ²¹morpheme ‘brain’Chang 86
Lahu (Banlan)nehˆmorpheme ‘brain’Bradley 79 Lahu: 140
Lisu (Nujiang)o⁵⁵ tsʰe̱⁴⁴#1232 PTB *n-dzi-k ‘HAIR (HEAD)’PL *tsi¹ ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ ‘hair (head)’Ls. tsʰe⁴⁴ cannot be from *tsam, since *-am>Ls. -o.Xu 86 Lisu
Lisuo⁵⁵gu³¹ n‘baldhead’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0205.40
Lisuo⁵⁵pɯ⁵⁵ n‘comb’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0481.40
Lisuo⁵⁵thɯ³⁵ n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.40
Lisuo⁵⁵thɯ³⁵morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.27
Lisuo⁵⁵tɕho³¹ n‘hat’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0475.40
Lisu (Luquan)u⁵⁵thɯ⁵⁵morpheme n‘turban’Xu 86 Lisu
Lisu (Yongsheng)vu⁵⁵ʈhɯ³⁵morpheme n‘turban’Xu 86 Lisu
Lisu (Central)wu¹-htrghe²morpheme ‘head-cloth / turban’Fraser 22
Lisu (Central)wu¹-htrghe²morpheme n.‘turban’Fraser 22
Lisu (Central)wu¹-htsye⁴morpheme ‘hair (head, short in front)’Fraser 22
Lisu (Theng-yüeh)wu¹htsye⁴morpheme ‘hair of head’Luce 85: S.34
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵bø³³morpheme ‘big head’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵bɤ²¹morpheme ‘skull’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵di²¹morpheme ‘bald on top of head’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵dy³³morpheme N‘head; skull; A on top; cf. also ɔ⁵⁵’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵dy³³morpheme ka³³morphemela³³morpheme ‘top of head’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵dy³³morpheme kwa³³morpheme ‘on the head; on top of’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵dy³³morpheme zø²¹morphemesu³³morpheme ‘leader; head; chief’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵dy³³morpheme ŋɯʔ²¹morpheme ‘nod one's head’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵dy³³morphemebɯ²¹morpheme ‘skull’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵dy³³morphemekwa³³morpheme ‘on the head’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵guʔ²¹morphemepæ³⁵morpheme ‘affected with favus on the head’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵hĩ³³morpheme ‘plait string’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵kɯ³³morpheme ‘whorl of hair on the crown of the head’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵mi³³morpheme ‘fontanelle (unclosed part of skull of newborn baby)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵pa³³morpheme ‘appropriately; head end’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵vy²¹morpheme ‘head’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ⁵⁵ɤ³⁵morpheme ‘shake head’Bradley 94 Lisu
Sani [Nyi]o⁵⁵ tsʰɤ³³#2019 PTB *m-tsywak ‘BRAID / QUEUE’ tɑ³³morpheme mɑ³³morpheme ‘braid’Cf. Bai tɯ²¹ mɑ³⁵ pi³⁵.Ma 89 SanQ: 369.4
Yi (Sani)o⁵⁵dzz̩³³morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.39
Yi (Sani)o⁵⁵dʑɪ²morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.39
Sani [Nyi]o⁵⁵qo²¹#387 PTB *s-kawŋ ‘HOLLOW / HOLLOW OBJECT / HEAD’ne⁴⁴morphememɑ³³morpheme ‘top of head’Chen 86 Yi: 2.2

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish45

Hani (Dazhai)u³¹to̱³³morpheme;u³¹xu̱³³morpheme ‘scarf for head / turban-m;-f’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.31
Hani (Lüchun)u³¹to̱³³morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.41
Hani (Lüchun)u³¹xu̱³³morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.41
Hani (Caiyuan)v̩³¹the̱³³morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.30
Hani (Gelanghe)u³¹dzaŋ³¹morpheme ‘head scarf / turban (for men)’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Hani (Gelanghe)u³¹dzaŋ³¹morpheme ‘head scarf / turban (for women)’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Hani (Shuikui)v̩³¹ti⁵⁵morpheme ‘scarf for the head / turban’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 369.32
Hani (Shuikui)v̩³¹tv̩³¹morpheme ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.32
Hani (Mojiang)v̩³¹tho³³morpheme n‘head-cloth / turban’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0474.42
Hani (Mojiang)v̩³¹ti⁵⁵morpheme n‘cloth (colorful, worn on the head) (for women)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0473.42
Hani (Mojiang)v̩³¹tv̩³¹morpheme n‘head’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0074.42

6.2Naxi21

Laze (Xiangjiao)mu˧morpheme ‘straw hat’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 908
Laze (Xiangjiao)tu˥morpheme ‘head’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 236
Laze (Xiangjiao)tu˥morpheme gv˩morphemegv˩morpheme v.‘nod one's head’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 3317
Laze (Xiangjiao)tu˥morpheme si˧morphemesi˧˥morpheme v.‘shave the head’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 3221
Na (Yongning)ʁu˥ ‘head (monosyllable)’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)ʁu˧qʰwɤ˩morpheme ‘head’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)ʁu˧qʰwɤ˩morpheme ‘top part’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)ʁu˧qʰwɤ˩morpheme tɕi˩morphemetɕi˩morpheme v.‘shake one's head’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)ʁu˧qʰwɤ˩morpheme-pɤ˩morphemehu˩morphemehu˧morphemegv˩morpheme ‘fontanel’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)ʁu˧qʰwɤ˩morphemeʁu˩morphemetsʰe˩morpheme ‘top of the head, crown of the head’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)ʁu˧to˩morpheme ‘on top of; while, at the time that’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)ʁu˧tsʰe˧morphemeʁu˧morpheme ‘mountain top’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)ʁu˧tsʰe˧morphemeʁu˧morpheme ‘on top’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Naxi (Yongning)ɣo⁵⁵khuɑ³³morpheme ‘head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 232.29

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)dʻu/dʻə̯u ‘head’STC assigns the Chinese dental-initialled form to this etymon, assuming prefix-preemption (*d-bu > *d-wu > *du), but another possible prototype is #1223 PTB *du HEAD, here.Chou 72: 118e

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #385, *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/385
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC p.117, HPTB p.477
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-385,
  title  = {{*d-bu-s 'HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #385},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/385}
}