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STEDT #405

*r-kup

BUTTOCKS / ANUS

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlekup/minitialkrhymeup/mcoverK · NT

Connections

See alsoHIPS

Poss. allofams*(k/g)um ‘BACK / BODY’, #412

Notes

This root is so far best attested in Himalayish, with a convincing Jingpho cognate.

Reflexes & cognates20 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphodang#225 PTB *m-daŋ ‘BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS’-hkawp ‘hip’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2Bodic1

Kaikekhyu◦bu#316 PTB *(p/b)u ‘FART / ANUS’PTani *pəː ~ *pɯ ‘FART (n.)’◦natotyāmorpheme ‘anus’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2.1Tibetan15

Tibetan (Batang)kuʔ⁵³ n‘buttocks’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0099.03

Tibetan (Khams:Dege)kuʔ⁵³ ‘buttocks’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 262.3

Tibetan (Lhasa)kup⁵² n‘buttocks’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0099.02

Tibetan (Lhasa)kup⁵³ ‘buttocks’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 262.2

Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)pēmorpheme◦rup ‘buttocks’Bishop 89: 5.10.1

Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)pēmorpheme◦rup ‘haunches (of animal)’Bishop 89: 5.8.3

Spitikya#577 PTB *r/s-kya(k/ŋ) ‘SHIT / EXCREMENT’◦kup ‘anus / rectum’Bodh 91: 9.12

Spititu˜#661 PTB *s-tu ‘VAGINA / VULVA’PTani *tɯ ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKC *tshuu ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKir *tu ‘VAGINA’◦kup ‘vagina’Bodh 91: 10.4.1

Tibetan (Written)rkub ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)rkub ‘anus’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)rkub ‘anus, vulva’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)rkub n‘buttocks’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0099.01

Tibetan (Written)rkub ‘buttocks’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 262.1

Tibetan (Written)rkub-t'sós#284 PTB *(t)s-wa(s/r) ‘CHEEK / BUTTOCK / CHIN’ ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)rkup ‘bottom, behind, buttocks’Zhang Liansheng 88: 35

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchaaprefix◦yit#578 PTB *l(y)(u/i)t ‘SHIT’ tsup ‘anus’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.4Tamangish1

Tamang (Sahu)cyuhp◦to#225 PTB *m-daŋ ‘BUTTOCKS / HIPS / TAIL / LOWER BACK / LOINS’ ‘buttock’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Luquanve³³#450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’Allofams1 #1821 PTB *s/g-ray ⪤ *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD’1a #449 PTB *g-ray ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1b #658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’1c #450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1d #5495 PTB *s-ray ‘PLURALIZER’ ~ ve⁵⁵ ‘subordinator; final particle’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 221

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #405, *r-kup ‘BUTTOCKS / ANUS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/405

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-405,
  title  = {{*r-kup 'BUTTOCKS / ANUS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #405},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/405}
}