*pua-I, puak-II

CARRY (on back)

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Notes

This root seems quite independent from #2177 PTB *bəw CARRY (ON BACK OR SHOULDERS). Note the different PKC reconstructions for the two of them.

Reflexes & cognates13 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinpua-I, puak-II VanBik 09 PKC: 130

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Paitepua v‘shoulder’VanBik 09 PKC: 130

Sizangpua hī ‘carry (child or load on back)’VanBik 09 PKC: 130

Thadopûo-I, pûoʔ-II ‘carry (back, car)’VanBik 09 PKC: 130

Tiddimpua¹ > puak¹ ‘carry (child or load on back), carry outside’VanBik 09 PKC: 130

Tiddimpua¹ > puak¹ v‘carry outside’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1411

Tiddimpua¹/puak¹ ‘carry outside’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumipeew ‘carry on the back (a child)’VanBik 09 PKC: 130

1.2.2Central Chin5

Lai (Falam)pôok-INV v‘carry on back’VanBik 09 PKC: 130

Lai (Hakha)pùa-I, puak-II v‘carry on back’VanBik 09 PKC: 130

Lushai [Mizo]pùa v.‘carry(on back)(1)’Weidert 87 TBTo: 265

Lushai [Mizo]pùa-I, pûak-II ‘carrying on the back (as a child, etc)’VanBik 09 PKC: 130

Lushai [Mizo]puak v‘carry on the back (as child etc.)’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2809

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]pī ‘carry on back’VanBik 09 PKC: 130

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4130, *pua-I, puak-II ‘CARRY (on back)’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4130

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

References: PKC #130

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4130,
  title  = {{*pua-I, puak-II 'CARRY (on back)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4130},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4130}
}