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STEDT #435

*pu

KNEE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlepuprefixsinitialprhymeucoverP · V

Connections

Allofams

1 #436 *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’
1b #435 *pu ‘KNEE’

HPTB*put-s ‘knee’pp. 364, 368, 436, 505

Notes

There is a possible connection between this allofam of the etymon and #1654 PTB *pu EGG, owing to the ball-like appearance of the patella.

Reflexes & cognates42 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.5Mikir [Karbi]6

Mikir [Karbi]kèng#338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’MesorootsPKC *kee ⪤ *khee ‘FOOT / LEG’Allofams1a #336 PTB *r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’1b #338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’-phú ‘knee’Grüssner 79 BP: 42

Mikir [Karbi]kèng#338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’MesorootsPKC *kee ⪤ *khee ‘FOOT / LEG’Allofams1a #336 PTB *r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’1b #338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’-phú amorpheme-hambí ‘knee cap / patella’Grüssner 79 BP: 42

Mikir [Karbi]kèng#338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’MesorootsPKC *kee ⪤ *khee ‘FOOT / LEG’Allofams1a #336 PTB *r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’1b #338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’-phú amorpheme-rèp-pî ‘knee cap / patella’Grüssner 79 BP: 42

Mikir [Karbi]keng#338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’MesorootsPKC *kee ⪤ *khee ‘FOOT / LEG’Allofams1a #336 PTB *r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’1b #338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’◦phu ‘knee’Marrison 67 Naga

Mikir [Karbi]keng#338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’MesorootsPKC *kee ⪤ *khee ‘FOOT / LEG’Allofams1a #336 PTB *r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’1b #338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’◦phu ‘knee’Matisoff 87 BP

Mikir [Karbi]keng#338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’MesorootsPKC *kee ⪤ *khee ‘FOOT / LEG’Allofams1a #336 PTB *r-k(y)aŋ ‘FOOT / LEG’1b #338 PTB *r-kya-ŋ ‘FOOT’◦phu ahambimorpheme ‘knee cap’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.2Bodic1

Kaikebho ‘knee’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.4Tamangish3

Tamang (Sahu)'pui ‘knee’Matisoff 87 BP

Thakali (Tukche)pah#341 PTB *m-pa ‘FOOT / LEG’◦lemorpheme pu◦Timorpheme ‘knee’Matisoff 87 BP

Thakali (Tukche)pɔh#341 PTB *m-pa ‘FOOT / LEG’◦lemorpheme pu◦ʈimorpheme ‘knee’Hari 71a ThVo: 1.47

2.2Newar4

Newarpu◦li#342 PTB *li ‘FOOT’ ‘knee’Matisoff 87 BP

Newarpu◦limorpheme ‘knee’Shakya 89: 6.2.2

Newarpu◦limorpheme ‘knee’Shakya 89: 6.2.6.1

Newarpu◦limorpheme lyu:morpheme ‘knee cap / patella’Shakya 89: 6.2.2.1

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Limbuthuŋ#439 PTB *tuŋ ‘KNEE / ELBOW’◦bo ‘knee’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish9

Gazhuopo³³ lo³³morpheme kɛ³⁵morpheme ‘knee’Dai 89 Gazh: 6.2.2

Gazhuopo³³ lo³³morpheme kɛ³⁵morpheme v̩³¹#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ kɯ³⁵morpheme ‘knee cap / patella’Dai 89 Gazh: 6.2.2.1

Gazhuopo³³lo³³morphemekɛ³⁵morpheme n‘knee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0101.47

Nesubɤ²¹ tsɿ̄²¹#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ ‘knee’Chen 86 Yi: 6.2.2

Nesubɤ²¹ tsɿ̄²¹#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ ɣɤ³³#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘knee cap / patella’Chen 86 Yi: 6.2.2.1

Noesubu²¹tsɪ³³#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ ‘knee’Chen 86 Yi: 6.2.2

Nusu (Central)phu⁵⁵tsi³³morphemel̥u̱⁵³morpheme n‘knee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0101.34

Nusu (Central)pʰu⁵⁵ tsi³³morpheme l̥u̱⁵³morpheme ‘knee’Dai 89 NusB: 124.

Nusu (Central/Zhizhiluo)pʰɯi⁵⁵ tsi³⁵morpheme l̥u⁵³morpheme ‘knee’Dai 89 NusA: 124.

6.1.2.2Central Loloish10

Ahipo²²tshɿ̄²¹morphemeni̱⁵⁵morphemeo⁵⁵morphemeko³³morpheme ‘knee’Chen 86 Yi: 6.2.2

Ahipo³³ tsi³³morpheme ni⁵⁵morpheme o⁵⁵morpheme ko̱³³morpheme ‘knee’Luo 90: 6.2.2

Ahipo³³ tsʻi̱²¹morpheme bu⁵⁵morpheme ‘knee cap / patella’Luo 90: 6.2.2.1

Ahipo³³ tsʻi̱²¹morpheme gu̱²¹morpheme ‘knee hollow / popliteal region’Luo 90: 6.2.2.2

Jinuophɤ⁵⁵tshɤ⁵⁵#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ n‘knee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0101.44

Jinuo (Youle)pʰɤ⁵⁵ tsʰɤ⁵⁵#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ ‘knee’Gai 86

Jinuo (Baya/Banai)pʰɯ⁵⁵ tsʰɯ⁵⁵#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ ‘knee’Dai 89 JinA: 127

Sani [Nyi]pu²¹tsi⁵⁵#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ ‘knee’Chen 86 Yi: 6.2.2

Yi (Sani)pv̩² tsz̯⁵⁵#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ n‘knee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0101.39

Sani [Nyi]pv̱ˌ²² tsɿ͆⁵⁵#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ ‘knee’Ma 89 SanQ: 305.2

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish7

Akhapaw˯ tsui˰#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ (tsui˰#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ ) ‘knee’Matisoff 87 BP

Akhapaw˯ tsui˰#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ aˇprefix beuˆmorpheme (beuˆ)morpheme ‘knee cap’Matisoff 87 BP

Hani (Lüchun)phɔ³¹tsɿ̄³¹#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ n‘knee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0101.41

Hani (Mojiang)pha³¹tshɿ̄³¹#418 PTB *tsik ‘JOINT’PLB *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak ‘JOINT’ n‘knee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0101.42

Mpipoʔ²thɯʔ²morpheme/ŋ²morphemekoŋ⁴morpheme ‘knee’Bradley 79 PLo

Ugongphú bâmorpheme / phᴜ́◦dǔo̩ʔmorpheme wúmorpheme ‘knee cap / patella’Bradley 93 Ugo: 6.2.2.1

Ugongphᴜ́ dᴜ́o̩ʔmorpheme ‘knee’Bradley 93 Ugo: 6.2.2

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1

Azhapœ²¹χɔ⁴⁴morpheme ‘knee’Pelkey 11 Phula: 299

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #435, *pu ‘KNEE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/435

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-435,
  title  = {{*pu 'KNEE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #435},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/435}
}