STEDT #436
*put-s ⪤ *pit-s
KNEE
Reconstruction analysis
handlepuKinitialprhymeu(k/ŋ) ⪤coverP · NT
Intermediate reconstructions
Connections
Allofams
- 1 #436 *put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’
- 1b #435 *pu ‘KNEE’
HPTB*put-s ‘knee’pp. 364, 368, 436, 505
Poss. allofam#3040
Notes
Written Tibetan pus is from *put-s, since WT dental stops do not occur before final -s. There is a West Tibetan variant pis-mo.
Chinese comparandum
韠 OC *pi̯ĕt, GSR #407m ‘knee cover’; Coblin 86:101 *pjit; B & S 2011: *pit {pi[t]}; Mand. bì.
韍 OC *pi̯wət, GSR #276l ‘knee cover’; Coblin 86:101 ST *pjut > OC *piət > *pjwət; Mand. fú.
巿 OC *pi̯wət, GSR #501a-b ‘knee cover’; Mand. fú.
芾 OC *pi̯wət, GSR #501c ‘knee cover’; Mand. fú.
The primary comparanda here are 韠 bì and 韍 fú, which are allofamic in OC.
The ideograph 巿 fú meaning ‘knee cover’ apparently antedates 韍 fú, but the latter eventually became the predominant form. Likewise, the ideograph 芾 fú was optionally a loan character for 巿 fú (see note, GSR #501c).
Reflexes & cognates99 reflexes · 16 subgroups
0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)6
1.7.3.1Jingpho11
Jingpholah#350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’MesorootsPTani *lə (~ *le?) ‘LEG’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦put ‘knee’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingpholă³¹#350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’MesorootsPTani *lə (~ *le?) ‘LEG’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’phut³¹ n‘knee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0101.19
Jingpholă¹#350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’MesorootsPTani *lə (~ *le?) ‘LEG’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’ phut³¹ ‘knee’Liu 84
Jingpholəh#350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’MesorootsPTani *lə (~ *le?) ‘LEG’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦pùt shəmyenmorpheme ‘knee cap’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingpholə#350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’MesorootsPTani *lə (~ *le?) ‘LEG’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦hpùt ‘knee’Matisoff 87 BP
Jingpholə#350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’MesorootsPTani *lə (~ *le?) ‘LEG’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦phut ‘knee’LaPolla 87: 70
Jingpholə#350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’MesorootsPTani *lə (~ *le?) ‘LEG’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦phut ‘knee’Benedict 72 STC: 7
Jingpholə#350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’MesorootsPTani *lə (~ *le?) ‘LEG’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦phut ‘knee’Coblin 86: 101
Jingpho¹lə#350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’MesorootsPTani *lə (~ *le?) ‘LEG’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’¹phut ‘knee’Weidert 87 TBTo: 620
2.1.1Western Himalayish9
2.1.2Bodic1
2.1.2.1Tibetan16
2.1.3Lepcha9
2.1.4Tamangish1
2.3.2Southern Kiranti3
2.3.4Western Kiranti2
4Nungic21
Rawang(raʔ#3366 PNungic *ra ‘SHOULDER / ARMPIT’ phu³¹ thɑʔmorpheme) bɑʔ#570 PTB *ba-k ‘CARRY / SHOULDER’PTani *bak ‘CARRY ON BACK’ ‘carry (on shoulder)’LaPolla 03: 1353
6.1Lolo-Burmese2
6.1.1Burmish16
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2
9.0.1Old Chinese7
9.0.2Middle Chinese1
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #436,
*put-s ⪤ *pit-s ‘KNEE’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/436Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: incl. 433,434,3040
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-436,
title = {{*put-s ⪤ *pit-s 'KNEE'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #436},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/436}
}