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STEDT #4552

*tsuu-I, tsuk-II

PECK / BITE
Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Notes

This root is independent from #1799 PTB *twak BITE / CHEW / PECK AT / HOOK ONTO.

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chintsuu-I, tsuk-II VanBik 09 PKC: 552

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

Sizangtū hī ‘peck’VanBik 09 PKC: 552
Thadotsùu-I, tsûʔ-II ‘peck’VanBik 09 PKC: 552
Tiddimtuː³ > tuk³ ‘land like a bird; peck like a bird; strike or bite like a snake’VanBik 09 PKC: 552
Tiddimtuː³ > tuk³ v‘land like a bird; peck like a bird; strike like a’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1842
Tiddimtuː³/tuk³ ‘land like a bird...’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumiptiw ‘bite (of a snake), peck (of a bird)’VanBik 09 PKC: 552

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)tsǔu-I, tsuk-II ‘peck (as a fowl), bite (as a snake)’VanBik 09 PKC: 552
Lushai [Mizo]chù-I, chùk-II v‘bite (as snake), to peck, to peck up’VanBik 09 PKC: 552
Lushai [Mizo]chuk v‘bite (as a snake); peck’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2258

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]pāmorpheme-chū v‘peck as fowl’VanBik 09 PKC: 552

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4552, *tsuu-I, tsuk-II ‘PECK / BITE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4552
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #552
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4552,
  title  = {{*tsuu-I, tsuk-II 'PECK / BITE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4552},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4552}
}