STEDT
STEDT #478

*tsyuk

MOUTH / LIP
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

Notes

This is undoubtedly the same etymon as #1356 PTB *dzyuk ⪤ *tsyuk VULVA, with obvious semantic connections. Reflexes with meanings like MOUTH or LIP have so far been found in the NE Indian Areal Group (including Barish [Atong] and the outlying Sulung language), Himalayish (including Bodic [Tshona] and Kiranti), and Burmese (which has homophonous forms with both the VAGINA and MOUTH meanings).

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.1“North Assam”2

Sulung [Puroik]ɕək³³ ‘mouth’Sun H 93 SulQ

6.1.1Burmish1

Burmese (Written)ʔaprefix-cok ‘bottom of mouth’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #478, *tsyuk ‘MOUTH / LIP’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/478
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-478,
  title  = {{*tsyuk 'MOUTH / LIP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #478},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/478}
}