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STEDT #5411

*m-puk

SHOOT

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*m-pökᴴ ‘SHOOT’

Notes

This stronghold of this etymon is Lolo-Burmese, where several forms overtly carry the nasal prefix, which is also indirectly attested by the voiced initials in languages like Lahu.

Reflexes & cognates80 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

6.1Lolo-Burmese3

*Lolo-Burmeseʔpök or ʔbök ‘shoot’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 108(b)

6.1.1Burmish14

Achang (Lianghe)pɯk⁵⁵ ‘shoot’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Longchuan)pək⁵⁵ v.‘shoot (an arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1611.28
Achang (Luxi)pək³¹ ‘shoot’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Xiandao)pɤk⁵⁵ v.‘shoot (an arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1611.29
Bola (Luxi)pak³¹ v.‘shoot (an arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1611.32
Hpun (Northern)pə̀ɪʔ ‘shoot (with bow or gun)’Henderson 86 Hpun
Langsu (Luxi)pak³¹ v.‘shoot (an arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1611.31
Leqi (Luxi)pəːk³¹ v.‘shoot (an arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1611.33
Marmabɔiʔ ‘shoot’Huziwara 08 Sak: 162
Atsi [Zaiwa]pik²¹ v.‘shoot (an arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1611.30

6.1.2Loloish3

*Loloish(ʔ)-m-pokᴴ ‘shoot’Bradley 79 PLo: 704
*Loloish(ʔ)m-pökᴴ ‘shoot’Hansson 89 AHKP: 579
PNLN-pök‘shoot’Chen 86 CS: 76.

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish22

Lalobaq ‘flick / recoil / shoot (bow)’Björverud 94
Laloba̱³³ ‘shoot’Chen 86 CS: 76.
Liphoba̱³³ ‘shoot’Chen 86 CS: 76.
Nasumbhɚ̱² ‘shoot’Chen 86 CS: 76.
Neisumbɪ³³ ‘shoot’Chen 86 CS: 76.
Nesuba̱³³ ‘shoot’Chen 86 CS: 76.
Nosu<bɪ̱⁴> ‘shoot’Chen 86 CS: 76.
Nusu (Central)be̱⁵³ v.‘shoot (an arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1611.34
Nusu (Southern)bi̱⁵³ ‘shoot’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Northern)bi̱⁵⁵ ‘shoot’Sun J 86 Nusu
Yi (Liangshan)mbɛ³³ ‘play (musical instrument); pluck (musical instrument); separate (fibers); shoot (an arrow)’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Mile)bᴀ̱³³ ‘shoot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 688.25
Yi (Mojiang)bᴀ̱³³ ‘shoot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 688.26
Yi (Nanhua)bæ³³ v.‘shoot (an arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1611.37
Yi (Weishan)ba³³ v.‘shoot (an arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1611.36
Yi (Wuding)mphɚ̱² v.‘shoot (an arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1611.38
Yi (Xide)mbe³³ v.‘shoot (an arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1611.35

6.1.2.2Central Loloish20

Ahiba̱³³ ‘shoot’Chen 86 CS: 76.
Jinuopɐ⁴² ‘shoot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 688.34
Jinuo (Youle)pə⁴² ‘shoot’Gai 86
Jinuopə⁴² v.‘shoot (an arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1611.44
Kucongbɔ33 ‘shoot (a gun)’Dai 09 Kucong
Kucongbɔ33 ‘shoot (an arrow)’Dai 09 Kucong
Kucongbɔ33 zu33morpheme ‘strike, shoot and strike’also contains *m-p(r)uŋ/kDai 09 Kucong
Lahu (Lancang)bɔ⁵⁴ v.‘shoot (an arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1611.43
Lahu (Yellow)bɔ⁶ ‘shoot’Chang 86
Lisu (Northern)bɯ³³ V‘shoot (an arrow); open fire; let off’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisubɯ̱³³ v.‘shoot (an arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1611.40
Lisu (Northern)bɯ³³zæʔ²¹morpheme ‘shoot; hit the mark’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisubɯ⁴⁴ ‘shoot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 688.27
Lisu (Central)paw³ v.‘shoot’Fraser 22
Sani [Nyi]ba⁴⁴ ‘shoot’Chen 86 CS: 76.
Yi (Sani)bɑ⁴⁴ v.‘shoot (an arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1611.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish15

Akhabəq ‘shoot’Hansson 89 AHKP: 579
Akha (Thai)bəq ‘shoot, fluff’Hansson 89 AHKP: 579
Akha (Yunnan)morpheme bəq bəq ‘shoot, fluff’Hansson 89 AHKP: 579
Hani (Lüchun)bəq ‘shoot, fluff’Hansson 89 AHKP: 579
Hani (Lüchun)bɤ̱³³ v.‘shoot (an arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1611.41
Hani (Mojiang)pɤ³³ v.‘shoot (an arrow)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1611.42
Mpipɑʔ³ v.‘shoot’Srinuan 76

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish5

Azhapa³³ ‘shoot (a gun)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 697
Southern Mujibə³³ ‘shoot (a gun)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 697
Pholabæ³³ ‘shoot (a gun)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 697
Hlepho Phowabi²¹ ‘shoot (a gun)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 697
Phuzabɛ¹³ ‘shoot (a gun)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 697

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5411, *m-puk ‘SHOOT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5411
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: HPTB DONE; cf. HPTB p. 357
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5411,
  title  = {{*m-puk 'SHOOT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5411},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5411}
}