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STEDT #5429

*s-blu

PORCUPINE / HEDGEHOG

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*sha-phruu ‘ANTEATER / PANGOLIN’PKC #1337
Lolo-Burmese*ʔ-blu¹ ‘PORCUPINE’

Notes

This root is extremely well-attested in Lolo-Burmese-Naxi, and has solid cognates and Qiangic, West Himalayish, and Nungic.

Reflexes & cognates67 reflexes · 19 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinsha-phruu ‘ANT-EATER / PANGOLIN’VanBik 09 PKC: 1337

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Thadosâa-phúʔ ‘anteater, pangolin’VanBik 09 PKC: 1337

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumisphruu ‘scaly anteater, pangolin’VanBik 09 PKC: 1337

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)sa-phùu ‘anteater, pangolin’VanBik 09 PKC: 1337
Lushai [Mizo]sà-phú n‘pangolin or the scaly ant-eater’VanBik 09 PKC: 1337

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]sā-phú n‘scaley ant-eater’VanBik 09 PKC: 1337

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Meluriaprefixkhamorphemeprü ‘porcupine’Marrison 67 Naga

3.2Qiangic4

Lyuzuʂæ⁵⁵morphemephʐu⁵³ n‘porcupine’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0318.18

4Nungic2

Nungbɹu³³ ‘porcupine’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 184
Nunghɑŋ³⁵morphemepu³¹ n‘hedgehog’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0319.21

6.1Lolo-Burmese2

*Lolo-Burmeseʔ-blu¹ ‘porcupine’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 584
*Lolo-Burmeseʔplu¹ ‘porcupine’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 25

6.1.1Burmish15

Achang (Luxi)pu³⁵ ‘porcupine’Dai 85 AcJZ
Bola (Luxi)pju̱⁵⁵ n‘porcupine’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0318.32
Burmese (Rangoon)phju²²ŋɛ²²morpheme n‘hedgehog’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0319.27
Burmese (Written)phru²ŋɑj²morpheme n‘hedgehog’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0319.26
Hpun (Northern)morphemephyúʔ, morphemephyúʔ ‘porcupine’Henderson 86 Hpun
Leqi (Luxi)lə̆³¹morphemepju̱³³ n‘porcupine’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0318.33

6.1.2Loloish2

*Loloishʔ-plu² ‘porcupine’Bradley 79 PLo: 30
PNLʔplu¹ ‘porcupine’Chen 86 CS: 108.

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish13

Liphopu³³ ‘porcupine’Chen 86 CS: 108.
Nasupu³³ ‘porcupine’Chen 86 CS: 108.
Neisupu¹³ ‘porcupine’Chen 86 CS: 108.
Nesupu⁵⁵ ‘porcupine’Chen 86 CS: 108.
Nosupu³³ ‘porcupine’Chen 86 CS: 108.
Yi (Liangshan)pu³³ ‘hedgehog; porcupine’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Wuding)pv̩³³vi⁵⁵morpheme n‘porcupine’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0318.38
Yi (Xide)pu³³nɔ³³morpheme n‘porcupine’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0318.35

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish2

Southern Mujipɯ³³ʨi³³morpheme ‘porcupine’Pelkey 11 Phula: 106
Pholapɯ⁵⁵ ‘porcupine’Pelkey 11 Phula: 106

6.2Naxi3

Laze (Xiangjiao)pv˧ ‘hedgehog’[Source note] Erinaceus amurensisMichaud 06 NaLaze: 3945
Naxipy²¹ n‘hedgehog’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0319.45
Naxipy²¹ly³³morpheme n‘porcupine’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0318.45

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5429, *s-blu ‘PORCUPINE / HEDGEHOG’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5429
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB pp. 74, 184
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5429,
  title  = {{*s-blu 'PORCUPINE / HEDGEHOG'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5429},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5429}
}