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STEDT #5540

tsyuk ⪤ dzyuk

SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Chin*zuu-I, zuuk-II ‘SUCK / SMOKE (v.)’PKC #1239 ("PCC")

Karenic*cwiKᴰ ‘SUCK’TL#284

Connections

Allofams

1a #5536 *dz(y)wap ⪤ *ts(y)wap ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’
1b #5541 *m-ts(y)(u/i)p ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’
1c #5537 *dzyut ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’
1d #5540 *tsyuk ⪤ *dzyuk ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’
1e #5539 *dzy(ə/o)w ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’

Notes

A different Proto-Karenic form is suggested in #5625 PKar *sh(u/ɔ́)ʔ SUCKLE / NURSE. Both may ultimately be related.

Reflexes & cognates27 reflexes · 11 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmandzyuk ‘suck / kiss / breast / milk’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 589

1.2.2Central Chin3

*Central Chinzuu-I, zuuk-II ‘SUCK / SMOKE (v.)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1239

Lai (Hakha)zùu-I, zuuk-II ‘smoke (as cigar)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1239

Lushai [Mizo]zùu-I, zûuk ‘drink (by sucking through a tube), to smoke (as a pipe)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1239

1.7.3.1Jingpho10

Jingphochu ‘breast’These Jingpho forms are transcribed as if they were open syllables in Hanson (and sources which recopied his data), but they really have a final glottal stop -ʔ (< *-k), as noted in ZMYYC and other more modern sources.Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphochu ‘milk’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphochu, chyup#5541 PTB *m-ts(y)(u/i)p ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’MesorootsPKC *θeep ‘SUCK / SMOKE (v.)’PCN *m-tshəp ‘SUCK / KISS’PNN *CⓋ-cuːp ‘SUCK’PNN *CⓋ-cʰup ‘KISS’PLB *ʔcupᴴ ⪤ *ʔjupᴸ ⪤ *C-cupᴸ ‘SUCK / MILK’Allofams1a #5536 PTB *dz(y)wap ⪤ *ts(y)wap ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’1b #5541 PTB *m-ts(y)(u/i)p ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’1c #5537 PTB *dzyut ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’1d #5540 PTB *tsyuk ⪤ *dzyuk ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’1e #5539 PTB *dzy(ə/o)w ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’ ‘suck’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphochyu ‘breasts of a female’Hanson 06 KcDc: 90

Jingphotšúʔ ‘breast’Matisoff 72 LTSR: #73

Jingphotʃu̱ʔ⁵⁵ ‘breast; suck’Dai 83 Jing: 96

Jingphotʃu̱ʔ⁵⁵ ‘breast’Liu 84

Jingphotʃu̱ʔ⁵⁵ ‘milk’Liu 84

Jingphotʃu̱ʔ⁵⁵ ‘breast’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 259.47

Jingphotʃu̱ʔ⁵⁵ ‘milk’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 281.47

Tamang (Sahu)nyeh#254 PTB *s-nya-n ‘BREAST / MILK / SUCK’ cʰuT Tai'morpheme◦timorpheme-pasuffix v.‘wean’Final consonant in Sahu cʰuT evidently due to assimilation to the initial of the following syllable.Taylor 72 TmVo: 17.B.3

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmesetšukᴸ ‘suck / kiss / breast / milk’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 618

6.1.1Burmish1

Lashitʃu̱:k⁵⁵ v.‘nurse / suckle’Dai 89 Lash: 5.4.6

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lahu (Black)fâʔ#2630 PTB *rwak ‘RAT’PTk *rwok ‘RAT / RODENT’-cú-šī#1019 PTB *sey ‘FRUIT / ROSE / ROUND OBJECT’PTani *ze ‘FRUIT’PKC *thay ‘FRUIT’PKC *ʔaar-θii ⪤ *-sii ‘STAR’PCN *a-sej ‘FRUIT / SEED’PTk *tʰej ‘FRUIT’PKar *saᴮ ‘FRUIT’ ‘wart ("rat-nipple")’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Bisutʃhɔ̀k v‘suck’Beaudouin 88 Bisu: 35

7Karenic8

*KarencwiKᴰ ‘suck’Luangthongkum 13: 284

Kayahcwi⁵⁵ ‘suck’Luangthongkum 13: 284

KayancwiɁ⁴⁵ ‘suck’Luangthongkum 13: 284

Kayawci³³ ‘suck’Luangthongkum 13: 284

Pa-O (Northern)cuk²¹ ‘suck’Luangthongkum 13: 284

Pa-O (Southern)cuɁ²¹ ‘suck’Luangthongkum 13: 284

Pwo (Southern)θə¹¹ waiɁ³¹ ‘suck’Luangthongkum 13: 284

Sgaw (Northern)sə¹¹ wiɁ⁴⁵ ‘suck’Luangthongkum 13: 284

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5540, *tsyuk ⪤ *dzyuk ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5540

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: cf. HPTB p. 382

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5540,
  title  = {{*tsyuk ⪤ *dzyuk 'SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5540},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5540}
}

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