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STEDT #5588

*kuːk

WEEP / WAIL
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Chinese comparandum

哭 OC *k’uk, GSR #1203a; B & S 2011: *kʰˁok {[kʰ]ˁok}; Mand. kū.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 4 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lushai [Mizo]kuːk ‘shriek’Chou 72: 1203a

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old/Mid)kʻuk ‘lament / weep’Chou 72: 1203a

9.0.3Modern Chinese3

Chinese (Mandarin)kū ‘cry, weep’Evans 91
Chinese (Mandarin)ku (imp ‘weep (imp / pf)’Sun J 85 ChGl: 566

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5588, *kuːk ‘WEEP / WAIL’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5588
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p. 363
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5588,
  title  = {{*kuːk 'WEEP / WAIL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5588},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5588}
}