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STEDT #5607

*muk

CATTLE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Tangkhulic*muk ‘CATTLE’DRM#759

Notes

This root is quite promising, but further confirmation would be welcome.

Reflexes & cognates13 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2.4“Old Kuki”3

Sorbungsəmorpheme-muk ‘cattle’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: Animals.009

Sorbungsəmorpheme-mùk-mòomorpheme-samorpheme ‘cattle, female; cow’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: Animals.011

Sorbungsəmorpheme-mùk-paamorpheme-saamorpheme ‘cattle, male; bull’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: Animals.010

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

Maringnamorpheme◦muk ‘cattle’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic9

*Tangkhulicmuk ‘cattle’Mortensen 12 Tk: 759

Champhungʃemorpheme-muk ‘cow’Brown 37 Indo

Huishusəmorpheme-muʔ ‘cattle / cow’Mortensen 12 Tk: Animals.011

Kachaisimorpheme-muk ‘cattle’Mortensen 12 Tk

Kachaisimorpheme-muk ‘cattle’Mortensen 12 Tk: Animals.009

Tankghul (Central)samorpheme-muk ‘cow’Brown 37 Indo

Tangkhul (Northern)samorpheme-muk ‘cow’Brown 37 Indo

Tangkhul (Standard)simorpheme-muk ‘cow’Brown 37 Indo

Ukhrulsimorpheme-muk ‘cattle’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Saksəprefix◦muʔ ‘cattle / cow’Huziwara 08 Sak: 304-3

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5607, *muk ‘CATTLE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5607

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

References: JAM

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5607,
  title  = {{*muk 'CATTLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5607},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5607}
}