STEDT #5633

*t(y)u

HAIR

Notes

So far this root is deemed to occur only in Karbi and Meithei. However, it bears a strong resemblance to #370 PTB *(t)su-ŋ HAIR / MANE / BEARD.

Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.4Meithei5

Meitheisegrakmorpheme-kimorpheme tu ‘underarm hair’Singh 91 MeiQ: 8.1.3.1

Meitheithəmorpheme◦bak#1255 PTB *(p/b)a(k/ŋ) ‘CHEST / LAP / BOSOM’-kimorpheme tu ‘chest hair’Singh 91 MeiQ: 8.1.3.2

Meitheitu ‘body hair’Singh 91 MeiQ: 8.1.3

Meitheitu ‘hair (of body)’Marrison 67 Naga

Meitheitu◦hawmorpheme ‘beard / moustache’Singh 91 MeiQ: 8.1.2

1.5Mikir [Karbi]6

Mikir [Karbi]aprefix◦chu ‘hair (of head)’Marrison 67 Naga

Mikir [Karbi]chu ‘hair’Matisoff 87 BP

Mikir [Karbi]chū ‘hair’Grüssner 79 BP: 74

Mikir [Karbi]chū ‘hair of head’Grüssner 79 BP: 74

Mikir [Karbi]chu◦jengmorpheme ‘hair (of head)’Marrison 67 Naga

Mikir [Karbi]chu◦jengmorpheme ‘hair’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5633, *t(y)u ‘HAIR’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5633

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

References: JAM

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5633,
  title  = {{*t(y)u 'HAIR'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5633},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5633}
}