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STEDT #5645

*su(k)

WASH

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*suu-I, suuk-II ‘WASH’PKC #683

Tangkhulic*su ‘WASH’DRM#692

Notes

This root is solidly attested in the NE Indian areal group, but has so far not been discovered elsewhere.

Reflexes & cognates23 reflexes · 13 subgroups

1.1“North Assam”1

Sulung [Puroik]suȶ³³ ‘wash (hand)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 648.52

1.1.1.1Western Tani4

Bengnilɯmorpheme-suk ‘wash hands’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarsuk ‘wash (hand)’Sun J 93 Tani

Galolak#695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’MesorootsPTani *lak ‘HAND / ARM’PNN *glək ‘HAND’PLB *lakᴸ ‘HAND’PL *lakᴸ ‘HAND’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’◦suk vt.‘wash (hands)’GLDC 09 Galo

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinsuu-I, suuk-II VanBik 09 PKC: 683

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Sizangsū hī ‘wash clothes’VanBik 09 PKC: 683

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumipsiiw ‘wash, clean (cloth) using a shaking/agitating action’VanBik 09 PKC: 683

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)sùu-I, suuk-II ‘wash clothes’VanBik 09 PKC: 683

Lushai [Mizo]su v‘wash (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]su v‘wash (clothes)’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]sûu-I, sùuk-II v‘wash (as clothes, head, entrails, yams, etc)’VanBik 09 PKC: 683

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]pāmorpheme-sū ‘wash cloth’VanBik 09 PKC: 683

1.3.4Tangkhulic5

*Tangkhulicsu ‘wash’Mortensen 12 Tk: 692

Huishukəmorpheme-nəmorpheme-suk ‘wash’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.090

Tangkhulsɯ ‘wash’Bhat 69 TNV: 100

Ukhrulkʰəmorpheme-ŋəmorpheme-su ‘wash (clothes)’Mortensen 12 Tk

Ukhrulkʰəprefix-ŋəprefix-sɯ ‘wash (clothes)’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.4Meithei1

Meitheisu v‘wash (clothes)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1Bodo-Garo1

*Bodo-Garosu' ‘wash’Burling 59 PBo: 444

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Dimasasu v‘wash (clothes)’Marrison 67 Naga

Dimasasu◦shamorpheme v‘wash (clothes)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.3Koch3

Atongsu◦setmorpheme- v‘wash’van Breugel 08 Atong

Atongsu◦sutmorpheme- v‘wash’van Breugel 08 Atong

Atongsu◦sytmorpheme- v‘wash’van Breugel 08 Atong

1.7.1.4Deori1

Deori/Deurisu²-ri²morpheme ‘wash (clothes)’Jacquesson 05 Deuri

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5645, *su(k) ‘WASH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5645

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

References: tentative transcription

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5645,
  title  = {{*su(k) 'WASH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5645},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5645}
}