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STEDT #5797

*pu

PUMPKIN / GOURD
Proto-Lolo-Burmese · provisional

Chinese comparandum

OC *b’ộg, GSR #1113f ‘gourd’; Schuessler 2007:409 *brû; B & S 2011: *bˁru {(Cə.)[b]ˁru}; Mand. páo.
OC *b’i̯og, GSR #1157k ‘gourd’; Schuessler 2007: (*biau); B & S 2011: *bew {(Cə.)[b]ew}; Mand. piáo.

Reflexes & cognates107 reflexes · 15 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

Bengnitamorpheme-pɯː ‘pumpkin’Sun J 93 Tani

1.1.2Deng4

Iduaŋumorpheme-pu ‘white gourd’Anonymous 62 Idu
Iducemorphemekamorphemepu ‘gourd (red)’Anonymous 62 Idu
Iduekamorphemepu ‘long gourd’Anonymous 62 Idu
Idupu ‘laisag, pumpkin, gourd’Anonymous 62 Idu

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Tangkhulphɯ ‘gourd’Bhat 69 TNV: 90

3.2Qiangic4

Pumi (Jiulong)pø̃⁵⁵sø⁵⁵ n‘melon / gourd’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0427.10
Pumi (Jiulong)sẽ¹¹morphemepu⁵⁵ n‘ladle (gourd) / dipper (wooden)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0564.10
Pumi (Lanping)pu⁵⁵ n‘ladle (gourd) / dipper (wooden)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0564.09
Xumitsha⁵⁵morphemepu⁵³ n‘ladle (gourd) / dipper (wooden)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0564.17

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmesepu² ‘pumpkin / gourd’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 607

6.1.1Burmish5

Hpun (Northern)ɛ̀prefix phù ‘gourd’Henderson 86 Hpun
Hpun (Northern)ɛ̀prefix phù pàʔmorpheme ‘gourd creeper’Henderson 86 Hpun

6.1.2Loloish3

*Loloish(ʔə)prefixpu² ‘gourd (water carrier)’Bradley 79 PLo: 247
*Loloish(ʔə)prefixpu² ‘gourd’Hansson 89 AHKP: 167
*Loloishpe²‘pumpkin’Bradley 79 PLo: 293

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish12

Laloáprefix-phỳ ‘pumpkin’Björverud 94
Lalo ‘lusheng / gourd pipe’Björverud 94
Yi (Mile)ᴀ⁵⁵prefixphu²¹ ‘melon’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 202.25
Yi (Mile)ᴀ⁵⁵prefixpʰu²¹ ‘pumpkin’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 203.25
Yi (Mojiang)ᴀ⁵⁵prefixphɯ²¹ ‘melon’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 202.26
Yi (Mojiang)ᴀ⁵⁵prefixpʰɯ²¹ ‘pumpkin’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 203.26
Yi (Nanjian)ɑ⁵⁵prefixphy²¹ ‘melon’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 202.23
Yi (Nanjian)ɑ⁵⁵prefixpʰy²¹ ‘pumpkin’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 203.23
Yi (Weishan)ɑ⁵⁵prefixphy²¹ n‘melon / gourd’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0427.36
Yi (Weishan)ɑ⁵⁵prefixphy²¹ n‘pumpkin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0428.36
Yi (Wuding)u³³prefixphv̩⁵⁵ n‘melon / gourd’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0427.38
Yi (Wuding)u³³prefixphv̩⁵⁵ȵe¹¹morphemethɒ¹¹morpheme n‘pumpkin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0428.38

6.1.2.2Central Loloish51

Ahiphü / phö ‘gourd’Benedict 72 STC: 22n75
Jinuoji⁴²morphemetʃho⁵⁵morphemepu⁴⁴khui⁴⁴morpheme n‘ladle (gourd) / dipper (wooden)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0564.44
Lahu (Yellow)phɯ³mɯ⁴ɕi⁵ ‘winter melon’Chang 86
Lisu (Northern)a²¹prefixpu³³ thi²¹ ʃu³³ n‘piece of cucumber’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Central)prefix-pu³ ‘cucumber’Fraser 22
Lisu (Central)prefix-hpū⁵ ‘pumpkin’Fraser 22
Lisu (Northern)aʔ²¹prefixpy³³ N‘cucumber’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixnæ⁵⁵morpheme aʔ²¹morphemepy³³ N‘Chinese trichosanthes gourd (with vine, fruit and root used as herbal medicine)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixphu²¹ tsɔ³⁵morphememɤ⁴⁴morpheme ‘base of a pumpkin’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisua⁵⁵prefixphu³¹ n‘melon / gourd’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0427.40
Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixphy²¹ N‘pumpkin; melon’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixphy²¹ ni³⁵morphemema³³morpheme ‘pumpkin seed; pumpkin pulp’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixphy²¹læ⁵⁵ ‘young melon’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixphy²¹tɕwa³³ ‘melon vine’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixphy²¹ʃɿ⁵⁵morpheme ‘pumpkin seed for sowing’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisuaprefixphü ‘gourd’Benedict 72 STC: 22n75
Lisu (Northern)phu²¹tʃhɿ³³ ni³⁵ma³³ thi ‘watermelon seeds held in between two hands’morpheme · morpheme · mm · morphemeBradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phy²¹ N‘melon’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phy²¹ læ⁵⁵ ‘young melon’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phy²¹næ³³ ‘kind of melon, Terminalia chebula’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phy²¹phja²¹ ‘melon leaf’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phy²¹sɤ²¹ ‘melon’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phy²¹tsɔ³⁵ ‘melon plot’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phy²¹tsɔ³⁵mɤ⁴⁴ ‘base of melon’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phy²¹tɕhɯ³³morpheme ‘bottle gourd’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phy²¹tɕwa³³ ‘melon vine’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phy²¹tɤ³³ tɕwa³³tɤ³³ ‘grow melon (poetic)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phy²¹tʃhɿ³³morpheme ni³⁵morphemema³³morpheme ‘watermelon seed’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phy²¹ʃɿ³³ ‘golden melon’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phy²¹ʃɿ⁵⁵ ‘melon seed’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phy²¹tʃhɿ³³morpheme ‘watermelon’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisuɑ³¹prefixpu̱³³ n‘cucumber’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0429.40
Lisuɑ⁴¹prefixpu⁴⁴ ‘cucumber’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 204.27
Lisuɑ̱⁵⁵prefixphu³¹ n‘pumpkin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0428.40
Lisuɑ⁵⁵prefixphu³¹ ‘melon’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 202.27
Lisuɑ⁵⁵prefixpʰu³¹ ‘pumpkin’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 203.27
Yi (Sani)m̩⁵⁵prefixphe⁴⁴ n‘ladle (gourd) / dipper (wooden)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0564.39
Sani [Nyi]oprefix-phu-mamorpheme ‘gourd’Benedict 72 STC: 22n75
Yi (Sani)o⁵⁵prefixphv̩¹¹ n‘melon / gourd’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0427.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish10

Akha (Thai)íprefix-phù ‘bottle gourd’Hansson 89 AHKP: 167
Akhaphù ‘gourd’Hansson 89 AHKP: 167
Akha (Yunnan)úmorpheme phù ‘bottle gourd’Hansson 89 AHKP: 167
Hani (Lüchun)xhómorpheme phù ‘bottle gourd’Hansson 89 AHKP: 167
Hani (Pijo)úprefix phfù ‘bottle gourd’Hansson 89 AHKP: 167
Hani (Wordlist)haolpuq ‘bottle gourd’Hansson 89 AHKP: 167
Hani (Khatu)úprefix phm̀ ‘bottle gourd’Hansson 89 AHKP: 167

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish9

Southern Mujia⁵⁵prefixpʰə²¹ ‘gourd’Pelkey 11 Phula: 191
Pholaᵑkɑ̠²³morphemepʰu̠²³ ‘gourd’Pelkey 11 Phula: 191
Hlepho Phowaa²¹prefixpʰə⁵⁵ ‘melon’Pelkey 11 Phula: 189
Hlepho Phowaa²¹prefixpʰə⁵⁵ ‘pumpkin; squash’Pelkey 11 Phula: 190
Hlepho Phowaa²¹prefixpʰə⁵⁵ko²¹morphemelo²¹morpheme ‘gourd’Pelkey 11 Phula: 191
Phuzaa⁵⁵prefixpʰɛ³³ ‘gourd’Pelkey 11 Phula: 191

8Bai6

Bai (Bijiang)pho⁴⁴ ‘cucumber’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 204.37
Bai (Dali)p'ɔ 2 ‘cucumber’Dell 81: 383
Bai (Dali)pho⁴⁴ ‘cucumber’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 204.35
Bai (Jianchuan)pho⁴⁴ ‘cucumber’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 204.36

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5797, *pu ‘PUMPKIN / GOURD’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5797
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5797,
  title  = {{*pu 'PUMPKIN / GOURD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5797},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5797}
}