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STEDT #6027

*luk

SHEEP
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

Coblin (1986:131) cites a Chinese comparandum reconstructed as *rug.

Chinese comparandum

犢 OC *d’uk, GSR #1023l ‘calf’; Schuessler 2007:217 *lôk; B & S 2011: *lˁok; Mand. dú.
羭 OC *di̯u, GSR #125k ‘ewe; goodness’; Coblin 86:131 ST *lug > OC *rug; Schuessler 2007:217 *lo; B & S 2011: *lo; Mand. yú.

Reflexes & cognates83 reflexes · 13 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)2

Lotha Nagao²prefix-lu¹roʔ²morpheme n.‘lamb’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦lyu ‘sheep’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group1

2.1.2Bodic2

Cuona Menbaluk³⁵ma⁵³morpheme n‘dung (goat, sheep)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0280.06

2.1.2.1Tibetan48

Tibetan (Alike)luk ramorpheme n‘sheepfold / pen (sheep)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0506.05
Tibetan (Alike)lək◦ɣəmorpheme n‘kid’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0278.05
Tibetan (Balti)luk ‘sheep (female)’Rangan 75: 41
Tibetan (Balti)lu◦wʌqmorpheme ‘sheep’Rangan 75: 43
Tibetan (Batang)lu¹³ra⁵³morpheme n‘sheepfold / pen (sheep)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0506.03
Tibetan (Batang)lᴜ¹³ɣᴜ⁵³morpheme n‘kid’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0278.03
Tibetan (Lhasa)luk¹³ tshaŋ⁵⁵morpheme n‘sheepfold / pen (sheep)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0506.02
Tibetan (Lhasa)luk¹³tʂhu⁵²morpheme n‘kid’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0278.02
Tibetan (Lhasa)lu¹³ku⁵⁵morpheme n‘kid’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0278.02
Tibetan (Written)bsɑ́dmorpheme-lug ‘sheep for slaughter (W.)’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)ḍómorpheme-lug ‘sheep for slaughter (W.)’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)lug bkagmorpheme samorpheme n‘sheepfold / pen (sheep)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0506.01
Tibetan (Written)lúg-kʻyumorpheme ‘sheep (flock of)’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)lúg-s̀igmorpheme ‘louse (sheep) / tick’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)rɑ#6031 PTB *ra ‘GOAT’-mɑmorpheme-lúg ‘goats and sheep’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)s̀ímorpheme-lug ‘sheep for slaughter (W.)’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Xiahe)ləχ ramorpheme n‘sheepfold / pen (sheep)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0506.04

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchalúk n.‘sheep’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

2.1.4Tamangish23

*TGTMᴮgju ‘sheep’Mazaudon 94 These: 168
Gurungkyuhq n‘sheep’Hale 73 CSD: 03a.040
Manang (Prakaa)⁴kʰyu ‘sheep’Hoshi 84: 0097
Thakali'kyuh n‘sheep’Hale 73 CSD: 03a.040
Thakali (Marpha)⁵⁴⁵kjuː ‘sheep’Mazaudon 94 These: 168
Thakali (Marpha)⁵⁴⁵kjuː ‘sheep’Mazaudon 94 These: 169

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Khamlu: n‘sheep’Hale 73 CSD: 03a.040

3.3rGyalrongic1

9.0.1Old Chinese1

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6027, *luk ‘SHEEP’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6027
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6027,
  title  = {{*luk 'SHEEP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6027},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6027}
}