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STEDT #6034

*s-gu

SHEEP
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

The initial element is evidently the “animal prefix”, ult. < PTB *sya.

Reflexes & cognates21 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.1“North Assam”1

Sulung [Puroik]sə³³prefixɣu³³ ‘goat’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 117.52

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group4

Angami (Khonoma)teprefix◦ko ‘sheep’Marrison 67 Naga
Angami (Kohima)teprefix◦kuo ‘sheep’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokritüprefix◦ko ‘sheep’Marrison 67 Naga
Maoko◦latumorpheme ‘sheep’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho9

Jingphosă⁵prefixku³¹ ‘sheep’Liu 84
Jingphosă⁵⁵prefixku⁵¹ n‘sheep’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0275.19
Jingphosă⁵⁵prefixku⁵¹ ‘goat / sheep (generic)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 116.47
Jingphosă⁵⁵prefixku⁵¹ ‘sheep’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 118.47
Jingphosă⁵⁵prefixku⁵¹ pă⁵⁵morphemenep⁵⁵morpheme n‘blanket (felt)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0488.19
Jingphosă⁵⁵prefixku⁵¹kă³¹morphemeʃa³¹morpheme n‘lamb’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0277.19
Jingphosă⁵⁵prefixku⁵¹mun³³morpheme n‘wool / fleece’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0279.19
Jingphoshaprefix◦gu ‘sheep’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6034, *s-gu ‘SHEEP’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6034
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6034,
  title  = {{*s-gu 'SHEEP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6034},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6034}
}