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STEDT #6094

*ru-t

CRAZY

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*ru ‘CRAZY / MAD’from JS-HCST: 153

Kuki-Chin*ruut ⪤ *hruut ‘FOOLISH / MAD’PKC #940

Lolo-Burmese*ru² ‘CRAZY’cf. HPTB p.180

Connections

HPTB*ru ‘crazy’p. 181

Notes

Kuki-Chin reflects the *-t suffix for this root.

Reflexes & cognates51 reflexes · 16 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanru ‘crazy’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 611

1.1.1Tani1

*Taniru ‘crazy / mad’Sun J 93 HCST: 85

1.1.1.1Western Tani14

Apataniàprefix-kì#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’ rù-nɯsuffix ‘mad dog’Sun J 93 Tani

Apataniró-nɯsuffix ‘mad’Sun J 93 Tani

Apataniru-nɯsuffix ‘crazy / mad’Sun J 93 HCST

Apataniru-nɯsuffix ‘insane’Sun J 93 Tani

Apatanirù-nɯsuffix ‘mad’Sun J 93 Tani

Apataniru-nɯsuffix ‘mad’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengniru-gak#6328 PTani *grak ‘CRAZY / MAD’ ‘crazy / mad’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengniru-kakmorpheme-bumorpheme ‘madman (on the loose)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnisumorpheme-ru-bumorpheme ‘madman’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnišumorpheme-ru; ru-gak#6328 PTani *grak ‘CRAZY / MAD’ ‘crazy / mad’Sun J 93 HCST

Miri, Hillru◦gak#6328 PTani *grak ‘CRAZY / MAD’-nemorpheme ‘mad’Simon 76 Miri

Nishingru◦gak#6328 PTani *grak ‘CRAZY / MAD’ ‘mad (crazy)’Das Gupta 69 Daf

Taginsimorpheme◦ru◦nemorpheme ‘mad’Das Gupta 83 Tag

Taginsimorpheme◦ru◦nɤmorpheme nyimorpheme ‘mad man’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinruut ⪤ hruut ‘FOOLISH / MAD’VanBik 09 PKC: 940

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)gu be v.‘mad, to become mad’VanBik 09 PKC: 940

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lai (Hakha)hruut-I, hruʔ-II be v.‘foolish, mad’VanBik 09 PKC: 940

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]hrú ‘foolish, mad’VanBik 09 PKC: 940

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Sakrəwmorpheme◦vu◦bamorpheme ‘insane / crazy’Huziwara 08 Sak: 249-1

3.2Qiangic11

Muyatə̱⁵⁵prefix ʁɑ³³ v.‘crazy, become’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1323.15

Muya [Minyak]ʁɑ⁵⁵mi⁵³morpheme ‘mad person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 303.15

Namuyiʁo⁵⁵ndʐo⁵⁵morpheme ‘mad person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 303.19

Namuyiʁuo⁵⁵ndʐuo⁵⁵morpheme v.‘crazy, become’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1323.46

Qiang (Longxi)dàmorpheme ʁó ‘crazy’Evans 99 Qiang: 1897

Qiang (Longxi)ʁó mùmorpheme ‘insane person’Evans 99 Qiang: 265

Qiang (Mawo)ʁu ʁu v.‘crazy, become’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1323.08

Qiang (Mawo)ʁu◦ʁu◦nmorpheme ‘insane person’Sun H 81 Qia

Qiang (Mawo)ʁu◦ʁu◦nmorpheme ‘mad person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 303.8

Qiang (Yadu)tumorpheme◦ʁu ‘insane’Dai 89 Qian: 1897

Queyu (Xinlong)rʁa¹³ v.‘crazy, become’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1323.13

3.3rGyalrongic2

Ergong (Danba)lʁa mamorpheme ‘mad person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 303.14

Daofurəmorpheme lʁɑ v.‘crazy, become’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1323.12

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmeseru² ‘crazy’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 611

6.1.1Burmish4

Burmese (Rangoon)ju⁵⁵ v.‘crazy, become’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1323.27

Burmese (Written)ru³ v.‘crazy, become’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1323.26

Leqi (Luxi)ju̱ː³³ v.‘crazy, become’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1323.33

Marmaəprefix◦rú ‘insane / crazy’Huziwara 08 Sak: 249-1

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishru² ‘crazy’Bradley 79 PLo: 557A

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish6

Yi (Liangshan)vu³³lɯ³³morphememo³³morphemelɯ³³morpheme ‘crazy, be; deranged, be’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)vu³⁴mo³³morpheme ‘crazy, be; ill, mentally’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Wuding)ɣv̩³³ v.‘crazy, become’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1323.38

Yi (Xide)vu³³ v.‘crazy, become’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1323.35

Yi (Xide)vu³³-su³³morpheme-su²¹morpheme ‘mad, crazy’Chen 79 YiCh

Yi (Xide)vu³⁴-mo³³morpheme ‘go crazy’Chen 79 YiCh

6.1.2.2Central Loloish10

Jinuoa⁴⁴prefixvɯ³³lɯ³³morpheme v.‘crazy, become’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1323.44

*Common Lahug'uˇ ‘crazy’Bradley 79 PLo: 557A

Lahu (Lancang)ɣu⁵³ v.‘crazy, become’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1323.43

Lahu (Black)phɨ̂#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’-g̈û n.‘mad dog’Matisoff 88 DL: 920

Lahu (Black)tshɔ³³#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’ɣu⁵³ ‘mad person’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 303.33

Lisu (Northern)khɤ²¹#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’vy⁴⁴ ‘mad dog’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisutsho̱³³#3327 PTB *tsaŋ ‘PERSON’PLB *tsaŋ¹ ‘PERSON’vu³³ n‘lunatic’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0209.40

Lisuvu³³ v.‘crazy, become’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1323.40

Lisuwu¹ ‘crazy’Bradley 79 PLo: 557B

Yi (Sani)v̩¹¹ v.‘crazy, become’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1323.39

8Bai1

Bai (Jianchuan)vv⁴² v.‘crazy, become’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1323.48

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6094, *ru-t ‘CRAZY’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6094

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

References: cf. HPTB p.181

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6094,
  title  = {{*ru-t 'CRAZY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6094},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6094}
}