STEDT
STEDT #6256

*pʷak

BURST
NE Indian Areal Group · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*puak-I, puaʔ-II ‘BLAST / BURST / EXPLODE’PKC #126
Tangkhulic*wok ‘BURST’DRM#681

Chinese comparandum

OC *puk, GSR #1210a-d ‘divine using pyromancy (i.e. by interpreting cracks produced in a tortoise shell or ox bone exposed to intense heat)’; Schuessler 2007:172 *pôk; B & S 2011: *pˁok; Mand. .

Reflexes & cognates30 reflexes · 8 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani10

Bengnipuk-čiːmorpheme ‘burst (pod, ripe fruit)’Sun J 93 Tani
Galo-`buk vs:adv.‘burst’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo-`puk vs:adv.‘pop’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`bukkoomorpheme vi.‘burst open’GLDC 09 Galo
Galobukcimorpheme vi.‘burst apart’GLDC 09 Galo
Galobukpikmorpheme vi.‘burst’GLDC 09 Galo
Galobukpikmorpheme vi.‘puncture’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo«ˆbuk»-takmorpheme- v.‘burst’Weidert 87 TBTo: 679
Taginbuk-takmorpheme-nammorpheme v‘burst’Das Gupta 83 Tag
Taginbuk-takmorpheme-nammorpheme ‘explode’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinpuak-I, puaʔ-II ‘BLAST / BURST / EXPLODE’VanBik 09 PKC: 126

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Paitepuak kek ‘blast, explode’VanBik 09 PKC: 126
Sizangpuak tam hī ‘explode’VanBik 09 PKC: 126
Thadopóʔ-I, pòo-II ‘explode’VanBik 09 PKC: 126
Tiddimpuak¹ ‘burst’VanBik 09 PKC: 126
Tiddimpuak¹ vi‘burst’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1412
Tiddimpuak¹ ‘burst (intr.)’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumiapeew ‘explode, pop, burst, break (of a blister, pimple, condom); be cut (of teeth)’VanBik 09 PKC: 126

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Falam)pûak-I, pùak-II ‘blast, explode’VanBik 09 PKC: 126
Lai (Hakha)puak-I, puaʔ-II ‘blast, explode’VanBik 09 PKC: 126
Lushai [Mizo]pûak-I, pùah-II v‘explode, to burst, to pop, to blow up’VanBik 09 PKC: 126

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)3

Ao (Chungli)³aprefix³puk v.‘burst’Weidert 87 TBTo: 679

1.3.4Tangkhulic6

Huishumorpheme-wuʔ-kʰej-kʰe ‘burst’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.043
Tangkhul«¹ŋəmorpheme²wok»-¹kəmorpheme²khaimorpheme v.‘burst’Weidert 87 TBTo: 679
Tusomʔummorpheme-bu-morpheme-kiemorpheme v.‘burst’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.045
Ukhrulkʰəmorpheme-ŋəmorpheme-wok ‘burst off (bottle)’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1

Tangsaphuk v.‘burst’Weidert 87 TBTo: 679

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6256, *pʷak ‘BURST’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6256
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("KMR")
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6256,
  title  = {{*pʷak 'BURST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6256},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6256}
}