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STEDT #6402

*pu-n/ŋ

CARRY
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Tangkhulic*pʰuŋ ‘CARRY (ON SHOULDERS)’DRM#690
Karenic*pɨᴮ ‘CARRY (ON THE BACK)’TL#40

Notes

This root bears a strong resemblance to the widespread etymon #2177 PTB *bəw CARRY (ON BACK OR SHOULDERS), and the Karenic forms were assigned to that root in the original version of STC. However, the published version (p. 135) recognizes that this is a complex root in Karenic, and it now seems best to treat these two etyma separately.

The reflexes show variation in the position of articulation of the final nasal between -n and -ŋ.

Reflexes & cognates22 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.3.3Zeme Group5

Khoiraophung v‘carry (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Liangmeiphung v‘carry (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Rongmei / Nruanghmeiphungh v‘carry (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemekanmorpheme◦pung◦bemorpheme ‘pregnant’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemepung v‘carry (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic5

*Tangkhulicpʰuŋ ‘carry (on shoulders)’Mortensen 12 Tk: 690
Tangkhulphung v‘carry (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangkhulphuŋ ‘carry’Bhat 69 TNV: 86
Tusomkəmorpheme-pʰũ ‘carry (on shoulders)’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.089
Ukhrulkəmorpheme-pʰuŋ ‘carry’Mortensen 12 Tk

2.1.2Bodic4

Tsangla (Motuo)phu ‘carry on a pole (two people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 592.7
Tsangla (Motuo)pʻu⁵⁵ ‘carry on a pole (by 2 people)’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tsangla (Tilang)phun ‘carry on a pole (by 2 people)’Zhang Jichuan 86
Cuona Menbapuŋ⁵⁵tɕur⁵⁵morpheme v.‘carry (sthg.) with a pole on t’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1676.06

7Karenic12

*Karenphün (B) ‘carry on back’Benedict 72 STC: 135n368
*Karen [Burling]phy² ‘carry (on the back)’Luangthongkum 13: 40
*Karenpɨᴮ ‘carry (on the back)’Luangthongkum 13: 40
Bwephu³³ ‘carry (on the back)’Luangthongkum 13: 40
Kayawphɨ¹¹ ‘carry (on the back)’Luangthongkum 13: 40
Pa-Obü ‘carry on back’Benedict 72 STC: 147n402
Palaychiphü ‘carry on back’Benedict 72 STC: 135n368
Pwo (Northern)pə̯ɨ³³ ‘carry (on the back)’Luangthongkum 13: 40
Pwophün/phən ‘carry on back’Benedict 72 STC: 135n368
Pwo (Southern)pɨ⁵⁵ ‘carry (on the back)’Luangthongkum 13: 40
Karen (Sgaw)phü ‘carry on back’Benedict 72 STC: 135n368
Sgaw (Southern)phɨ⁴⁵’ ‘carry (on the back)’Luangthongkum 13: 40

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6402, *pu-n/ŋ ‘CARRY’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6402
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6402,
  title  = {{*pu-n/ŋ 'CARRY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6402},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6402}
}