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STEDT #6411

*ku-buŋ

RAT (GENERIC)
Proto-Tani

Notes

The two syllables in this binome seem to occur in either order in Tani languages.

Reflexes & cognates27 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.1.1Tani1

*Taniku-buŋ ‘rat (generic)’Sun J 93 HCST: 316

1.1.1.1Western Tani25

Apatanibu-ko ‘rat’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanibú-ko ‘rat (big, black)’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanibu-ko ‘rodent’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanibu-ku ‘rat’Sun J 93 Tani
Apataniku-bu ‘rat’Sun J 93 Tani
Apataniku-bu ‘rat’Sun J 93 Tani
Apataniku-bu~ bu-ku ‘rat (generic)’Sun J 93 HCST
Apataniúmorpheme-démorpheme ku-bu ‘house rat’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengniku-buŋ ‘rat (generic)’Sun J 93 HCST
Bengniku-buŋ ‘rat’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarku-buŋ ‘rat (generic)’Sun J 93 HCST
Bokarku-buŋ ‘rat’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarkə-buŋ ‘mouse / rat’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokar Lhobaku buŋ ‘rat / mouse’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 134.51
Galo`kobuu n.‘mouse’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`kobuu n.‘rat’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`kobuu n.‘rodent’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`uiimorpheme-`kobuu n.‘rat (variety)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galokobu ‘rat’Das Gupta 63 Gal
Nishingkubung ‘mouse’Das Gupta 69 Daf
Taginboŋkɤ ‘rat (residing in house)’Das Gupta 83 Tag
Taginkobuŋ ‘rat (cannot gallop)’Das Gupta 83 Tag
Taginkobuŋ ‘rat’Das Gupta 83 Tag
Taginkubuŋ ‘rat’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]kə-buŋ ‘rat (generic)’Sun J 93 HCST
Damubuŋ-ka ‘mouse’Sun J 93 Tani

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6411, *ku-buŋ ‘RAT (GENERIC)’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6411
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: JS-HCST: 189
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6411,
  title  = {{*ku-buŋ 'RAT (GENERIC)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6411},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6411}
}