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STEDT #65

*d-buk

BREATH(E) / LIFE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlebukprefixdinitialbrhymeukcoverP · T

Notes

The Bokar form has apparently undergone nasalization.

Reflexes & cognates20 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani5

Bokaraprefix muk n‘air; breath’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0020.24
Bokaraprefix-muk ‘air’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokaraprefix-muk ‘breath’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokaraprefix-muk taŋmorpheme ‘breathe’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokar Lhobaaprefix◦muk ‘breath’Sun H 80 MLD

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Milangŋamorpheme-muk-cumorpheme-mamorpheme ‘inhale’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Kom Remkəprefix◦pʰuk səmmorpheme v‘breathe’Toba 91 KRQ: 9.2.1

2.1.2Bodic1

Tshona (Mama)buk¹³ ‘breath’Sun H 80 MLD

2.1.2.1Tibetan7

Sherpauq ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP
Spitiu◦tonmorpheme◦jemorpheme v‘breathe’Bodh 91: 9.2.1
Tibetan (Written)dbugs ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.4Tamangish3

Tamang (Sahu)puːh ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP
Tamang (Sahu)puːh Tuhpmorpheme-pasuffix v.‘breathe’Taylor 72 TmVo: 13.B.20

2.3.2Southern Kiranti2

Bantawapok ‘body / life’Rai 85 BnDs

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #65, *d-buk ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/65
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-65,
  title  = {{*d-buk 'BREATH(E) / LIFE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #65},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/65}
}