*pu

WRAP UP IN A BUNDLE

Notes

This Proto Tani root is perhaps ultimately to be related to #2579 PTB *pun WRAP / COVER / WEAR, although there is no trace of a final nasal within Tani.

Chinese comparandum

包 OC *pộg, GSR #1113a ‘wrap, bundle’; Schuessler 2007:157 *prû; B & S 2011: *pˁ‹r›u; Mand. bāo.

Reflexes & cognates16 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanipu ‘wrap up in a bundle’also contains *punSun J 93 HCST: 477

1.1.1.1Western Tani15

Apataniáprefix-pu ‘wrap up’Sun J 93 Tani

Bengnipu ‘wrap up in a bundle’Sun J 93 HCST

Bengnipu(-jummorpheme) ‘wrap up’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokaraprefix puː clf‘bundle / sheaf’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0877.24

Bokaraprefix puː puː v‘wrap’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1142.24

Bokarpu ‘wrap up in a bundle’Sun J 93 HCST

Bokarpu ‘wrap’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarpuː ‘tie (belt)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarpuː ‘wrap’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarpuː ‘bind / tie up’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1141.24

Bokarpuː v.‘buckle up / fasten (a belt)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1412.24

Bokarpuː-jək#6369 PTani *jək ‘KNOT’ ‘tie up (a person)’Sun J 93 Tani

Bokarpuː◦jəkmorpheme ‘wind (thread onto a keel)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1179.24

Bokar Lhobapu ‘wrap’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 663.51

Bokar Lhobapuː◦jək#6369 PTani *jək ‘KNOT’ ‘tie (e.g. firewood)into a bund’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 664.51

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]pu ‘wrap up in a bundle’Sun J 93 HCST

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6535, *pu ‘WRAP UP IN A BUNDLE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6535

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

References: JS-HCST: 153

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6535,
  title  = {{*pu 'WRAP UP IN A BUNDLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6535},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6535}
}