*h(r)u

BLOW / BREATH(E) / LIFE

Reconstruction analysis

handlehruinitialh(r)rhymeucoverH · V

Chinese comparandum

秀 OC *si̯ôg, GSR #1095a-b ‘flower and set ears (grain); flower (v.); flourishing’; Schuessler 2007:543 *suh < swuh; B & S 2011: *s-lu-s {[s-l]u(ʔ)-s}; Mand. xiù.

Reflexes & cognates21 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

Taginharu ‘lung’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lushai [Mizo]hu ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP

1.6Mru1

Mruhü ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Lalung [Tiwa]shu◦pasuffix ‘breathe / exhale’Balawan 65: 66

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written/Western?)hu ‘breath / life’Jäschke 1881

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2

Chepangsyu- vt.‘blow through (hand, etc.); prosper, flourish (met.)’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepang (Eastern)syo◦naʔmorpheme ‘blow (mouth)’Caughley 90 CheQ: 9.2.3

3.1Tangut2

Tangut [Xixia]xǐu ‘blow (mouth)’Dai 89 Xixi: 9.2.3

Tangut [Xixia]xju ‘blow, puff’Li 97 Tangut: 4471

5Tujia10

Tujia (Northern)re2morphemesu4 vi.‘blow (of wind)’Brassett 04 Tujia

Tujia (Northern)re2morphemetie2morphemeba4morphemesu4 n+vt.‘blow a gale’Brassett 04 Tujia

Tujia (Northern)re²morphemesu⁴ v‘blow (of wind)’Brassett 06 Tujia: 1.1

Tujia (Northern)re²morphemetie²morphemeba¹morphemesu⁴ v‘blow a gale’Brassett 06 Tujia: 1.1

Tujia (Northern)su4 vi.‘blow’Brassett 04 Tujia

Tujia (Northern)su⁴ v‘blow’Brassett 06 Tujia: 4.3

Tujiasu⁵⁵ ‘blow away (a speck of dust)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1219.49

Tujia (Northern)ze³⁵morphemesu⁵⁵su⁵⁵~ze³⁵morphemesu⁵⁵ ‘blow (of wind)’Tian 86

Tujiazie³⁵morphemesu⁵⁵ v.‘blow (wind)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1353.49

Tujiazie³⁵morphemesu⁵⁵su⁵⁵ ‘blow (of wind)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 753.38

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)hru ‘breathe; draw into nose, mouth; smoke’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)ʔəprefix◦sak#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’ hru v.‘breathe’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #67, *h(r)u ‘BLOW / BREATH(E) / LIFE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/67

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

References: STC p.17 has *hu

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-67,
  title  = {{*h(r)u 'BLOW / BREATH(E) / LIFE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #67},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/67}
}