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*pu

POT / PLATE / DISH
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*pV ‘POT (generic)’
Central Naga (Ao Group)*phuʔ ‘POT / PLATE / DISH’
Tamangish*ᴬpuː ‘JAR / POT’

Notes

A number of TB languages seem to have borrowed their word for POT from Chinese 壷 (Mand. hú) ‘kettle, pot’, e.g., Guiqiong tɕha³¹hu⁵⁵, Namuyi tshuei⁵⁵fu³¹, rGyalrong (Maerkang) tʃhɑ hu.

Reflexes & cognates64 reflexes · 13 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani27

Apataničamorpheme-romorpheme-pɯ-čã#6541 PTani *(pV)-kiŋ ‘POT (generic)’ ‘pot (metal~)’Sun J 93 Tani
Apataničanmorpheme-čimorpheme-pɯ-čã#6541 PTani *(pV)-kiŋ ‘POT (generic)’ ‘pot (metal~)’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanikémorpheme-ramorpheme (pɯ-čaŋ#6541 PTani *(pV)-kiŋ ‘POT (generic)’) ‘frying pan’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanikemorpheme-ramorpheme pɯ-čã#6541 PTani *(pV)-kiŋ ‘POT (generic)’ ‘pan (frying~)’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanixɯmorpheme-nammorpheme pɯ-čaŋ#6541 PTani *(pV)-kiŋ ‘POT (generic)’ ‘cooking pot’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengnitɯmorpheme-kammorpheme pə-čiŋ#6541 PTani *(pV)-kiŋ ‘POT (generic)’ ‘pot (earthen)’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokartaprefix-kammorpheme pɯ-čiŋ#6541 PTani *(pV)-kiŋ ‘POT (generic)’ ‘pot (earthen)’Sun J 93 Tani
Galopɨ◦cɨɨ-abə n.‘lip (of a pot)’also contains *(pV)-kiŋprefix · morphemeGLDC 09 Galo
Taginpi◦ciŋ#6541 PTani *(pV)-kiŋ ‘POT (generic)’ imorpheme◦si#189 PTB *si ‘WATER’PTani *si ‘WATER’◦ɤmorpheme akumorpheme-yariŋmorpheme-domorpheme ' ‘pot is full of water'’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)21

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)aowamorpheme◦phu n‘dish’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)sungmorpheme◦phu n‘dish’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)jàmorpheme◦pu n.‘plate’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagao¹prefix-phuʔ² n.‘pot’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.070
Lotha Nagafū◦vìmorpheme ‘potter’Acharya 75
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦pfhu n‘dish’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦pfhu ‘pot’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagaōprefix◦pfə̀ ‘pot’Acharya 75
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦phu ‘pot’Murry 78: 91
Sangtamsürülotmorpheme◦phü n‘dish’Marrison 67 Naga
Sangtamtphü n‘plate’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrüpangjimorpheme-phüh ‘earthen water pot’Kumar 73 Yim: 42
Yimchungrüpangjimorpheme◦phü ‘vat’Kumar 73 Yim: 63
Yimchungrüphu◦rusuffix n‘dish’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrüphu◦rusuffix n‘plate’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrüphü◦tammorpheme◦rüsuffix ‘potter’Kumar 73 Yim: 35

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]phu◦lemorpheme ‘pot’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.1Western Himalayish4

Byangsiphuŋg◦limorpheme n.‘water pot’Sharma 2003: 756
Byangsiphu◦limorpheme n.‘pot to keep water’Sharma 2003: 754
Rajiphũ◦gɛlumorpheme ‘jar, pot’Krishan 2003: 662
Rongpophuəl◦Timorpheme n.‘pot’Sharma 2003: 1069

2.1.3Lepcha1

2.1.4Tamangish1

*TGTMᴬpuː ‘jar / pot’Mazaudon 94 These: 611

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti2

Limbuphuːt= ‘earthen pot for popping maize’Michailovsky 89 Lm
Limbuphu◦dzikmorpheme ‘earthen pot for popping maize’Michailovsky 89 Lm

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2

Chepangphuŋ n.‘pot used for steaming’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepangphuŋ- vt.‘steam in pot’also contains *m-phu(ŋ/k)Caughley 00 Chepang

3.2Qiangic2

Namuyiphu⁵⁵ ‘pot / wok’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 441.19
Pumi (Jiulong)qhu¹¹morphemebu⁵⁵ n‘pot / jar / tin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0557.10

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish2

Yi (Liangshan)a²¹morphemetʂɿ̱³³morphemephu²¹ ‘pot, very large’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)phu²¹ ‘pot (food) [classifier]; pot (wok); wok’Ma 08 Yi: index

6.1.2.2Central Loloish2

Lisu (Northern)dza⁴⁴morphemephu²¹ ‘rice lump formed at the bottom of pot’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)si³⁵morphemetɕe³³morphemephu²¹ ‘Chinese 'gong pot bottom' (medicinal vine)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #7617, *pu ‘POT / PLATE / DISH’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7617
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PCN #070
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-7617,
  title  = {{*pu 'POT / PLATE / DISH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #7617},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7617}
}