STEDT
STEDT #777

*(p/b)um

URINARY BLADDER

Reconstruction analysis

handlepuminitialprhymeum ⪤ bumcoverP · N

Connections

Notes

This root is quite similar to #778 PTB *(b/p)wa(ŋ/k) URINARY BLADDER, although the difference in point of articulation of the final leads us to keep them separate.

The Kham form with nasalized vowel could plausibly be assigned to either root.

Reflexes & cognates19 reflexes · 6 subgroups

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchajítmorpheme šimmorpheme-pǔm ‘bladder, urinary’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #777, *(p/b)um ‘URINARY BLADDER’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/777
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-777,
  title  = {{*(p/b)um 'URINARY BLADDER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #777},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/777}
}