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STEDT #779

*(p/b)u

URINARY BLADDER / KIDNEY

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlepuinitialprhymeu ⪤ bucoverP · V

Connections

Allofams

1a #778 *(b/p)wa(ŋ/k) ‘URINARY BLADDER’
1b #777 *(p/b)um ‘URINARY BLADDER’
1c #779 *(p/b)u ‘URINARY BLADDER / KIDNEY’

Notes

This root bears a phono-semantic relationship to #2103 PTB *pʷu BELLY / STOMACH / INTESTINE / KIDNEY, but should be kept separate for now.

Reflexes & cognates24 reflexes · 9 subgroups

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphopù-hká?#229 PTB *b-ka-n/m/ŋ ‘BITTER / SALTY / BILE / LIVER’PTani *ko ~ *kaː ‘BITTER’PKC *khaa-I, khaat ⪤ *khaak-II ‘BITTER’PCN *a-khaʔ ‘BITTER’PTk *kʰa ‘BITTER’PBG *bi-ka ‘LIVER’PNN *C̥-kʰaᴮ ‘BITTER’PL *ka² ‘BITTER’PKar *khaᴮ ‘BITTER’ ‘bladder / gall’Matisoff 87 BP

3.2Qiangic2

Pumi (Taoba)pu⁵⁵ jã⁵³#208 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘BACK (LOWER)’MesorootsPKC *yaaŋ ‘BACK / SPINE’Allofams4 #208 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘BACK (LOWER)’4 #212 PTB *dal ‘LOWER BACK / WAIST / LOINS’ ‘kidney’Lu 83 Pumi

Pumi (Taoba)pu⁵⁵jã⁵³#208 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘BACK (LOWER)’MesorootsPKC *yaaŋ ‘BACK / SPINE’Allofams4 #208 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘BACK (LOWER)’4 #212 PTB *dal ‘LOWER BACK / WAIST / LOINS’ ‘kidney’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 270.10

5Tujia2

Tujia (Northern)jiau⁵⁵loanword tsi⁵⁵loanword pu³⁵ li⁵⁵morpheme ‘kidney’Tian 86

Tujiaʑiau⁵⁵loanword tsi⁵⁵loanword pu³⁵ li³⁵morpheme ‘kidney’Chen 86 TuBQ: 9.6

6.1.1Burmish3

Achang (Lianghe)sui⁵⁵morpheme phɑu⁵⁵ ‘bladder’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Longchuan)li⁵⁵morpheme puʔ⁵⁵ ‘bladder’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Xiandao)tsʰi⁵⁵#650 PTB *g-ts(y)i-t/n ‘URINE / URINATE’PTani *si ‘URINE’PNN *C̥-cʰi ‘URINE’PLB *N-ts(y)i² ⪤ *z(y)əy² ‘URINE’PKar *chejᴮ ‘URINE’ pʰu³¹ ‘bladder’Dai 89 Xian: 140.1

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Nusu (Northern)ɑ⁵⁵prefix bu³¹ bu⁵⁵ ɑ⁵⁵suffix ‘bladder’Sun J 86 Nusu

6.1.2.2Central Loloish7

Jinuo (Youle)ʃi⁵⁵#650 PTB *g-ts(y)i-t/n ‘URINE / URINATE’PTani *si ‘URINE’PNN *C̥-cʰi ‘URINE’PLB *N-ts(y)i² ⪤ *z(y)əy² ‘URINE’PKar *chejᴮ ‘URINE’ pu³³ lu³³morpheme ‘bladder’Gai 86

Lahu (Yellow)ɔ³¹prefix sa³³morpheme la³³morpheme pʰv̩⁵⁵ ‘bladder’Chang 86

Lisu (Nujiang)sɿ³¹#650 PTB *g-ts(y)i-t/n ‘URINE / URINATE’PTani *si ‘URINE’PNN *C̥-cʰi ‘URINE’PLB *N-ts(y)i² ⪤ *z(y)əy² ‘URINE’PKar *chejᴮ ‘URINE’ pʰu³¹ ‘bladder’Xu 86 Lisu

Sani [Nyi](zi²¹#650 PTB *g-ts(y)i-t/n ‘URINE / URINATE’PTani *si ‘URINE’PNN *C̥-cʰi ‘URINE’PLB *N-ts(y)i² ⪤ *z(y)əy² ‘URINE’PKar *chejᴮ ‘URINE’)phu²¹si²¹#650 PTB *g-ts(y)i-t/n ‘URINE / URINATE’PTani *si ‘URINE’PNN *C̥-cʰi ‘URINE’PLB *N-ts(y)i² ⪤ *z(y)əy² ‘URINE’PKar *chejᴮ ‘URINE’ ‘bladder’Wu 84

Sani [Nyi]pʰv̩¹¹ sɿ¹¹#650 PTB *g-ts(y)i-t/n ‘URINE / URINATE’PTani *si ‘URINE’PNN *C̥-cʰi ‘URINE’PLB *N-ts(y)i² ⪤ *z(y)əy² ‘URINE’PKar *chejᴮ ‘URINE’ ‘bladder’Ma 89 SanQ: 306.4

Sani [Nyi]sɿ¹¹#650 PTB *g-ts(y)i-t/n ‘URINE / URINATE’PTani *si ‘URINE’PNN *C̥-cʰi ‘URINE’PLB *N-ts(y)i² ⪤ *z(y)əy² ‘URINE’PKar *chejᴮ ‘URINE’ pʰɑ³³ mɑ³³suffix ‘bladder’Ma 89 SanQ: 354.8

Sani [Nyi]zɿ²¹#650 PTB *g-ts(y)i-t/n ‘URINE / URINATE’PTani *si ‘URINE’PNN *C̥-cʰi ‘URINE’PLB *N-ts(y)i² ⪤ *z(y)əy² ‘URINE’PKar *chejᴮ ‘URINE’ bu²¹ du²¹morpheme ‘bladder’Wu 84: 169.1

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish4

Hani (Dazhai)su⁵⁵#650 PTB *g-ts(y)i-t/n ‘URINE / URINATE’PTani *si ‘URINE’PNN *C̥-cʰi ‘URINE’PLB *N-ts(y)i² ⪤ *z(y)əy² ‘URINE’PKar *chejᴮ ‘URINE’ pʰu³¹ ‘bladder’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Caiyuan)sɿ³¹#650 PTB *g-ts(y)i-t/n ‘URINE / URINATE’PTani *si ‘URINE’PNN *C̥-cʰi ‘URINE’PLB *N-ts(y)i² ⪤ *z(y)əy² ‘URINE’PKar *chejᴮ ‘URINE’ pʰv̩³¹ ‘bladder’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Gelanghe)a⁵⁵prefix ɕø³³#650 PTB *g-ts(y)i-t/n ‘URINE / URINATE’PTani *si ‘URINE’PNN *C̥-cʰi ‘URINE’PLB *N-ts(y)i² ⪤ *z(y)əy² ‘URINE’PKar *chejᴮ ‘URINE’ lɛ⁵⁵morpheme pʰu³¹ ‘bladder’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Shuikui)ʃɿ³¹#650 PTB *g-ts(y)i-t/n ‘URINE / URINATE’PTani *si ‘URINE’PNN *C̥-cʰi ‘URINE’PLB *N-ts(y)i² ⪤ *z(y)əy² ‘URINE’PKar *chejᴮ ‘URINE’ fv̩³¹ ‘bladder’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

6.2Naxi1

Naxi (Eastern)pʰa³¹kua³³morpheme ‘bladder’He 85

8Bai3

Bai (Bijiang)phu⁵⁵ ‘bladder’Xu 84 Bai

Bai (Dali)ti⁵⁵morpheme pu³³ ‘bladder’Xu 84 Bai

Bai (Jianchuan)phɛ⁵⁵ u³³morpheme ‘bladder’Xu 84 Bai

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #779, *(p/b)u ‘URINARY BLADDER / KIDNEY’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/779

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-779,
  title  = {{*(p/b)u 'URINARY BLADDER / KIDNEY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #779},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/779}
}