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STEDT #784

*pu

RIND / SHIELD / SKIN (n.)

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*phoo ‘RIND / SHIELD / SKIN (n.)’PKC #353

Connections

HPTB*kok ‘outer covering / bark (n.) / rind / skin’pp. 378, 514

Notes

This root occurs mostly in Kuki-Chin (cf. PKC *phoo VanBik 2009:#353), but also apparently in Nungic and Loloish. The semantics of this root are interesting, since the skin is here conceived of as a protection or shield from the outside world.

Reflexes & cognates17 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinphoo n‘RIND / SHIELD / SKIN’VanBik 09 PKC: 353

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Paitephaw ‘rind, shield’VanBik 09 PKC: 353

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)phòo ‘rind, shield, animal skin’VanBik 09 PKC: 353
Lai (Falam)phôo ‘rind, shield, animal skin’VanBik 09 PKC: 353
Lushai [Mizo]phâw n‘shield, the long feathers or ruff round a cock's neck which stand out like a shield when angry’VanBik 09 PKC: 353

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]veumorpheme-phɔ n.‘shield’Benedict 72 STC: 58

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Beteiprefixpho n.‘shield’Benedict 72 STC: 58

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #784, *pu ‘RIND / SHIELD / SKIN (n.)’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/784
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-784,
  title  = {{*pu 'RIND / SHIELD / SKIN (n.)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #784},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/784}
}