Intermediate reconstructions
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
1.2.1.1Northern Chin1
1.2.2Central Chin6
Lai (Hakha)sa#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’-phɔ ‘skin’Matisoff 87 BP
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
1.2.4“Old Kuki”1
1.5Mikir [Karbi]1
4Nungic2
Nungsɑ⁵⁵#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’pho³¹ n‘skin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0120.21
Anongsɑ⁵⁵#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’pho³¹ ‘skin’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 266.44
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish2
Gazhuosa³¹#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’pɤ³¹ n‘skin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0265.47
6.1.2.2Central Loloish3
Sani [Nyi]ni⁵⁵#467 PTB *s-muːr ‘MOUTH / LIP / HOLD IN MOUTH / CHEW / FACE / GILLS’PKC *hmuur ‘LIP / BEAK / MOUTH / TIP’PCN *mən ‘MOUTH’PTk *mor ‘MOUTH’phu³³ ‘lip’Wu 84
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #784,
*pu ‘RIND / SHIELD / SKIN (n.)’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/784Data: 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}
}