*b-rut

MISCHIEVOUS / ROWDY / HOOLIGAN

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This etymology is due to Kenneth VanBik.

Reflexes & cognates3 reflexes · 3 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanb-rut ‘mischievous / rowdy / hooligan’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 364

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)mi#1002 PPC *r-mi(y)-n ‘PERSON / MAN’PTani *miː ‘MAN (homo)’PKC *mii ‘PERSON / MAN / PEOPLE’PCN *a-[h]məjʔ ‘PERSON, HUMAN’PTk *mi ‘MAN / HUMAN’PNN *C̥-məy ‘MAN (generic)’TGTM *ᴬmi ‘MAN’-rut ‘abnormal person’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 365

Lai (Hakha)ruu ⪤ ruut ‘mischievous, irresponsible’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 365

6.1.1Burmish1

Burmese (Written)bərut ‘mischievous or rowdy person’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 364

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #93, *b-rut ‘MISCHIEVOUS / ROWDY / HOOLIGAN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/93

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

References: HPTB p. 364

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-93,
  title  = {{*b-rut 'MISCHIEVOUS / ROWDY / HOOLIGAN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #93},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/93}
}