Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tV-pu

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *dbuɣ (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *d-bu-s (Matisoff, STEDT); *(d-)bu (Chou, 1972); *(d-)bu (*B) (Coblin, 1986); *-u (LaPolla, 1987)

Probably contains the indefinite possessive prefix *tV-.

The initial *p (appearing voiceless in Karbi and Chepang) frequently turns up as lenited w (which may be deleted before the *u) in descendants; Tibetan -b- is irregular.

Relating this to Chinese 頭 / 头 would force the reconstruction to be adjusted to *tV-pəw.

Noun

*tV-pu

  1. head
    Synonym: *mV-qow

Descendants

  • Old Chinese: uncertain, perhaps 頭 / 头
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Tibetan: དབུ (dbu, “head”)
    • Kiranti
      /*ʔpu/ ("head") (Opgenort, 2011)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho
      • Jingpho: u baw (“head”)
  • Lolo-Burmese: /*ʔu²/ (Matisoff, 2003)
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: ဦး (u:, “head”)
    • Loloish: /*u²/ (Bradley, 1979)
      • Northern Loloish
        • Yi (Liangshan): ꀑ (o, “head (literary); tip, peak”), also ꀍ (uo) in compounds
      • Central Loloish
        • Lisu (Southern): ꓪꓴꓸ (wú, “head, top, beginning”)
  • Karbi: phu
  • Chepangic
    • Chepang: पुह्

See also

  • *mV-qow (“head”)
  • *s-muːr (“mouth, lip, face”)
  • *s-mjal (“face”)
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