< Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/dzjuk ~ tsjuk
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Etymology
- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *dzyuk ⪤ *tsyuk (Matisoff, STEDT)
This root is primarily attested in the Lolo-Burmese branch of Sino-Tibetan. According to Matisoff's reconstruction, the semantic range of PTB *dzyuk ~ *tsyuk varies from vagina, vulva to mouth, lip.
Noun
*dzjuk ~ tsjuk
- vagina, vulva
- mouth, lip
Descendants
- Tangut-Qiang
- Northern Tangut
- Tangut: 𗼹 (dźjwo, /*d͡ʑʲʷo³⁵/, “vagina, cave”)
- Northern Tangut
- Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese:
- *dźuk (“vagina”) (Benedict, 1972)
- Burmish
- Achang (Xiandao): /cuʔ⁵⁵/
- Burmese: စောက်ဖုတ် (caukhput, “vagina”); စောက်ပတ် (caukpat, “vulva”)
- Loloish
- Nasu: /tʂo̠²¹ pi̠²¹/
- Lolo-Burmese:
See also
- *b(j)et (“vagina”)
- *pu (“vagina”)
- *s-tu (“vagina, vulva”)
- *si(ŋ/k) (“vagina”)