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#3466 IA *du-t MILK / BREAST

This etymon is certainly of Indo-Aryan origin, from a root duh- (cf. Nepali dudh ‘milk’, Hale 1973, p.166). See the series of entries beginning with dugdhá- in Turner 1966 (A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages), pp. 365-6.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
1595763466,3453334(dɯ)-bjuŋsuckBengni731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
1810b,3466,s1070(gakir) tut-mamilkMilang741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Tayeng 76 MilAT-MPB0
397903466505du⁵⁵suck (milk)Darang [Taraon]61.1.2Deng1Sun H 80 MLDSLZO-MLD0
42641834661818du⁵⁵suckv.Darang [Taraon]61.1.2Deng1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL1648.220
357393466,m659do◦gasuckIdu61.1.2Deng1Pulu 78JP-Idu0
355933466,m659do◦gakissIdu61.1.2Deng1Pulu 78JP-Idu0
486843466,m660do◦gasuckIdu61.1.2Deng1Anonymous 62 IduNEFA-PBI0
172324p,3466,298790a◦tu◦thuimilkKhoirao641.3.3Zeme Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
557363466803dumilkKokborok801.7.1.1Bodo1Tripuri 88PT-Kok0
2350253466,3466519du◦dubreastDhimal602.1.5Dhimal1King 94 DhBPJK-Dh0
2350283466,3466,253,1019519du◦du◦no◦sinippleDhimal602.1.5Dhimal1King 94 DhBPJK-Dh0
4413923466,3466,m,m1919du-du-pwa-(la)breastNewar (Kathmandu)272.2Newar1Malla 07 PCKPM-pc 1
88403466,34661176du◦duvagina / breast / milkNewar (Dolakhali)272.2Newar1Genetti 90 DolaCG-Dolak 2
726143466,3466,3374547dɨ◦dhɨ◦kwamnipples (human)Dumi772.3.3Central Kiranti1Driem 93 DumiSVD-Dum0
494323466,34661545diu◦diumilkThulung302.3.4Western Kiranti1Allen 75NJA-Thulung0
636193466,1019449dut-sayʔnippleChepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 72 CVocSIL-Chep2.A.350
1279593466452dutbreastChepang (Eastern)282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 90 CheQRC-ChepQ5.40
1279623466452dutmilkChepang (Eastern)282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 90 CheQRC-ChepQ5.4.30
1279603466,1019452dut.sayʔnippleChepang (Eastern)282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 90 CheQRC-ChepQ5.4.10

^ 1.
Lit. “milk-container”; Newar pwala ‘round object, container’.
^ 2.
According to K. P. Malla (p.c. 2007), the basic meaning of this form is ‘breast’, although it is also used euphemistically for ‘vagina’. He is doubtful that the same word is used for all three glosses.