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#1275 PTB *pu BALL / EGG / ROUND OBJECT

These forms are undoubtedly related to those meaning “egg”, but have acquired or retained the more general meaning of BALL / SMALL ROUND OBJECT. This morpheme appears in several compound body part terms like “eyeball” and perhaps “head” (cf. #385 PTB *d‑bu‑s HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE). See also the discussion under #137 PTB *pʷam BELLY / STOMACH / WAIST, where this morpheme occurs as second element in compounds. Also probably reflecting this same etymon is “shoulder” #3344 PTB *baw SHOULDER.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
153677682,1275334ñik-pɯeyeballBengni731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
41331682,1275366mik◦pɯeyeballBokar Lhoba731.1.1.1Western Tani1Sun H 80 MLDSLZO-MLD0
153678682,1275498mik-pɯeyeballDamu741.1.1.2Eastern Tani1Sun J 93 TaniJS-Tani0
2055601275,m662po⁵⁵lo⁵⁵ballIdu61.1.2Deng1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC501.500
343220m,m,12751857avela ye◦puevening starSema [Sumi]651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Achumi 98Qno-Sumi2.420
259943p,m,12751382a◦ye◦pustarnSema [Sumi]651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
343218p,m,12751857a◦ye◦pustarSema [Sumi]651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Achumi 98Qno-Sumi2.40
343221m,m,12751857inaqhe ye◦pumorning starSema [Sumi]651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Achumi 98Qno-Sumi2.430
10418m,12751040lem◦phutop of head / crown / pateMeithei131.4Meithei1Singh 91 MeiQCYS-Meithei2.20
119473m,12751042lem◦phuskullMeithei131.4Meithei1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
2055331275,m690po³¹luŋ⁵⁵ballJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC501.470
2969731275,m1085po⁵⁵lo¹³ballTsangla (Motuo)222.1.2Bodic1Zhang Jichuan 86JZ-CLMenba0
2055141275,m1088po◦loballTsangla (Motuo)222.1.2Bodic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC501.70
2983481275,m1093pu⁵⁵lu⁵⁵ballTshona (Wenlang)222.1.2Bodic1Lu 86 CuoMJZ-CNMenba0
42007682,m,12751090meʔ⁵³ priː¹³ pu⁵³eyeballTshona (Mama)222.1.2Bodic1Sun H 80 MLDSLZO-MLD0
2055381275,m1092po⁵⁵lo⁵³ballTshona (Mama)222.1.2Bodic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC501.60
420061427,12751090ɬᴀ⁵⁵ pu⁵³eyeTshona (Mama)222.1.2Bodic1Sun H 80 MLDSLZO-MLD0
2904161275,m1586po:lo·ballTibetan (Balti)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Rangan 75RAN197522 1
2911761275,m1586po◦lo·ballTibetan (Balti)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Rangan 75RAN1975540
2055121275,m1380po⁵⁵lo⁵³ballTibetan (Khams:Dege)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC501.30
2055361275,m1557po⁵³lo¹³ballTibetan (Lhasa)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC501.20
2055111275,m1582spo loballTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC501.10
115322682,1275602miq phueyeballGurung (Ghachok)232.1.4Tamangish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
64690682,1275604mĩq pʰũeyeballGurung (Ghachok)232.1.4Tamangish1Glover 72 GuVoSIL-Gur2.A.230
2055431275,m1699pa⁵⁵lo⁵⁵ballQueyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]343.2Qiangic1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC501.160
127303p,388,12751612a³⁵ bo⁵⁵ bu²¹headTujia415Tujia1Chen 86 TuMQCK-TujMQ2.10
127311p,1427,12751612a³⁵ la⁵⁵ bu²¹eyeballTujia415Tujia1Chen 86 TuMQCK-TujMQ3.4.20
433671427,12751616lo³⁵ pu³⁵eyeTujia (Northern)415Tujia1Tian 86JZ-Tujia0
433691427,1275,187,2981616lo³⁵ pu³⁵ pɨe⁵⁵ tsʰe²¹tearsTujia (Northern)415Tujia1Tian 86JZ-Tujia0
1271581427,12751611lo³⁵ pu⁵⁵eyeTujia415Tujia1Chen 86 TuBQCK-TujBQ3.40
1271631427,1275,187,2981611lo³⁵ pu⁵⁵ pɯe⁵⁵ tsʰe²¹tearsTujia415Tujia1Chen 86 TuBQCK-TujBQ3.4.60
1271591427,1275,m,20761611lo³⁵ pu⁵⁵ tʰa⁵⁵ pʰa²¹eyelidTujia415Tujia1Chen 86 TuBQCK-TujBQ3.4.10
3490921427,12751847lo³⁵pu⁵⁵eyenTujia415Tujia1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0079.490
1921411427,12751615lo³⁵pu⁵⁵eyeTujia415Tujia1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC238.380
4569711427,12751966luo2bu1eyen.Tujia (Northern)415Tujia1Brassett 04 TujiaPCB-Tujia0
2055551275,13811428bɔ⁵⁵lõ⁵⁵ballBurmese (Spoken Rangoon)446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC501.400
2055311275,13811034pɔ³³luŋ⁵⁵ballMaru [Langsu]446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC501.430
2055561275,13811693po²¹luŋ⁵¹ballAtsi [Zaiwa]446.1.1Burmish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC501.420
9482385,12751148o³³ bu⁵⁵skullNasu466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Chen 86 YiCK-YiQ2.40
16282385,1275,m1216u³³ pʰu⁵⁵ guɔ̱⁵³bald personNusu (Central)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Dai 89 NusBDQ-NusuB246.0
15940385,12751218u³¹ pʰu⁵⁵headNusu (Central/Zhizhiluo)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Dai 89 NusADQ-NusuA96.0
16194385,12751216u³¹ pʰu⁵⁵headNusu (Central)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Dai 89 NusBDQ-NusuB96.0
42622385,12751217u³¹ pʰu⁵⁵headNusu (Central)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Sun J 86 NusuJZ-Nusu0
16032385,1275,20221218u³¹ pʰu⁵⁵ tɕʰɚ³⁵bald personNusu (Central/Zhizhiluo)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Dai 89 NusADQ-NusuA246.0
348815385,12751831u³¹phu⁵⁵headnNusu (Central)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Huang and Dai 92 TBLTBL0074.340
191813385,12751215u³¹phu⁵⁵headNusu (Bijiang)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC232.450
42480385,12751219ʔo³¹ pʰu⁵⁵headNusu (Northern)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Sun J 86 NusuJZ-Nusu0
42341385,12751220ʔo³¹ pʰu⁵⁵headNusu (Southern)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Sun J 86 NusuJZ-Nusu0
43661695,12751656la¹³ bɯ²¹shoulderYi (Dafang)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Chen 85 YiJZJZ-Yi0
192745695,12751658la¹³bɯ²¹shoulderYi (Dafang)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC250.220
192747695,12751663lɛ²¹pʰu³³shoulderYi (Mojiang)466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC250.260
47319681,1275,1232216ne̱³³ bu̱³³ tsʻɛ²²eyebrowAhi476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Luo 90LMZ-AhiQ3.4.30
47302385,387,1275216o⁵⁵ ko̱³³ bu⁵⁵skullAhi476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Luo 90LMZ-AhiQ2.40
168992681,1110,1275832mɛ̂ʔ-qha-phueyeballLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-EtyDL 10220
169231385,1275831ú-phuhead (in idioms)Lahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 88 DLJAM-DL1150
5137071275,12751998pu˧pu˧ballNa (Yongning)436.2Naxi1Michaud 06 NaLazeAM-NaLaze10
2055241275,12751676pu³³pu³³ballNaxi (Yongning)436.2Naxi1Sun H 91 ZMYYZMYYC501.290
14887682,163,1275746mi³³ bua³³ pʰo⁵⁵eyeballKaren (Sgaw/Hinthada)507Karenic1Dai 89 KarBDQ-KarenB104.10
8057933,1275309ŋuĩ³³ pʰo̱⁴⁴eyeBai (Jianchuan)518Bai1Zhao 90ZYS-Bai3.40

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