1.0 The Body > 1.8 Secretions and Somatophonics > 1.8.3 Spit/Saliva > 1.8.3.2 Vomit

#1749 PTB *ʔaw VOMIT

The Chinese comparandum to the WB form was hesitantly suggested in STC n. 491, p. 192.

Since the Chinese form could also mean ‘babble as a child’, it cannot be excluded that this etymon is related to #5452 PTB *ʔur MAKE NOISE / HUM / CHAT / BABBLE.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
51468717492012ʔawvomit*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB5830
3049691749409vomitBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 72 STCSTC192n4910
1727851749392ovomitBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Marrison 67 NagaGEM-CNL0
1648971749393vomitv.Burmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Luce 85GHL-PPBY.180
196001749388ɑ́uvomitBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Chou 72ACST122i0
1199771749396ʔawʔvomitnBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
61120317492207vomitChinese (Hanzi)529Sinitic1BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201120510
202221749,1749480ʔu/ʔə̯uvomitChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Chou 72ACST122i0
1692811749,1749481ʔu/ʔə̯u:vomit, babble (as a child)Chinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Karlgren 57 GSRGSR122i0
1648981749472·uvomitv.Chinese (Old)539.0.1Old Chinese0Luce 85GHL-PPBY.180
59739317492209'uwXvomitChinese (Middle)549.0.2Middle Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201120510
371991749,6031011oou◦tuhvomitChinese (Mandarin)559.0.3Modern Chinese0Sun J 85 ChGlJS-Ch5730
16977717491007ouvomit, babble (as a child)Chinese (Mandarin)559.0.3Modern Chinese0Karlgren 57 GSRGSR122i0
59331917492208ǒuvomitChinese (Mandarin)559.0.3Modern Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201120510

Chinese comparandum

嘔 OC *ʔu, GSR #122i ‘vomit; babble’; Schuessler 2007:595 *ʔôʔ; B & S 2011: *qˁoʔ {qˁ(r)oʔ}; Mand. ǒu.
嘔 OC *ʔi̯wɑ̆t, GSR #346j ‘vomit’; Schuessler 2007:595 *ʔwat or *ʔot; Mand. yuē.