1.0 The Body > 1.2 Head and Face > 1.2.7 Ear > 1.2.7.3 Earwax

#2088 PTB *ku DIRT / FILTH

This root occurs especially as the second element in compounds meaning ‘earwax’.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
1281882083,2088,m378re◦kho◦laearwaxBunan202.1.1Western Himalayish0Sharma, S.R. 91 BuSBN-BunQ3.6.60
119195811,2088,572913nek◦kho◦hīearwaxLimbu312.3.1Eastern Kiranti1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
66784811,2088766nah◦guearwaxKham282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Watters 89 KhQDNW-KhamQ2.A.640
119198811,2088763nāh◦guearwaxKham282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
119201811,m,2088994na◦sa◦gunearwaxMagar282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
614609m,20882218污◦垢dirtChinese (Hanzi)529Sinitic1Nagano 2013 rGyDBYN-RGLD01960
614514m,20882218耳◦垢ear waxChinese (Hanzi)529Sinitic1Nagano 2013 rGyDBYN-RGLD00280
3284242088,2088481ku/kə̯u:filthChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Karlgren 57 GSRGSR112d0

Chinese comparandum

垢 OC *ku, GSR #112d ‘filth’; Schuessler 2007:258 *kôʔ; B & S 2011: (*kˁoʔ); Mand. gòu.
詬 OC *ku ~ *k’u ~ *χu, GSR #112f ‘revile; disgrace’; Schuessler 2007:258 *(k)hôh ~ *kôʔ; B & S 2011: (*kʰˁo‑s ~ *kˁoʔ); Mand. gòu.

WT khu-ba

Comment: Also see comparanda for #6385 PTani *kot¹ BODY DIRT.