1.0 The Body > 1.9 Reproductive System > 1.9.7 Penis

#642 PTB *səw-t TESTICLES / PENIS / VIRILITY / SEMEN

This etymon is firmly established in Lolo-Burmese (Burmese itself has reflexes of both the stopped and non-stopped allofams) and Jingpho. The first syllable of Kham zuh‑riː ‘testicle’ is probably to be assigned to #3436 PTB *dz(y)u EGG rather than to the present root, in view of the 2nd syllable of the compound 'ba‑zu‑riː ‘(non-human) egg’, where the first syllable means ‘bird’. Palaychi (Karenic) shóq ‘penis’ seems unrelated.

The semantic center of the root seems to be VIRILITY. It occurs especially in compounds for intact (as opposed to castrated) male animals, with extensions into SEMEN, TESTICLES, and PENIS. This root was reconstructed for PLB in Matisoff 1988a:1225.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
232701p,642796ʼè◦sòpenisKhezha651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Yabu 94 KhöSY-KhozhaQ10.3.10
343138m,6421803aphi-züsemen / spermSema [Sumi]651.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1Achumi 98Qbp-Sumi10.3.70
118466545,642671ne-zusemenJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
144771545,642668ne³¹tsu³³semenn.Jingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Dai 83 JingDQ-Jingpho0
118465642671semenJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
32317642676semenJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Matisoff 74 TJLBJAM-TJLB830
118464p,642671ə◦zusemenJingpho371.7.3.1Jingpho1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
5016972538,6421982ŋan³¹ ʃɯ³¹bullRawang384Nungic1LaPolla 03RJL-Rawang3010
5158576422011səw¹/²testicles / virility*Lolo-Burmese426.1Lolo-Burmese1Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB6120
118308642396suipenisBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety 1
440834642406suipenis ( of animals )Burmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 76 WBurPKB-WBRD0
118468642396sutsemenBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
437825642406sutsemenBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 76 WBurPKB-WBRD0
118956p,642396ʔə◦sûitesticleBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
3114351606,1635,642831g̈âʔ-phu-šɔ̄uncastrated cockLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 88 DLJAM-DL12250
311433p,1431,642831í-mû-šɔ̄stallionLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 88 DLJAM-DL12250
3114342538,642831nû-šɔ̄bullLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 88 DLJAM-DL12250
1190002538,p,1634,642832nû-ɔ̀-pā-šɔ̄bullLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
3114361006,642831vàʔ-šɔ̄uncastrated boarLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 88 DLJAM-DL12250
3114325450,1634,642831ɔ̀-pā-šɔ̄intact male animalLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 88 DLJAM-DL12250
1189995450,1635,642832ɔ̀-phu-šɔ̄intact maleLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
119001p,642,b832ɔ̀-šɔ̄-tɔ̂castrated animalLahu (Black)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Matisoff 87 BPJAM-Ety0
2827542538,642944ɲi²¹ʃɿ⁵⁵bull kept for studLisu (Central)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Bradley 94 LisuDB-Lisu0

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This form goes back to PLB Tone *1. It is the allofam sûi (< PLB Tone *2) which is directly cognate to Lahu šɔ̄.