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STEDT #1007

*tsyat

CUT OFF / SEVER / BREAK

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*tsat ‘BREAK / SNAP (v.i.)’PKC #525

Connections

HPTB*tsyat ‘break / cut’pp. 330, 334

Chinese comparandum

折 OC *t̑i̯ɑt, GSR #287a-b ‘break off; destroy, decide’; Schuessler 2007:608 *tet; B & S 2011: *tet; Mand. zhé.
折 OC *d̂i̯ɑt, GSR #287a-b ‘bend; be cut off/broken off’; Schuessler 2007:608 *det; B & S 2011: *N-tet; Mand. shé.

Reflexes & cognates53 reflexes · 19 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burmantśât ‘break / cut’Chou 72: 287a-b

*Tibeto-Burmantsyat ‘break (in two) / cut through / conclude’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 018

*Tibeto-Burmantsyat ‘break / cut’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 617

*Tibeto-Burmantsyat ‘break, cut’Benedict 72 STC: 185

1.1.2Deng1

Idutɕe⁵⁵ ‘chop (tree)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 602.50

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chintsat v.i.‘BREAK / SNAP’VanBik 09 PKC: 525

1.2.1.1Northern Chin2

Tiddimtat³ ‘break (as a rope)’VanBik 09 PKC: 525

Tiddimˋxia/ˊxiat v‘chop / fell’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.2Central Chin5

Lai (Hakha)tsat-I, tsaʔ-II ‘break, snap’VanBik 09 PKC: 525

Lushai [Mizo]chat vi‘break (as a rope)’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2173

Lushai [Mizo]chàt-I, chàh-II v‘break or snap (as rope, string)’VanBik 09 PKC: 525

Lushai [Mizo]tśat ‘break, cut’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 018

Lushai [Mizo]tśat ‘break, cut’Benedict 72 STC: 185

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)4

Lotha Nagatshə¹- v.‘cut, shave’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagatsá v.‘cut hair’Acharya 75

Lotha Nagatsà ‘cut with the knife (flesh, etc.)’Acharya 75

Lotha Nagatshà ‘cut the hair’Acharya 75

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Meluriwimorpheme◦tsa v‘cut (with axe)’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.2Bodic8

Tsangla (Motuo)tśat ‘cut, chop’LaPolla 87: 169

Tsangla (Motuo)tshe ‘cut (firewood)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 604.7

Tsangla (Motuo)tsʻe⁵⁵ ‘cut (firewood)’Zhang Jichuan 86

Tshona (Wenlang)tɕheu⁵⁵ ‘cut (firewood)’Lu 86 CuoM

Tshona (Wenlang)tɕheu⁵⁵ ‘cut open (fish)’Lu 86 CuoM

Tshona (Wenlang)tɕhøt⁵⁵pu⁵⁵morpheme ‘cut’Lu 86 CuoM

Motuo Menbatshe v.‘chop (firewood)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1552.07

Motuo Menbatɕat v.‘cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1339.07

2.1.2.1Tibetan14

Tibetan (Alike)ɣtɕot v.‘chop / hew’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1468.05

Tibetan (Batang)tɕhɛʔ⁵³ v.‘cut off / sever’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1341.03

Tibetan (Batang)tɕɛʔ⁵³ v.‘cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1339.03

Tibetan (Lhasa)tɕhɛ⁵² v.‘cut off / sever’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1341.02

Tibetan (Lhasa)tɕɛ⁵² v.‘cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1339.02

Tibetan (Written)bćad ‘cut (perf. of gćod-pa)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 018

Tibetan (Written)btśad ‘break, cut’Benedict 72 STC: 185

Tibetan (Written)btɕad v.‘cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1339.01

Tibetan (Written)gtśod-pasuffix ‘break (in two) / cut through / conclude’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 018

Tibetan (Written)gtśod-pasuffix ‘break, cut’Benedict 72 STC: 185

Tibetan (Written)gtɕod ‘cut (paper, cloth)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1167.01

Tibetan (Written)gtɕod v.‘cut off / sever’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1341.01

Tibetan (Written)gtɕod v.‘chop down (trees)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1467.01

Tibetan (Written)gtɕod ‘chop (tree)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 602.1

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchatyât v.‘cut down, hew down’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Athpare (Rai)siŋ#2658 PTB *si(ŋ/k) ‘TREE / WOOD / FIREWOOD’PTani *sɯŋ ‘WOOD / TREE’PKC *thiŋ ‘TREE / WOOD’PCN *siŋ ‘WOOD’PTk *tʰiŋ ‘WOOD’TGTM *ᴮsiŋ ‘TREE’PKir *siŋ ‘TREE’PLB *sikᴴ ⪤ *siŋ ‘TREE’ cep◦masuffix ‘cut wood (with axe)’Ebert 97 Athpare

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]tśja̱ ‘chop, cut, hack’Li 97 Tangut: 5732

3.2Qiangic1

Ersutʃɑ⁵⁵ ‘cut (firewood)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 604.18

3.3rGyalrongic1

Ergong (Danba)tsɛ ‘cut (vegetable)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 634.14

6.1Lolo-Burmese4

*Lolo-Burmesetsat (HIGH);‘break in two / cut through / conclude’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 40(a)

*Lolo-Burmesetsat ‘break in two / cut through / concl’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 40(a)

*Lolo-Burmese{C}morpheme-tsat (LOW);‘break in two / cut through / conclude’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 40(b)

*Lolo-Burmese{C}morpheme-tsat ‘break in two / cut through / concl’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 40(b)

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)chat ‘brittle’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 018

Burmese (Written)chat ‘brittle’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2.2Central Loloish5

Jinuo (Baya/Banai)kɤ³¹morpheme tsʰe³³ ‘die (breath one's last)’Dai 89 JinA: 1846

Jinuo (Baka)kɤ³¹morpheme tsʰe³³ ‘die (breath one's last)’Dai 89 JinB: 1846

Lahu (Black)chêʔ ‘break (in two) / cut through / conclude’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 018

Lahu (Black)chêʔ ‘break in two / cut through / conclude’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 40(a)

Lahu (Black)šá#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’ chêʔ ve#450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’Allofams1 #1821 PTB *s/g-ray ⪤ *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD’1a #449 PTB *g-ray ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1b #658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’1c #450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1d #5495 PTB *s-ray ‘PLURALIZER’ v‘die (breath is cut off)’Matisoff 88 DL: p. 1160

9.0.1Old Chinese4

Chinese (Old/Mid)t̑i̯ɑt/tśi̯ɑ̈t ‘break / bend / destroy’Chou 72: 287a-b

Chinese (Old)dz'i̯wat ‘cut off, break off’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 018

Chinese (Old)tjat ‘break / bend’Baxter 92: 404

Chinese (Old)ts'i̯wad ‘brittle’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 018

9.0.2Middle Chinese2

Chinese (Middle)dz'i̯wät ‘cut off, break off’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 018

Chinese (Middle)ts'i̯wäi- ‘brittle’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 018

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1007, *tsyat ‘CUT OFF / SEVER / BREAK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1007

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: cf. STC#185, HPTB pp.330, 334

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1007,
  title  = {{*tsyat 'CUT OFF / SEVER / BREAK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1007},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1007}
}