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STEDT #1010

*tsay

TIME / LIFESPAN

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Reflexes & cognates33 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.1.2Deng1

Darang [Taraon]shig ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP

1.4Meithei1

Meitheipunmorpheme◦si ‘life’Abbi 85

1.5Mikir [Karbi]2

Mikir [Karbi]che◦themorpheme ‘life’Marrison 67 Naga

Mikir [Karbi]che◦themorpheme ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Bodozi◦haŋmorpheme ‘life’Bhat 68 Boro

2.1.1Western Himalayish3

Byangsitshɛ̀ n.‘life; age; fat’Sharma 2003: 1064

Chaudangsichɛ ‘fat, grease, life’Krishan 2003: 143

Darmache ‘life’Krishan 2003: 123

2.1.2Bodic4

Tsangla (Motuo)tsʰe ‘lifespan’Zhang Jichuan 86

Tsangla (Motuo)tsʰe ‘life’Sun H 80 MLD

Motuo Menbatshe n‘life span’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0164.07

Cuona Menbaku⁵⁵morphemetsiʔ⁵³ n‘life span’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0164.06

2.1.2.1Tibetan12

Tibetan (Alike)tshe n‘life span’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0164.05

Tibetan (Balti)son#77 PTB *g/m-swan ‘BREATH(E) / LIVE’◦ṯe· ‘alive’Rangan 75: 24

Tibetan (Balti)soṉ#77 PTB *g/m-swan ‘BREATH(E) / LIVE’◦ṯe· ‘alive’Rangan 75: 56

Tibetan (Batang)tshe⁵³ n‘life span’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0164.03

Tibetan (Lhasa)tshe⁵⁵ n‘life span’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0164.02

Tibetan (Sherpa)'cheq n‘life’Hale 73 CSD: 10a.12

Tibetan (Sherpa)'cheq ring#1011 PTB *s-r(i/u)ŋ ‘LONG / ELONGATE’PrGy *s-k-riŋ ‘LONG’◦bumorpheme n‘life, long’Hale 73 CSD: 10a.13

Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)mi#1002 PPC *r-mi(y)-n ‘PERSON / MAN’PTani *miː ‘MAN (homo)’PKC *mii ‘PERSON / MAN / PEOPLE’PCN *a-[h]məjʔ ‘PERSON, HUMAN’PTk *mi ‘MAN / HUMAN’PNN *C̥-məy ‘MAN (generic)’TGTM *ᴬmi ‘MAN’ zi ‘alive / be living’Bishop 89: 1.12

Tibetan (Spiti)mi#1002 PPC *r-mi(y)-n ‘PERSON / MAN’PTani *miː ‘MAN (homo)’PKC *mii ‘PERSON / MAN / PEOPLE’PCN *a-[h]məjʔ ‘PERSON, HUMAN’PTk *mi ‘MAN / HUMAN’PNN *C̥-məy ‘MAN (generic)’TGTM *ᴬmi ‘MAN’◦ce ‘life’Sharma, S.R. 79 Sp

Tibetan (Written)tshe n‘life span’WT tshe is not found in Jäschke 1881/1958, but is abundantly attested in the modern dialects.Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0164.01

Tibetan (Xiahe)she v.‘alive, become / active’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1396.04

Tibetan (Xiahe)tshe n‘life span’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0164.04

3.2Qiangic6

Ersusɛ⁵⁵ dʒo⁵⁵#80 PTB *ts(y)ow ‘LIVE’ tɛ³³#72 PTB *dat ‘LIVE / ALIVE’ ‘alive / be living’Sun H 91 ErsQ

Ersusɛ⁵⁵dʒo⁵⁵#80 PTB *ts(y)ow ‘LIVE’tɛ³³#72 PTB *dat ‘LIVE / ALIVE’ ‘alive’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 781.18

Namuyiso⁵⁵#80 PTB *ts(y)ow ‘LIVE’ʐɛ⁵³ ‘alive / be living’Sun H 91 NamQ: 1.12

Namuyiso⁵⁵#80 PTB *ts(y)ow ‘LIVE’ʐɛ⁵³ ‘alive’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 781.19

Pumi (Qinghua)tsi⁵⁵ ‘lifespan’Lu 83 Pumi

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]lə³⁵morpheme zi⁵³ ‘alive / be living’Sun H 91 ZhaQ: 1.12

6.1.1Burmish2

Achang (Xiandao)cɛ⁵⁵ ‘alive’Dai 89 Xian: 1934

Achang (Xiandao)cɛ⁵⁵ v.‘alive, become / active’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1396.29

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Jinuomɔ³³#62 PTB *mwa-n/s ‘LIFE / BREATH’ɕi³¹ ‘alive’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 781.34

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1010, *tsay ‘TIME / LIFESPAN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1010

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1010,
  title  = {{*tsay 'TIME / LIFESPAN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1010},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1010}
}