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STEDT #1214

*səy

FRONT / BEFORE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlesiinitialsrhymei⪤səycoverS · WS

Connections

Allofam*s-rəy ‘FRONT’

See alsoTOOTH

Notes

This root somewhat resembles #1213 PTB *s-rəy FRONT, but seems independent from it.

Reflexes & cognates33 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Kokborokši-kaŋ#267 PTB *k(w)aŋ ‘CHEEK / JAW / CHIN / FACE’ ‘front’Tripuri 88

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Chamlingbhumorpheme◦si ‘front’Winter 85: 7

3.2Qiangic3

Pumi (Lanping)ʐə⁵⁵ n/adv‘front’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0712.09

Pumi (Qinghua)ʐə⁵⁵ ‘front’Lu 83 Pumi

Pumi (Qinghua)ʐə⁵⁵ ‘front’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 51.11

6.1.1Burmish11

Achang (Longchuan)ȵɔʔ⁵⁵morpheme siʔ³¹ ‘front’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Longchuan)ȵɔʔ⁵⁵morphemesiʔ³¹ n/adv‘front’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0712.28

Achang (Longchuan)ȵɔʔ⁵⁵morphemesiʔ³¹ ‘front’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 51.41

Achang (Xiandao)ɲɔʔ⁵⁵morpheme sai³⁵ ‘front’Dai 89 Xian: 1025

Achang (Xiandao)ɲɔʔ⁵⁵morphemesai³⁵ n/adv‘front’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0712.29

Bola (Luxi)xəi³⁵ n/adv‘front’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0712.32

Bola (Luxi)xəi³⁵ ‘charge / sprint (in the front)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1199.32

Bolaxəi³⁵ kʰja⁵⁵morpheme ‘front’Dai 89 Bola: 1025

Atsi [Zaiwa]xi⁵¹ ‘front’Xu 84 Zaiwa

Atsi [Zaiwa]xi⁵¹ ‘front’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 51.42

Atsi [Zaiwa]xi⁵⁵ n/adv‘front’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0712.30

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish3

Laloy³³morpheme ɕi⁵⁵ ‘front’Chen 86 Yi: 1.5

Yi (Nanjian)u²¹morpheme de²¹morpheme ɕi⁵⁵ ‘front’Chen 85 YiJZ

Yi (Xide)ɕᴇ³³-dʐʅ³³#635 PTB *m-dzyway ‘TOOTH / TUSK’PLB *jway¹ ‘TOOTH / TUSK’PL *ʔ-cway¹ ‘TUSK’ ‘tooth (front)’Chen 79 YiCh

6.1.2.2Central Loloish7

Ahitʂɑ²²#635 PTB *m-dzyway ‘TOOTH / TUSK’PLB *jway¹ ‘TOOTH / TUSK’PL *ʔ-cway¹ ‘TUSK’ si⁵⁵ zo²¹morpheme ‘tooth (incisor)’Luo 90: 3.10.1

*Common Lahusuh: ‘in front’Bradley 79 PLo: 447-2

Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹prefixɣu⁵³#1217 PLB *ru² ‘FRONT / BEFORE’si¹¹ n/adv‘front’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0712.43

Lahu (Black)ɣu⁵³#1217 PLB *ru² ‘FRONT / BEFORE’ sɿ¹¹ ‘front’Chang 86

Lahu (Black)ɣu⁵³#1217 PLB *ru² ‘FRONT / BEFORE’sɿ¹¹phɔ⁵³#1305 PTB *pa(ŋ/k) ‘SIDE’PKC *ɓa(a)ŋ ⪤ *pa(a)ŋ ‘WALL / FLANK / SIDE’PTk *bak ‘SIDE’ ‘front’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 51.33

Lahu (Yellow)u⁵⁵#1217 PLB *ru² ‘FRONT / BEFORE’ sɿʔ²¹ ‘front’Chang 86

Lisu (Nujiang)mɯ³¹#1210 PTB *maŋ ‘FRONT’ dʒɛ³¹morpheme (sɿ³³) ‘front’Xu 86 Lisu

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish8

Hani (Dazhai)me³¹#1210 PTB *maŋ ‘FRONT’sɿ³³ ‘front’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 51.31

Hani (Dazhai)mi³¹#1210 PTB *maŋ ‘FRONT’ sɿ³³ ‘front’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Lüchun)me³¹#1210 PTB *maŋ ‘FRONT’si³³ n/adv‘front’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0712.41

Hani (Wordlist)meiq#1210 PTB *maŋ ‘FRONT’◦sii ‘in front’Hansson 89 AHKP: 224

Hani (Shuikui)ʃɿ³¹ ʃɿ³¹ ‘front’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Shuikui)ʃɿ³¹ʃɿ³¹fɔ³³morpheme ‘front’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 51.32

Hani (Mojiang)ʃɿ³¹ʃɿ³¹ n/adv‘front’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0712.42

Côông [Phunoi]bə̆morpheme◦tɑ̃⁵⁵#371 PTB *m-twaŋ ‘FOREHEAD / HEAD / HAIR (OF HEAD) / HORN’ se³³ ‘forehead’Phunoi prefix bə̆- < *m-.Phunoi regularly denasalizes.Bradley xx Phu

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1214, *səy ‘FRONT / BEFORE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1214

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1214,
  title  = {{*səy 'FRONT / BEFORE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1214},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1214}
}