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STEDT #1219

*m-si-t

COMB / RAKE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handlesiyprefixminitialsrhymei(y)coverS · W

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*thiʔ ‘COMB (n.)’PKC #380

Tangkhulic*si ‘COMB’DRM#348

Connections

HPTB*m-si(y) ‘comb / rake (v.)’p. 193

Reflexes & cognates63 reflexes · 15 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)5

*Tibeto-Burmanm-si(y) n.‘comb’Weidert 87 TBTo: 928

*Tibeto-Burmanm-si(y) n.‘comb’LaPolla 87: 97

*Tibeto-Burmanm-si(y) ‘comb’Benedict 72 STC: 466

*Tibeto-Burmanm-si(y) v‘comb / rake’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 613

*Tibeto-Burmanm-si-t v‘comb / rake’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 613

1.1.2Deng3

Kaman [Miju]si⁵⁵ pin⁵⁵morpheme ‘comb’LaPolla 87: 97

Kaman [Miju]si⁵⁵pen⁵⁵morpheme n‘comb’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 459.48

Kaman [Miju]si⁵⁵pin⁵⁵morpheme n‘comb’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0481.23

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinthiʔ n‘COMB’VanBik 09 PKC: 380

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Tiddimsǎm#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’-siʔ n.‘comb’Weidert 87 TBTo: 928

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumipthi ‘comb’VanBik 09 PKC: 380

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]sá#366 PTB *(t)sam ‘HAIR (head)’PKC *sʰam ‘HAIR (head)’PCN *a-tshaːm ‘HAIR (FACE / HEAD)’PCN *a-həm ‘HAIR / LEAF / FEATHER’PTk *sam ‘HAIR (HEAD)’ thī ‘comb’VanBik 09 PKC: 380

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)9

Ao (Chungli)kumorpheme-mesü n‘comb’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)məsə v.‘comb’LaPolla 87: 97

Ao (Chungli)məsə v.‘comb’Benedict 72 STC: 466

Ao (Chungli)mə³sə¹ v.‘comb / lure’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Ao (Chungli)mɯ́sɯ̀ v.‘comb’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 4

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)lammorpheme◦shi◦rumorpheme n‘comb’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)ləmmorpheme◦sì◦ɹùmorpheme n.‘comb’Coupe 07 Ao

Lotha Nagae¹prefix-ʃa² n.‘comb (for hair)’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦sha n‘comb’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic6

*Tangkhulicsi ‘comb’Mortensen 12 Tk: 348

Huishuʔamorpheme-roʔmorpheme-sik ‘comb’Mortensen 12 Tk: Implements.009

Kachairɐkmorpheme-sɐ ‘comb’Mortensen 12 Tk: Implements.007

Tangkhulrikmorpheme◦si n‘comb’Marrison 67 Naga

Tusomnmorpheme-tsɯ ‘comb’Mortensen 12 Tk: Implements.008

Ukhrulrikmorpheme-si ‘comb’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.5Mikir [Karbi]4

Mikir [Karbi]ingprefix◦thi n‘comb’Marrison 67 Naga

Mikir [Karbi]iŋprefix◦thī n.‘comb’Weidert 87 TBTo: 928

Mikir [Karbi]iŋprefix◦thi ‘comb’LaPolla 87: 97

Mikir [Karbi]iŋprefix◦thi ‘comb’Benedict 72 STC: 466

1.7.3.1Jingpho17

Jingphomă³¹ sit³¹ v.‘comb’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1634.19

Jingphomă³¹sit³¹ ‘rake (the fields)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1132.19

Jingphomă³¹sit³¹ v‘rake’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 596.47

Jingphomă³¹sit³¹ v‘comb’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 654.47

Jingphomă¹sit³¹ v‘rake’Liu 84

Jingphomă¹sit³¹ v‘comb’Liu 84

Jingphoməsit v.‘comb’Note final -t.LaPolla 87: 97

Jingphoməsit v.‘comb, rake; rake’Benedict 72 STC: 466

Jingphona³¹sit³¹ ‘rake’Liu 84

Jingphona³¹sit³¹ ‘rake’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 415.47

Jingphopahsi n‘comb’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphopă̱⁵si⁵⁵ n‘comb’Liu 84

Jingphopă⁵⁵si⁵⁵ n‘comb’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0481.19

Jingphopɑ̃⁵⁵si⁵⁵ n‘comb’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 459.47

Jingphopəsi ‘comb’LaPolla 87: 97

Jingphopəsi ‘comb, rake’Benedict 72 STC: 466

Jingpho³pə³shi n.‘comb’Weidert 87 TBTo: 928

2.1.4Tamangish1

Gurung (Ghachok)kra#367 PTB *s-kra ‘HAIR OF HEAD / HEAD’ swi◦baqsuffix v.‘comb (hair)’Glover 72 GuVo: 2.B.2.37

3.2Qiangic8

Qiang (Longxi)qə̀#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’-ɕý n.‘comb [hair-comb(v)]’Evans 99 Qiang: 655

Qiang (Longxi)ɕý v.‘brush, comb’Evans 99 Qiang: 2339

Qiang (Mawo)qə#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’◦si v‘comb’[Source note] (u⁵⁵, u⁵³, qə- ‘head’) (LaPolla 1987).LaPolla 87: 97

Qiang (Mawo)qə#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’◦si n‘comb’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 459.8

Qiang (Mianchi)dʐùmorpheme suì ‘double-edged fine-toothed comb’Evans 99 Qiang: 656

Qiang (Mianchi)qà#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’ tómorpheme suí v.‘brush, comb’Evans 99 Qiang: 2339

Qiang (Mianchi)qè#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’ suí n.‘comb’Evans 99 Qiang: 655

Qiang (Taoping)qə³¹#386 PTB *m/s-gaw ‘HEAD’PCN *ku ‘HEAD’PTk *kow ‘HEAD’suə³³ n‘comb’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 459.9

4Nungic6

Anongəprefix◦si v.,n.‘comb , comb’LaPolla 87: 97

Anongəprefix◦si v.‘comb; comb (v.)’Benedict 72 STC: 466

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)sɯi⁵⁵ v.‘comb’LaPolla 87: 97

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)u⁵⁵#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ sɯi⁵⁵ ‘comb’LaPolla 87: 97

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)si⁵³ v.‘comb’LaPolla 87: 97

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)u⁵³#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’ si⁵³ ‘comb’LaPolla 87: 97

7Karenic5

Bweθì n.‘comb’Weidert 87 TBTo: 928

Bweθi n‘comb’Henderson 97 Kar

Bweθi dimorpheme ‘comb (very fine)’Henderson 97 Kar

Karentθi̱³¹ n‘comb’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0481.50

Sgaw¹θi n.‘comb’Weidert 87 TBTo: 928

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1219, *m-si-t ‘COMB / RAKE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1219

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

References: cf. STC#466, HPTB pp.193,460

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1219,
  title  = {{*m-si-t 'COMB / RAKE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1219},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1219}
}