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STEDT #1232

*n-dzi-k

HAIR (HEAD)

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Loloish*tsi¹ ‘HAIR (HEAD)’

Connections

See alsoPL *tsi¹

Notes

*n-dzi. This etymon may be related to two verbs, PLB *ʔtsik ‘be stuck onto’ (Lh. cɨ́ ‘be stuck in place; pâ-cɨ̂ʔ-mu ‘beard’ ), and PLB *ʔdzik ‘be joined; join to’ (Lh. cɨ́) [LTSR #45]. Cf. #418 PTB *tsik JOINT. Lahu informants vouch for the semantic connection, feeling that hairs are “stuck onto” the head or face. This perhaps should be taken with a grain of salt, however.

Reflexes & cognates155 reflexes · 10 subgroups

3.2Qiangic13

Ersudo⁵⁵morpheme maʴ⁵⁵morpheme ndzi⁵⁵ ‘eyelash’Sun H 91 ErsQ
Ersutsi⁵⁵ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ErsQ
Ersutsi⁵⁵ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.18
Ersutsi⁵⁵ʂɿ⁵⁵morphemetɑ⁵⁵morpheme n‘comb’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 459.18
Namuyia⁵⁵prefixntshy⁵⁵ ‘beard’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 246.19
Namuyia⁵⁵prefixntsʰy⁵⁵ ‘beard’Sun H 91 NamQ: 8.1.2.1
Namuyia⁵⁵prefixntshu⁵³ n‘beard / moustache / goatee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0086.46

3.3.1rGyalrong9

5Tujia11

6.1.2Loloish4

*Loloishtsi¹ ‘hair (head)’Matisoff 93 PC
Lolophov̩⁵⁵#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’ tʂhɤ³³ ‘hair’Dai 89 Lolo: 8.1
Lolophov̩⁵⁵#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’ tʂhɤ³³ ‘hair of head’Dai 89 Lolo: 8.1.1
Lolophov̩⁵⁵#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’ tʂɤ³³ ‘hair of head’Dai 89 Lolo: 2.7

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish30

Gazhuoji³¹morpheme tshɿ³³ ‘hair of head’Dai 89 Gazh: 2.7
Gazhuoji³¹morpheme tshɿ³³ ‘hair’Dai 89 Gazh: 8.1
Gazhuoni³¹morpheme tshɿ³³ pv̩³¹morpheme ‘beard’Dai 89 Gazh: 8.1.2.1
Gazhuoni³¹morpheme tsʰɿ³³ pv̩³¹morpheme pv̩³¹morpheme ‘beard’Dai 87 Gazh
Lalotɕʰy⁵⁵ ‘fur (of animal)’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.4
Lalotɕʰy⁵⁵ ‘feather (of bird)’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.5
Lalotɕʰy⁵⁵ kʰɑ²¹morpheme ‘body hair’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.3
Laloy²¹#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’ tɕʰy⁵⁵ ‘hair of head’Chen 86 Yi: 2.7
Nasuo³³#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’ tsʰe³³ ‘hair of head’Chen 86 Yi: 2.7
Nasutsʰe²¹ ‘hair (general)’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1
Nesuŋˌ³³#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’ tɕhɪ²¹ ‘hair of head’Chen 86 Yi: 8.1.1
Nesuŋˌ³³#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’ tɕʰɪ²¹ ‘hair of head’Chen 86 Yi: 2.7

6.1.2.2Central Loloish50

Ahio⁵⁵#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’ tsɛ²² to²²morpheme ‘cowlick (flexure in hair)’Luo 90: 8.1.1.1
*Common Lahutsuh˯ ‘head hair’Bradley 79 PLo: 89-1
Lisu (Nujiang)o⁵⁵#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’ tsʰe̱⁴⁴ ‘hair (head)’Ls. tsʰe⁴⁴ cannot be from *tsam, since *-am>Ls. -o.Xu 86 Lisu
Lisuo⁵⁵#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’ tsʰe⁴⁴ ‘hair of head’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 234.27
Lisu (Luquan)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’ tshəɹ³³ ‘hair (head)’Xu 86 Lisu: p.109
Lisu (Luquan)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’tshəɹ³³ n‘hair (head)’Xu 86 Lisu
Lisu (Yongsheng)vu⁵⁵#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’ tshəɹ³³ ‘hair (head)’Xu 86 Lisu: p.109
Lisu (Yongsheng)vu⁵⁵#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’tshəɹ³³ n‘hair (head)’Xu 86 Lisu

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish23

Akhatsehˇ kahˇ#372 PTB *kriŋ ‘HAIR (HEAD) / THREAD / SINEW / TENDON’ ‘hair (head)’Akha tseh⁵⁵ cannot be from *tsam, since *-am > Akha syllabic -m̩.Matisoff 87 BP
Hani (Caiyuan)ɔ³¹prefix tsʰe⁵⁵ ‘fur’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Hani (Caiyuan)ɔ³¹prefixtshe⁵⁵ ‘hair / fur’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 172.30
Hani (Shuikui)tʃʰe³¹ xo³³morpheme ‘fur’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

6.2Naxi13

Laze (Xiangjiao)mv˧morphemetsɯ˥ ‘beard’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 306
Na (Yongning)mv˧morphemetsɯ˧˥ ‘beard’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Naxi (Eastern)mv³³morphemetsɯ³³ ‘beard’He 85
Naxi (Yongning)mv³³morphemetsɿ¹³ ‘beard’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 246.29
Naxi (Lijiang)mɯ³³morphemetsɯ⁵⁵ ‘beard’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 246.28
Naximɯ³³morphemetsɿ⁵⁵ n‘beard / moustache / goatee’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0086.45
Naxi (Western)mɯ⁵⁵morphemetsɯ³³ ‘beard’He 85

8Bai4

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1232, *n-dzi-k ‘HAIR (HEAD)’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1232
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1232,
  title  = {{*n-dzi-k 'HAIR (HEAD)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1232},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1232}
}