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STEDT #128

*g-(d)z(i/u)m

SLEEP

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handledzimprefixginitial(d)zrhymeim⪤g-(d)coverTS · VN

Connections

HPTB*g-dzim ‘sleep’p. 305

Notes

There is perhaps an allofamic relationship between this root and #127 PTB *s-y(i/u)p SLEEP.

Chinese comparandum

寢 OC *ts’i̯əm ‘lie down to sleep’, GSR #661f-g; B & S 2011: *tsʰimʔ {[tsʰ][i]mʔ; Mand. qǐn.

Reflexes & cognates35 reflexes · 12 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)2

*Sino-Tibetang-dz(y)im ⪤ g-dz(y)up#127 PTB *s-y(i/u)p ‘SLEEP’PTani *jup ‘SLEEP’PKC *ʔip-I, ʔiʔ-II ‘SLEEP’PCN *jap ‘SLEEP’PTk *jip ‘SLEEP / LIE DOWN’PLB *s/ʔ-yipᴸ ‘PUT TO SLEEP’PLB *yipᴸ ⪤ *yupᴸ ‘SLEEP’ ‘sleep’Matisoff 83 TIL: 53

*Sino-Tibetantshim ~ gdzim ‘sleep’Coblin 86: 134

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmang-dzim ‘sleep’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 588

1.1.2Deng2

Idudʑi⁵⁵ ‘sleep / be asleep’Sun H 91 IduQ: 1.16

Idudʑi⁵⁵ ‘sleep’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 582.50

1.4Meithei2

Meitheihipmorpheme, tum ‘sleep’Marrison 67 Naga

Meitheitum◦bəsuffix ‘sleep / be asleep’Singh 91 MeiQ: 1.16

1.6Mru1

Mrutsʻim² v.‘sleep; put to sleep’Luce 85: Q.357

2.1.2.1Tibetan8

Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)nyal#129 PTB *m/s-nyal ‘SLEEP / SLEEPY / LIE DOWN’◦gen ‘sleep / be asleep’Bishop 89: 1.16

Tibetan (Written)gzim v.‘sleep’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 158

Tibetan (Written)gzim-gzim ‘eyes dazzled’Coblin 86: 134

Tibetan (Written)gzim-pasuffix ‘sleep’Matisoff 83 TIL: 53

Tibetan (Written)gzim-pasuffix ‘sleep, fall asleep’Benedict 72 STC: 170n455

Tibetan (Written)gzim-pasuffix ‘fall asleep’Coblin 86: 134

Tibetan (Written)gzim-pɑsuffix v‘fall asleep / sleep’Chou 72: 661f-g

Tibetan (Written)gzims-pasuffix n‘sleep (hon.)’Jäschke 1881

2.1.4Tamangish2

Tamang (Risiangku)³sim v‘sleep (hh)’Mazaudon 91 TamQ: 1.16

Thakali (Tukche)suhm-pɔ ‘sleep (hon.)’Hari 71a ThVo: 1.60.2

3.2Qiangic4

Muyakhi⁵³ v.‘sleep’This Muya form may not be cognate.Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1646.15

Muya [Minyak]khi⁵³ ‘sleep’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 582.15

Muya [Minyak]kʰi⁵³ ‘sleep / be asleep’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 1.16

Qiang (Yadu)ɦemprefix tse ‘asleep’Dai 89 Qian: 2261

3.3rGyalrongic2

Ergong (Danba)ʐgin ‘sleep / be asleep’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 1.16

Ergong (Danba)ʐgin ‘sleep’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 582.14

8Bai10

Bai (Dali)ts'oe 3/4 ‘sleep / lie down, to’Dell 81: 790

Bai (Dali)tsheʴ³³ ‘sleep’Xu 84 Bai

Bai (Dali)tsheʴ³³ ‘sleep’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 582.35

Bai (Dali)tɕʰœ³ ‘sleep, lie down’Dell 81: pp.150-169

Bai (Dali)tɕʰœ⁴ ‘sleep, lie down’Dell 81: pp.150-169

Bai (Jianchuan)tshã³³ v.‘sleep’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1646.48

Bai (Jianchuan)tshɛ̃³³ ‘sleep’Xu 84 Bai

Bai (Jianchuan)tshɛ̃³³ ‘sleep’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 582.36

Bai (Jianchuan)tsʰæ̃³³ ‘sleep / be asleep’Zhao 90: 1.16

Bai (Jianchuan)tsʰæ̃³³ suĩ³³loanword ‘sleep / be asleep’Zhao 90: 1.16

9.0.1Old Chinese3

Chinese (Old/Mid)tsʻi̯əm v.‘lie down to sleep’GSR 661f-g.Chou 72: 661f-g

Chinese (Old)ts'i̯əm ‘sleep’Matisoff 83 TIL: 53

Chinese (Old)tshjəmx ‘sleep’Coblin 86: 134

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Chinese (Middle)tshjəm: v.‘sleep’Coblin 86: 134

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #128, *g-(d)z(i/u)m ‘SLEEP’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/128

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

References: prob. ⪤*s-y(u/i)(p/m) (#127)

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-128,
  title  = {{*g-(d)z(i/u)m 'SLEEP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #128},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/128}
}