STEDT #1354

*tsya

VAGINA / COPULATE

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This etymon is so far sparsely attested, with the best putative cognates occurring in Loloish (Lahu, Jinuo), Chin (Lakher [Mara]), and perhaps West Himalayish (Pattani).

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.2.3Maraic2

Lakher [Mara]cha nômorpheme-taomorpheme ‘copulate’Matisoff 87 BP

Lakher [Mara]cha-kumorpheme ‘copulate’Matisoff 87 BP

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Ao (Chungli)tə³prefix-tʃi¹ n.‘vagina’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Pattani [Manchati]tsekmorpheme◦tsa ‘clitoris’Pattani tsa bears a resemblance to #1626 PTB *tsaŋ CLITORIS, but the usual Pattani reflex of *-aŋ is -aŋ (e.g. hraŋ ‘horse’ < #1431 PTB *s/m-raŋ HORSE *s-raŋ; maŋ-api ‘dream’ < #126 PTB *s/r-ma(ŋ/k) DREAM *maŋ).Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 10.4.4

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Khamca◦kəmorpheme ‘vagina’The analysis of Kham ca is tentative.Watters 89 KhQ

6.1.2.2Central Loloish9

Jinuo (Baya/Banai)tso⁵⁵ pɛ⁵⁵#662 PTB *b(y)at ‘VAGINA’ ‘vagina’Dai 89 JinA: 146

Lahucha-šī#1019 PTB *sey ‘FRUIT / ROSE / ROUND OBJECT’PTani *ze ‘FRUIT’PKC *thay ‘FRUIT’PKC *ʔaar-θii ⪤ *-sii ‘STAR’PCN *a-sej ‘FRUIT / SEED’PTk *tʰej ‘FRUIT’PKar *saᴮ ‘FRUIT’ ‘vagina’Matisoff 87 pc

Lahu (Black)cha pàʔ#1359 PTB *m-ba(k/ŋ) ‘COPULATE / LOVE / WOMB’ ve#450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’Allofams1 #1821 PTB *s/g-ray ⪤ *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD’1a #449 PTB *g-ray ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1b #658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’1c #450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1d #5495 PTB *s-ray ‘PLURALIZER’ ‘copulate with a woman’Matisoff 88 DL: 517,814

Lahu (Black)cha thû#3476 PTB *duk ⪤ *tu ‘LOVE / DESIRE / WANT’PKC *ɗuʔ ‘WANT / CRAVE / LACK’ ‘feel sexual desire (woman); lubricate’Matisoff 88 DL: 681

Lahu (Black)cha(-pɛ̀ʔ#662 PTB *b(y)at ‘VAGINA’) ‘vagina’Matisoff 87 BP

Lahu (Black)cha(-pɛ̀ʔ#662 PTB *b(y)at ‘VAGINA’) ‘vulva’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 5

Lahu (Black)cha-cú#5541 PTB *m-ts(y)(u/i)p ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’MesorootsPKC *θeep ‘SUCK / SMOKE (v.)’PCN *m-tshəp ‘SUCK / KISS’PNN *CⓋ-cuːp ‘SUCK’PNN *CⓋ-cʰup ‘KISS’PLB *ʔcupᴴ ⪤ *ʔjupᴸ ⪤ *C-cupᴸ ‘SUCK / MILK’Allofams1a #5536 PTB *dz(y)wap ⪤ *ts(y)wap ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’1b #5541 PTB *m-ts(y)(u/i)p ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’1c #5537 PTB *dzyut ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’1d #5540 PTB *tsyuk ⪤ *dzyuk ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’1e #5539 PTB *dzy(ə/o)w ‘SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK’-ni#2499 PTB *r-ni ‘RED’PLB *ʔ-ni¹ ‘RED’ ‘clitoris’Matisoff 88 DL: 517

Lahu (Black)cha-mə̂#467 PTB *s-muːr ‘MOUTH / LIP / HOLD IN MOUTH / CHEW / FACE / GILLS’PKC *hmuur ‘LIP / BEAK / MOUTH / TIP’PCN *mən ‘MOUTH’PTk *mor ‘MOUTH’ ‘labia’Matisoff 87 BP

Lahu (Black)cha-ɣɨ̀#1013 PTB *rəy ‘WATER / LIQUID / BODILY FLUID’PLB *rəy¹ ‘WATER’PL *re¹ ‘WATER’ ‘vaginal secretion’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1354, *tsya ‘VAGINA / COPULATE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1354

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1354,
  title  = {{*tsya 'VAGINA / COPULATE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1354},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1354}
}