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STEDT #141

*b-tsuŋ

ONION
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Chinese comparandum

蔥 OC *ts’ung, GSR #1199g-h; B & S 2011: *tsʰˁoŋ {[ts]ʰˁoŋ}; Mand. cōng.

Reflexes & cognates49 reflexes · 15 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetanbtshong ‘onion’Coblin 86: 114

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.1.1.1Western Tani3

Bokardʑamorpheme ɕoŋ n‘onion / scallion’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0423.24
Bokarǰamorpheme-soŋ ‘green onion’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokar Lhobadʑamorpheme ɕoŋ ‘onion (green)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 209.51

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2

Damutɕom-busuffix ‘garlic’Sun J 93 Tani
Damutɕuŋ-busuffix ‘green onion’Sun J 93 Tani

1.1.2Deng4

Darang [Taraon]tsoŋ⁵⁵ n‘onion / scallion’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0423.22
Darang [Taraon]tsoŋ⁵⁵ ‘onion (green)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 209.49
Idutsoŋ⁵⁵ ‘onion (green)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 209.50
Yidutsoŋ⁵⁵ n‘onion / scallion’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0423.25

1.7.3.2Asakian2

Saksúŋ ‘onion’Huziwara 08 Sak: 73-1
Saksúŋ◦phromorpheme ‘garlic’Huziwara 08 Sak: 73-1a

2.1.2Bodic4

Tsangla (Tilang)cong ‘green onion’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tshona (Wenlang)tsoŋ⁵⁵ ‘green onion’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)tsɔŋ⁵⁵ ‘onion (green)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 209.6
Cuona Menbatsɔŋ⁵⁵ n‘onion / scallion’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0423.06

2.1.2.1Tibetan13

Tibetan (Batang)tsû⁵⁵mbo⁵³suffix n‘onion / scallion’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0423.03
Tibetan (Khams:Dege)tsoŋ⁵⁵ ‘onion (green)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 209.3
Tibetan (Lhasa)tsoŋ⁵⁵ n‘onion / scallion’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0423.02
Tibetan (Lhasa)tsoŋ⁵⁵ ‘onion (green)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 209.2
Tibetan (Written)tsoŋ ‘onion (green)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 209.1

3.3rGyalrongic2

Daofutsoŋ n‘onion / scallion’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0423.12
Ergong (Danba)tsoŋ ‘onion (green)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 209.14

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGyalrong (Maerkang)tshuŋ tsəmorpheme n‘onion / scallion’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0423.11

4Nungic2

Nungtsho⁵⁵ n‘onion / scallion’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0423.21
Anongtsho⁵⁵ ‘onion (green)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 209.44

6.1.1Burmish1

Achang (Lianghe)tshuŋ³¹ ‘green onion’Dai 85 AcJZ

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish10

Gazhuofɛ³³morphemetsho³³ n‘onion / scallion’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0423.47
Nusu (Northern)tsho⁵³ ‘green onion’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Southern)tsho⁵³ ‘green onion’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Central)tsho⁵⁵ n‘onion / scallion’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0423.34
Nusu (Bijiang)tsho⁵⁵ ‘onion (green)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 209.45
Yi (Dafang)tshɔŋ⁵⁵ ‘onion (green)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 209.22
Yi (Mile)ᴀ³³prefixtsho³³ ‘onion (green)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 209.25
Yi (Mojiang)tsho⁵⁵bɛ²¹morpheme ‘onion (green)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 209.26
Yi (Nanhua)tshu³³ɣɑ²¹morpheme n‘onion / scallion’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0423.37
Yi (Wuding)tshv̩⁵⁵pv̩³³morpheme n‘onion / scallion’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0423.38

6.1.2.2Central Loloish4

Lisutsho⁵⁵ n‘onion / scallion’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0423.40
Lisutsho⁵⁵ ‘onion (green)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 209.27
Lisu (Northern)tshɔ⁵⁵ N‘spring onion/scallion’Bradley 94 Lisu
Yi (Sani)ɒ⁴⁴prefixtshz̩⁴⁴ n‘onion / scallion’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0423.39

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #141, *b-tsuŋ ‘ONION’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/141
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-141,
  title  = {{*b-tsuŋ 'ONION'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #141},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/141}
}