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*kyi

LIFT / RAISE / AWAKE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlekyiinitialkyrhymei¹/²tone²coverK · V

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*kyi¹˜² ‘LIFT / RAISE’

Connections

HPTB (PLB)*kyi¹/² ‘lift up / raise’p. 188

Chinese comparandum

起 OC *kʼi̯əg, GSR #953r ‘rise, raise’; B & S 2011: *C.qʰəʔ {C.qʰ(r)əʔ}; Mand. qǐ.

Reflexes & cognates28 reflexes · 10 subgroups

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

Pattani [Manchati]kurmorpheme◦tʃi v.‘lift’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH

Pattani [Manchati]əprefix◦tʃʰi v.‘awaken, get up,’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH

2.1.4Tamangish1

Chantyalchi-wasuffix ‘awake / be awake’Noonan 92: 1.17

3.2Qiangic1

Qiang (Taoping)tsi³³ ‘pick up’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 556.9

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

This root shows tonal variation in Written Burmese: khyi ‘promote, exalt’ (< Tone *1) ⪤ khyî ‘lift, raise’ (< Tone *2).

*Lolo-Burmesekyi¹˜² ‘lift; raise’Matisoff PC

6.1.1Burmish5

Burmese (Written)khyî ‘lift’Hansson 89 AHKP: 113

Burmese (Written)khyi v‘promote; exalt’< Tone *1.Matisoff 93 PC

Burmese (Written)khyî ‘lift; raise’< Tone *2.Matisoff 93 PC

Burmese (Written)khyi ‘lift, raise; begin’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)khyiʼ ‘endure, hold out’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2Loloish3

*Loloishkyi² ‘lift’Bradley 79 PLo: 693

*Loloishkyi² ‘lift’Hansson 89 AHKP: 113

Lolophoxo⁵⁵#150 PTB *s(y)a ‘AWAKE’ tɕhi³¹ ‘awake / be awake’Dai 89 Lolo: 1.17

6.1.2.2Central Loloish7

Lahu (Black)chî v‘lift; raise’Matisoff 93 PC

Lisu (Central)hwa¹#150 PTB *s(y)a ‘AWAKE’-hchi⁵ v.i.‘awake’Fraser 22

Lisu (Central)hwa¹#150 PTB *s(y)a ‘AWAKE’-hchi⁵ ‘wake / be awake or conscious’Fraser 22

Lisuhwa¹#150 PTB *s(y)a ‘AWAKE’hchi⁵ ‘awaken’Bradley 79 PLo: 767S

Lisuhwa¹#150 PTB *s(y)a ‘AWAKE’hchi⁵ ‘awake’Bradley 79 PLo: 767S

Lisu (Nujiang)xuɑ⁵⁵#150 PTB *s(y)a ‘AWAKE’ tʃʰɿ³¹ ‘wake’Xu 86 Lisu

Lisuxuɑ⁵⁵#150 PTB *s(y)a ‘AWAKE’tʃhi³¹ ‘wake up’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 583.27

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish6

Akhaci˯-eumorpheme ‘lift, raise’Bradley 79 PLo: 693

Akhatjhì ‘lift’Hansson 89 AHKP: 113

Bisuchè ‘lift, raise’Bradley 79 PLo: 693

Mpitɕhi¹ ‘lift, raise’Bradley 79 PLo: 693

Mpitɕhi¹ ‘lift’Hansson 89 AHKP: 113

Côông [Phunoi]chì jòmorpheme ‘lift, raise’Bradley 79 PLo: 693

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish2

Azhakʰjɛ²² ‘awake’Pelkey 11 Phula: 657

Southern Mujinɯ²¹morphemelja¹³morphemekɛ²¹ ‘awake’Pelkey 11 Phula: 657

8Bai3

Bai (Bijiang)tʂheʴ⁴²tʂeʴ⁴²morpheme ‘pick up’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 556.37

Bai (Dali)tsy 3/4 ‘lift, to (hand, glass, etc.)’Dell 81: 740

Bai (Jianchuan)tɕy²¹ v.‘raise (the hand)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1453.48

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #152, *kyi ‘LIFT / RAISE / AWAKE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/152

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

References: DL p.526

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-152,
  title  = {{*kyi 'LIFT / RAISE / AWAKE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #152},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/152}
}