STEDT #1601

*dzi

PENIS

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This etymon seems solid enough, though it has a rather strange distribution, occurring in scattered languages of the Himalayish, Lolo-Burmese (including Jinuo), and Asakian groups, as well as in the unclassified Tujia. There is not yet enough evidence to decide whether to reconstruct either a *voiced or *voiceless initial, or both *voiced and *voiceless allofams.

This root looks as if it might stand in an allofamic relationship with #641 PTB *ti-k PENIS. Note, however, that the reflexes of #641 PTB *ti-k PENIS and the present root are quite different in Nesu and Sani.

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Sak (Bawtala)ăprefix◦tji²◦tu⁴#300 PTB *d(w)əy ‘EGG / TESTICLE’MesorootsPKC *ɗu(u)y ⪤ *tu(u)y ‘EGG’PTk *dɨ ‘EGG’PKar *Ɂdejᴮ ‘EGG’Allofams2a #300 PTB *d(w)əy ‘EGG / TESTICLE’2b #1181 PTB *d(i/u)l ‘EGG / TESTICLE’ ‘testicles’Luce 85: L.149

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Hayutsɩː°◦pɩ#3425 PTB *m-bay ‘PENIS’ n‘urine, penis’The relationship between the apparent Hayu doublet, -pɪ and -(m)be, is not clear.Michailovsky 89 H2: 72.1.109,

5Tujia2

Tujiazi²¹ ‘penis’Chen 86 TuBQ: 10.3.1

Tujiaʑi³⁵ ‘penis’Chen 86 TuMQ: 10.3.1

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish3

Nasudzi²¹ ‘penis’Chen 86 Yi: 10.3.1

Nesudzi²¹ ‘penis’Chen 86 Yi: 10.3.1

Nosudze²¹ȵe³³#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ ‘male pubic hair’Chen 86 Yi: 10.3.6

6.1.2.2Central Loloish7

Ahia⁵⁵prefixɕi²¹ ‘penis’Chen 86 Yi: 10.3.1

Ahidzi³³ ‘penis’Luo 90: 10.3.1

Ahiɑ⁵⁵prefix ɕi²¹ ‘glans penis’Luo 90: 10.3.2

Ahiɑ⁵⁵prefix ɕi²¹ i³³morpheme tɕi²²morpheme ‘foreskin’Luo 90: 10.3.3

Jinuo (Baya/Banai)tʃʰɤ⁵⁵ lɤ³¹#1624 PTB *la ‘MALE’ ‘penis’Dai 89 JinA: 144

Sani [Nyi]dzi³³ ‘penis’Wu 84

Sani [Nyi]dzɿ³³ ‘penis’Ma 89 SanQ: 351.5

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1601, *dzi ‘PENIS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1601

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1601,
  title  = {{*dzi 'PENIS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1601},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1601}
}