STEDT #1609

*m/s-tow

EGG

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This etymon appears in the NE Indian Areal Group (Idu), Loloish, and Qiangic, and looks safe to set up for PTB. There is evidence for both a nasal (Loloish) and a sibilant (Qiangic) prefix.

Reflexes & cognates28 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.1.2Deng5

Idueprefix◦to-cu#3436 PTB *dz(y)u ‘EGG’PCN *tʃə ‘EGG’ ‘egg’Anonymous 62 Idu

Idueprefix◦to◦cu#3436 PTB *dz(y)u ‘EGG’PCN *tʃə ‘EGG’ ‘egg’Pulu 78

Idueprefix◦to◦cu#3436 PTB *dz(y)u ‘EGG’PCN *tʃə ‘EGG’ lomorpheme ‘egg (white)’Pulu 78

Idueprefix◦to◦cu#3436 PTB *dz(y)u ‘EGG’PCN *tʃə ‘EGG’ mimorpheme ‘egg (yolk)’Pulu 78

Idueprefix◦to◦cu#3436 PTB *dz(y)u ‘EGG’PCN *tʃə ‘EGG’ rokamorpheme ‘egg (shell)’Pulu 78

3.2Qiangic10

Ersutsɛ⁵⁵ ‘egg’Sun H 91 ErsQ

Ersutsɛ⁵⁵ ‘egg’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 170.18

Pumi (Qinghua)skhi⁵⁵morphemetsə⁵⁵ ‘egg’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 170.11

Pumi (Qinghua)skʰi⁵⁵morpheme tsə⁵⁵ ‘egg’Lu 83 Pumi

Qiang (Mawo)tɕimorpheme wə#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’◦st ‘egg’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 170.8

Qiang (Mawo)tɕimorpheme◦wə#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’◦st ‘egg’Sun H 81 Qia

Qiang (Mawo)wu#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’◦stə̥ ‘egg (of animal)’Sun H 91 MawQ: 10.4.16

Qiang (Taoping)χtə⁵⁵ ‘egg’Sun H 81 Qia

Qiang (Taoping)χtə⁵⁵ ‘egg’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 170.9

Qiang (Yadu)wə#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’◦s ‘egg’Comparison with other Qiangic forms indicates that the final -s in Yadu is a truncated verson of stə or stu. This apocopation of the vowel of second elements in compounds is characteristic of Qiangic. See Benedict (1983), “Qiang monosyllabization: a third phase in the cycle” (LTBA 7.2:113-4).Dai 89 Qian: 604

3.3rGyalrongic3

Ergong (Daofu)rɑmorpheme stu ‘egg (of animal)’Dai 89 Daof: 10.4.16

Ergong (Danba)ʐamorpheme stu ‘egg (of animal)’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 10.4.16

Ergong (Danba)ʐamorpheme stu ‘egg’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 170.14

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish6

Nasuʈʰo̱²¹ ‘egg (of animal)’Chen 86 Yi: 10.4.16

Noesundo⁵⁵ ‘egg’Chen 86 Yi: 10.4.16

Yi (Dafang)ndo⁵⁵ ‘egg’Chen 85 YiJZ

Yi (Dafang)ndo⁵⁵ ‘lay (egg)’Chen 85 YiJZ

Yi (Dafang)ndo⁵⁵ ‘egg’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 170.22

Yi (Mile)i³³prefixʈho³³ ‘egg’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 170.25

6.1.2.2Central Loloish4

Ahida³³morphemetho²² ‘testicle’Chen 86 Yi: 10.3.5

Ahidɑ³³morpheme ʈʻo²² ‘testicle’Luo 90: 10.3.5

Ahii³³prefix ʈʻo²² ‘egg (of animal)’Luo 90: 10.4.16

Ahiʈho²² ‘egg’Chen 86 Yi: 10.4.16

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1609, *m/s-tow ‘EGG’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1609

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1609,
  title  = {{*m/s-tow 'EGG'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1609},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1609}
}