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*(t)s(i/u)p

NEST / WOMB / SCROTUM
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*sup ‘NEST / LAIR’JS-HCST: 105
Central Naga (Ao Group)*a-sap ‘NEST / WEB’PCN #152
Loloish*(d)zyi ‘PLACENTA / NEST’

Notes

This etymon displays the most pervasive variational pattern in TB vowels, between *-u- and *-i- (see Wolfenden 1929:114-5, STC pp. 80-4, VSTB pp. 41-2, HPTB pp. 493-505).1 It is well distributed, occurring widely in the NE Indian Areal Group (but not in Chin), with convincing cognates in Himalayish, Jingpho, and Qiangic. The Burmish cognates point to different final consonants: WB has -k, while Achang and Zaiwa have -t. W.T. French (1983:526) suggests an etymology (which appears fanciful), deriving this root from a compound *sa-yip ANIMAL + SLEEP (< #34 PTB *sya-n FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL and #127 PTB *s-y(i/u)p SLEEP).

1 For other etyma with similar variation, see e.g. #3587, #1612 PTB *k-y(i/u)m HOUSE, #127 PTB *s-y(i/u)p SLEEP.

Reflexes & cognates91 reflexes · 23 subgroups

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanisup ‘nest / lair’Sun J 93 HCST: 271

1.1.1.1Western Tani18

Apataniaprefix-siʔ ‘nest / lair’Sun J 93 HCST
Apataniàprefix-sɯ ‘nest’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanipɯmorpheme-ta#6616 PTani *taŋ ‘BIRD’-aprefix-siʔ ‘bird's-nest’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanipɯmorpheme◦ta#6616 PTani *taŋ ‘BIRD’ aprefix-siʔ ‘nest (bird's)’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengniaprefix-sup ‘nest, den’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengnidiːmorpheme-sup ‘underground den’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengnitaːmorpheme-šup ‘nest / lair’Sun J 93 HCST
Bokaraprefix ɕup n‘nest (bird)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0327.24
Bokaraprefix-šup ‘nest / lair’Sun J 93 HCST
Bokaraprefix-sup ‘lair’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokaraprefix-sup ‘nest’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokar Lhobaaprefix ɕup ‘hole’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 34.51
Galoaprefix◦hup n.‘nest’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoliimorpheme◦hup nce.‘fleas' nest’GLDC 09 Galo
Galopɤmorpheme◦ta#6616 PTani *taŋ ‘BIRD’-aprefix◦sup ‘nest’Das Gupta 63 Gal
Galotaliimorpheme-liimorpheme◦hup n.‘fleas' nest’GLDC 09 Galo
Tagintaprefix◦sep ‘nest’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.2.3Maraic1

Zotungʃɯ¹ ‘womb’Luce 85: O.13

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)18

*Central Nagaaprefix-sap ‘NEST / WEB’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.152
*Aotprefix-səp ‘NEST / WEB (OF SPIDER)’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.103
Ao (Chungli)su¹morphemeɹak¹morpheme səp¹ n.‘spider web’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Ao (Chungli)teprefix◦sep ‘nest’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)tə³prefix-səp¹ n.‘web, nest’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.103
Ao (Chungli)²tɯprefix¹sɯp ‘nest’Weidert 87 TBTo: 630
Ao (Mongsen: Khensa)tə́prefix-sə̀p n.‘web, nest’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.103
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tüprefix◦sep ‘nest’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagao¹prefix-ʃəp² n.‘nest’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.152
Lotha Nagaomorpheme◦shab ‘nest’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagaoprefix◦shüp ‘nest’Murry 78: 77
Lotha Nagaōprefix◦šə̀p> ‘nest’Acharya 75
Lotha Naga¹oprefix-šɯp = ¹oprefix◦⁽²⁾šɯp ‘nest’Weidert 87 TBTo: 630
Sangtamaprefix◦süp ‘nest’Marrison 67 Naga
Sangtam¹a⁽prefix²⁾sɯp ‘nest’Weidert 87 TBTo: 630
Yimchungrü²aprefix◦⁽²⁾sap =⁽¹⁾sap ‘nest’Weidert 87 TBTo: 630

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group2

Rengmaaprefix◦se ‘nest’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]pümorpheme◦sü ‘nest’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group3

Liangmeipamorpheme◦sib ‘nest’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemechip ‘nest’Marrison 67 Naga
Mziemetsip ‘nest’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic2

Tangkhulaprefix◦thip ‘nest’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1

Nocteaprefix◦rup ‘nest’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang4

Changhap ‘nest’Marrison 67 Naga
Konyakümorpheme◦lep ‘nest’Marrison 67 Naga
Phomjep ‘nest’Marrison 67 Naga
Wanchoaomorpheme◦zap ‘nest’Marrison 67 Naga

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

6.1.2Loloish

This etymon is tentatively set up for PTB on rather shaky evidence: several forms from Loloish, and a single putative cognate from Qiangic (rGyalrong).

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1613, *(t)s(i/u)p ‘NEST / WOMB / SCROTUM’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1613
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1613,
  title  = {{*(t)s(i/u)p 'NEST / WOMB / SCROTUM'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1613},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1613}
}