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STEDT #1655

*g/b-syaŋ

SHIT / FILTH / EXCREMENT / RUST / BLIGHT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleg/b-šprefixg/binitialsyrhymeaŋcoverS · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*z(y)aŋ² ‘EXCREMENT / RUST / BLIGHT’

Connections

Poss. allofam*s-baŋ ‘DUNG’

Notes

This etymon bears a resemblance to #5442 PTB *(t)swa-y ⪤ *t(s)wa-y RUST / DROSS / STAIN / EXCREMENT, so that it is difficult to assign reflexes in eroded subgroups like Loloish to one or the other. Further microlinguistic work is necessary.

Reflexes & cognates31 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmang/b-syaŋ ‘excrement / rust / blight’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 613

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)2

*Ao(aprefix-)tʃhuŋ ‘RUST’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.171

2.1.1Western Himalayish3

Kanaurikhomorpheme◦yöṅ n‘rust’Bailey 11
Kanaurikhomorpheme◦yöṅ lăgĕnmigʻmorpheme vi‘rust’Bailey 11
Kanaurikhomorpheme◦yöṅ tupcimigʻmorpheme vi‘rust’Bailey 11

6.1Lolo-Burmese2

*Lolo-Burmesez(y)aŋ² ‘excrement / rust / blight’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 36
*Lolo-Burmesezaŋ² or *žaŋ² ‘shit’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.1Burmish1

Achang (Xiandao)chi⁵⁵morphemekhʐaŋ³¹ n‘rust’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0056.29

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish13

Nusu (Northern)zuɑ³⁵ ‘rust’Sun J 86 Nusu
Yi (Liangshan)ndʐu⁵⁵ ‘rust’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)ndʐu⁵⁵ʣɯ³³morpheme ‘rust, form’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Xide)ndʐu⁵⁵ ‘rust’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 39.21
Yi (Xide)ndʐu̱⁵⁵ dzɯ³³morpheme v.‘rust’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1618.35
Yi (Xide)ndʐu⁵⁵dzɯ³³morpheme n‘rust’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0056.35

6.1.2.2Central Loloish6

Lahu (Lancang)ʑɔ⁵³ tɑ⁵⁴morpheme v.‘rust’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1618.43
Lahu (Black)yɔ̂ n.‘rust; rot; blight; deteriorati’Matisoff 88 DL: p. 1291
Lahu (Black)zɔ⁵³tᴀ⁵⁴morpheme ‘rust’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 39.33
Lisu (Northern)jɔ⁴⁴ V‘rancid’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)rɔ⁴⁴ V‘rancid’Bradley 94 Lisu

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1655, *g/b-syaŋ ‘SHIT / FILTH / EXCREMENT / RUST / BLIGHT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1655
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: incl 1802; cf. HPTB p.36
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1655,
  title  = {{*g/b-syaŋ 'SHIT / FILTH / EXCREMENT / RUST / BLIGHT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1655},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1655}
}