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STEDT #1739

*tsuy

BLOW
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This promising root has so far only been identified in Loloish and Chinese.

Chinese comparandum

吹 OC *t̂’wiɑ, GSR #30a; B & S 2011: *tʰoj; Mand. chuī ‘blow (wind); play (wind instrument)’.

Reflexes & cognates25 reflexes · 7 subgroups

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish3

Nusu (Central)si³⁵ ‘blow (on a fire)’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Bijiang)si³⁵ ‘blow with mouth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 544.45
Yi (Nanjian)tʂʰa³³ ‘blow (with mouth)’Chen 85 YiJZ

6.1.2.2Central Loloish9

Jinuo (Buyuan)tsi⁵⁵ ‘blow’Gai 86
Jinuo (Youle)tsɤ³³ ‘blow’Gai 86
Jinuo (Baya/Banai)tsɯ³³ ‘blow (trumpet)’Dai 89 JinA: 1748
Jinuo (Baya/Banai)tsɯ³³ ‘blow (dust)’Dai 89 JinA: 1749
Jinuo (Baka)tsɯ³³ ‘blow (trumpet)’Dai 89 JinB: 1748
Jinuotsɯ³³ ‘blow (the trumpet)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1218.44
Jinuotsɯ³³ ‘blow away (a speck of dust)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1219.44
Jinuotsɯ⁴⁴ ‘blow with mouth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 544.34
Sani [Nyi]tʂʰo̱⁴⁴ v‘blow’Wu 84: 199.1

9.0.1Old Chinese2

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

9.0.3Modern Chinese3

Chinese (Mandarin)chuī ‘blow (of wind)’Evans 91

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1739, *tsuy ‘BLOW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1739
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: Chinese
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1739,
  title  = {{*tsuy 'BLOW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1739},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1739}
}