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STEDT #1755

*b-tsyat

SPEAK, SAY
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This root seems quite valid. However, the Bai forms are probably loans from Chinese, while the rGyalrong forms are probably loans from Tibetan.

Reflexes & cognates66 reflexes · 9 subgroups

2.1.2Bodic4

Tshona (Wenlang)ɕɑt⁵⁵ pu⁵⁵morpheme ‘say’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)ɕᴀt⁵³ ‘speak’Sun H 80 MLD
Tshona (Mama)ɕᴀt⁵³ ‘say / speak’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 545.6

2.1.2.1Tibetan9

Tibetan (Batang)xhɛ⁵³ v.‘speak’Dai 89 Bata: 3.8.1
Tibetan (Batang)ke⁵⁵morphemetɕha⁵³morphemexɛʔ⁵³ v.‘speak’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1649.03
Tibetan (Khams:Dege)ɕeʔ⁵³ ‘say / speak’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 545.3
Tibetan (Lhasa)ɕɛʔ⁵³ ‘say / speak’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 545.2
Tibetan (Written)bśad-pasuffix v.‘explain, preach, tell, relate’Jäschke 1881: 567
Tibetan (Written)ḥc̀ʻad-paprefix v.‘explain’Jäschke 1881: 168

2.1.4Tamangish7

*TGTMᴬɕat ‘repeat, say’Mazaudon 94 These: 985
Gurung¹se- ‘slander smn’Mazaudon 94 These: 985

3.1Tangut1

3.2Qiangic11

Guiqiongɕe⁵³ ‘speak’Sun H 91 GuiQ
Guiqiongɕe⁵³ ‘say / speak’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 545.17
Muyatu³³morphemeɕɐ⁵³ v.‘speak’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1649.15
Muya [Minyak]tu³³morphemeɕɐ⁵³ v.‘speak’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 3.8.1
Muya [Minyak]tu³³morphemeɕɐ⁵³ ‘say / speak’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 545.15
Namuyiʂo⁵⁵ v.‘speak’Sun H 91 NamQ: 3.8.1
Namuyiʂo⁵⁵ ‘say / speak’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 545.19
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]wə³⁵morpheme ɕɛ⁵⁵ v‘speak’Sun H 91 ZhaQ: 3.8.1
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]wə³⁵morphemeɕɛ⁵⁵ ‘say / speak’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 545.16
Zhaba (Daofu County)a³³morphemeɕe⁵⁵ v.‘speak’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1649.14

3.3rGyalrongic5

3.3.1rGyalrong22

rGyalrong (Maerkang Caodeng (A))karamorpheme◦'ɕat̪̚ v‘speak’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0901
rGyalrong (Xiaojin Bajiao)kərəmorpheme◦'ʃat◦pɑmorpheme v‘speak’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0901
rGyalrong (Rangtang Zongke)xtammorpheme◦'βʃa v‘speak’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0901
rGyalrong (Jinchuan Hedong)ʃat³pa⁵morphemeko³morphemelet³morpheme v‘speak’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0901
rGyalrong (Xiaojin Jiesi)ʃat◦'pɑmorpheme v‘speak’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0901
rGyalrong (Maerkang Songgang Zhibo)ʃat̚◦pamorpheme◦'kəlat̚morpheme v‘speak’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0901
rGyalrong (Lixian Miyalo)ʃat◦pamorpheme◦'talatmorpheme v‘speak’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0901
rGyalrong (Maerkang Soman Seermi)ʃat̪◦pemorpheme◦'kəlat̪̚morpheme v‘speak’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0901
rGyalrong (Maerkang Zhuokeji Xisuo)βɕat̪̚◦pamorpheme◦kə'lat̪̚morpheme v‘speak’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0901
rGyalrongkaprefix pshet v‘speak’Nagano 97 GyQ: 3.8.1

8Bai7

Bai (Dali)suɑ̱⁴⁴ ‘say’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Dali)suɑ⁴⁴ ‘say / speak’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 545.35
Bai (Jianchuan)sua̱⁴⁴ «tõ̱²¹»morpheme v.‘speak’Zhao 90: 3.8.1
Bai (Jianchuan)suɑ³³; tso⁴²morpheme ‘say / speak’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 545.36
Bai (Jianchuan)suɑ̱⁴⁴ ‘say’Xu 84 Bai

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1755, *b-tsyat ‘SPEAK, SAY’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1755
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: Sinitic, Tsangla, Tibetan
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1755,
  title  = {{*b-tsyat 'SPEAK, SAY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1755},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1755}
}