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STEDT #179

*sik

PINCH / TWIST
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handlesikprefixrinitialsrhymeik ⪤ s-ycoverS · VWTS

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*sik-I, siʔ-II ‘PINCH / NIP / PLUCK’PKC #666
Tangkhulic*sik ‘PINCH’DRM#728
Lolo-Burmese*r-sik ⪤ *s-yik ‘TWIST’

Connections

HPTB*sik ‘pinch / twist’p. 344

Reflexes & cognates48 reflexes · 16 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinsik-I, siʔ-II ‘PINCH / NIP / PLUCK’VanBik 09 PKC: 666

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Sizangsik hī ‘pinch’VanBik 09 PKC: 666
Thadosìʔ-I, sìi-II ‘pinch’VanBik 09 PKC: 666
Tiddimsik³ > siʔ³ ‘pinch with fingers’VanBik 09 PKC: 666
Tiddimsuːk² ‘squeeze, wring’VanBik 09 PKC: 694
Tiddimsuːk² v‘squeeze; wring’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1649
Tiddimsuːk² ‘squeeze, wring’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Ashoʻsik ‘pluck’VanBik 09 PKC: 666

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)sik-I, siʔ-II ‘pinch, nip’VanBik 09 PKC: 666
Lushai [Mizo]sìk-I, sìh-II v‘pinch or nip (with the finger nails), to pluck’VanBik 09 PKC: 666

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)5

*Aomprefix-tshək ‘PINCH’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.201
Ao (Chungli)mə³morphemetsək¹ v.‘pinch’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.201
Ao (Chungli)mɯ́prefix◦sɯ̀k v.‘pinch’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 6
Ao (Mongsen)mɯ́prefix◦cʰɯ̀k v.‘pinch’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 13
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)məprefix◦tshək v.‘pinch [pinched]’Coupe 07 Ao

1.3.4Tangkhulic3

Ukhrulkʰəmorpheme-məmorpheme-sik ‘pinch’Mortensen 12 Tk

3.2Qiangic3

Guiqiongzy³⁵ ‘wring (e.g. wet cloth)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 554.17
Namuyiʁɛ⁵⁵morphemeʂɿ³³ ‘wring (e.g. wet cloth)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 554.19
Qiang (Mawo)suɛ v.‘squeeze (for milk)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1405.08

6.1Lolo-Burmese2

*Lolo-Burmeser-sik ~ s-yik ‘twist’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 130
*Lolo-Burmeser-sik ⪤ *s-yik ‘twist’[Source note] [TSR 130]LaPolla 87: 204

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)rac v.‘wind around, encircle’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)rac ‘wind around, encircle’LaPolla 87: 204

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish9

Luquanʂʐ̩ 55 ~ ʂʐ̩ 33 ‘twist’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 130
Yi (Dafang)sɒ¹³ ‘wring (e.g. wet cloth)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 554.22
Yi (Liangshan)lɛ³³morphemeʂɿ⁵⁵ ‘twist (wring); wring’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)ʂɿ⁵⁵ ‘twist (wring); wring’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Mile)ʂi⁵⁵ ‘wring (e.g. wet cloth)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 554.25
Yi (Mojiang)si̱ ‘wring (e.g. wet cloth)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 554.26
Yi (Nanhua)ʂi⁵⁵ ‘wring (e.g. wet cloth)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 554.24
Yi (Nanjian)ʂɿ²¹ ‘wring (e.g. wet cloth)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 554.23
Yi (Xide)ʂɿ⁵⁵ ‘wring (e.g. wet cloth)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 554.21

6.1.2.2Central Loloish5

Lahu (Black)sɿ³⁵ ‘wring (e.g. wet cloth)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 554.33
Lahu (Yellow)sɿ⁴ ‘wring’Chang 86
Lisushï1 ‘twist’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 130
Lisuʃɿ⁵⁵ ‘wring (e.g. wet cloth)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 554.27

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2

Akhayeu LS ‘twist’LaPolla 87: 204
Akhayeu LS ‘twist’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 130

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish5

Azhasɨ̠⁴⁵ ‘twist; wring’Pelkey 11 Phula: 629
Southern Mujisɯ⁵⁵ ‘twist; wring’Pelkey 11 Phula: 629
Pholaʂɯ³³ ‘twist; wring’Pelkey 11 Phula: 629
Hlepho Phowafɯ³³ ‘twist; wring’Pelkey 11 Phula: 629
Phuzasi⁵⁵(-tʰɛ⁵⁵morpheme) ‘twist; wring’Pelkey 11 Phula: 629

6.2Naxi3

Laze (Xiangjiao)ʁæ˧morphemeʂv˧˥ v.‘twist, wring’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 2969
Na (Yongning)ʂv˧˥ v.‘twist, to wring’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Naxi (Lijiang)ʂəɹ⁵⁵ ‘wring (e.g. wet cloth)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 554.28

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #179, *sik ‘PINCH / TWIST’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/179
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p. 344
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-179,
  title  = {{*sik 'PINCH / TWIST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #179},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/179}
}