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STEDT #1806

*syi

LEAN (MEAT, PERSON)
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlešiinitialrhymeicoverS · V

Notes

The stronghold of this etymon seems to be Lolo-Burmese, with likely cognates in Jingpho and Tujia.

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingpholă¹morpheme si³¹ ‘lean (person)’Liu 84

5Tujia1

Tujia (Southern)ɕe⁵⁵ ‘lean (meat)’Tian 86

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish7

Yi (Dafang)sɿ²¹ ‘lean (meat)’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Dafang)sɿ²¹ ‘lean (person)’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Dafang)sɿ²¹ ‘lean (meat)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 851.22

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lahu (Yellow)tsɿ³⁵ ‘lean (person)’Chang 86

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3

Hani (Dazhai)ɕe̱³¹ ‘lean (of meat)’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Hani (Dazhai)ɕe̱³¹ ‘lean (of humans)’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Hani (Dazhai)ɕe̱³¹ ‘lean (meat)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 851.31

7Karenic1

Kayan (Pekon)sá̤i ADJ‘skinny, thin, lean’Manson 10 Kayan

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1806, *syi ‘LEAN (MEAT, PERSON)’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1806
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1806,
  title  = {{*syi 'LEAN (MEAT, PERSON)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1806},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1806}
}