*ti

BREATHE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletiinitialtrhymeicoverT · V

Notes

This root has so far been uncovered only in a few Tibeto-Burman languages of Nepal.

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 2 subgroups

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Limbunetmorpheme◦ti ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.4Western Kiranti4

Sunwar'soːk#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’◦ti ‘breath’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 23

Sunwar'soːk#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’◦ti ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP

Sunwarso#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’◦ti ‘breath’Michailovsky 91 Kr: 23

Sunwarso#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’◦ti phere-cāloanword ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1814, *ti ‘BREATHE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1814

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1814,
  title  = {{*ti 'BREATHE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1814},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1814}
}