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STEDT #190

*(m/g)-(ts/dz)(y)(a/i)k

DRIP / DROP (n.)
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handletikinitialtrhymeik ⪤ dzicoverT · T

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*Ntsakᴴ ⪤ *tikᴴ ⪤ *dzikᴴ ‘DROP (n.) / DRIP’

Connections

Allofams
HPTB*m-dz(y)ak ‘drip / drop (n.)’pp. 324, 506

Notes

This root is very well attested in TB, with plausible Chinese comparanda.

Reflexes & cognates19 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanm-tsakt(s)ik ‘drip / drop (n.)’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 588
*Tibeto-Burmantsik ‘drip / drop (n.)’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 589

1.7.1.3Koch1

Atongthomorphemethak n‘drop, classifier for drops’van Breugel 08 Atong

4Nungic5

Anongɑ³¹prefixʈho⁵⁵ ‘drip’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 770.44
Trung [Dulong]ɑ³¹prefixtɔ̆ʔ⁵⁵ ‘drip’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 770.46
Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)a³¹prefix tɔʔ⁵⁵ ‘drip’LaPolla 87: 37
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)thɔ̆ʔ⁵⁵ ‘drip’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1Lolo-Burmese8

*Lolo-Burmesem-tsakᴴ ‘drip / drop (n.)’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 588
*Lolo-BurmeseNtsak ‘drop (n.) / drip’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 82
*Lolo-BurmeseNtsak ‘drip’[Source note] [TSR 82] (LaPolla 1987).LaPolla 87: 37
*Lolo-BurmeseNtsakdzik ‘drop / drip’Matisoff 83 TIL: 54
*Lolo-Burmesentsakᴴ n.‘drop / drip’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 5
*Lolo-Burmese{*tik*dzik}*ndzak ‘drip’[Source note] [Mpi 5].LaPolla 87: 37

6.1.1Burmish6

Achang (Longchuan)tśɔk⁵⁵ ‘drip’LaPolla 87: 37
Achang (Longchuan)tɕɔk⁵⁵ clf‘drop (of oil)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0885.28
Achang (Xiandao)cak⁵⁵ clf‘drop (of oil)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0885.29

6.1.2Loloish2

*Loloishm-tsakᴴ ‘drop’Hansson 89 AHKP: 450
PNLNtsak ‘drip’Chen 86 CS: 152.

9.0.1Old Chinese5

Chinese (Old/Mid)tiek n,v‘drop / drip’Chou 72: 877
Chinese (Old)tiek ‘drop / drip’Matisoff 83 TIL: 54

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #190, *(m/g)-(ts/dz)(y)(a/i)k ‘DRIP / DROP (n.)’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/190
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PAF; cf. HPTB pp.324, 327, 506
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-190,
  title  = {{*(m/g)-(ts/dz)(y)(a/i)k 'DRIP / DROP (n.)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #190},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/190}
}