STEDT
STEDT #2219

*dzwan

HAWK / KITE

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*dzwan¹ ‘HAWK / KITE’cf. STC p.49, HPTB pp.30, 259

Connections

HPTB (PLB)*dzwan¹ ‘hawk / kite (bird of prey)’pp. 30, 259
HPTB*dzwan ‘hawk / kite (bird of prey)’pp. 63, 258, 301

Notes

This root occurs primarily in Lolo-Burmese, with a good Chinese comparandum.

Chinese comparandum

OC *di̯wɑn, GSR #230a; Mand. yuān.

Reflexes & cognates88 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmandzwan ‘hawk / kite (bird of prey)’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 588

6.1Lolo-Burmese5

*Lolo-Burmesedzwan ‘hawk / kite’Chou 72: 230a
*Lolo-Burmesedzwan¹ ‘hawk / kite’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 006
*Lolo-Burmesedzwan¹ ‘hawk / kite (bird of prey)’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 588

6.1.1Burmish22

Achang (Luxi)tsun³¹ ‘eagle’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Xiandao)cun³¹mɔ³¹morpheme n‘kite (black-eared) / hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0328.29
Bola (Luxi)tsɔn⁵⁵ n‘kite (black-eared) / hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0328.32
Bola (Luxi)tsɔn⁵⁵kjɔ̱̃³⁵morpheme n‘sparrow hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0329.32
Bola (Luxi)tsɔn⁵⁵pap⁵⁵morpheme n‘eagle / vulture’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0330.32
Burmese (Rangoon)sũ²² n‘kite (black-eared) / hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0328.27
Burmese (Written)son² n‘kite (black-eared) / hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0328.26
Burmese (Written)tswan ‘kite, hawk (in comp.)’Benedict 72 STC: 49n162
Langsu (Luxi)tsum⁵¹ n‘kite (black-eared) / hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0328.31
Leqi (Luxi)tsɔn³¹ n‘kite (black-eared) / hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0328.33
Atsi [Zaiwa]tsûn ‘hawk / kite’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 006
Atsi [Zaiwa]tsun⁵¹ n‘kite (black-eared) / hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0328.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]tsun⁵¹mui⁵⁵morpheme n‘sparrow hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0329.30

6.1.2Loloish2

*Loloish(k)prefix-dzwan¹ ‘hawk’Bradley 79 PLo: 49
*Loloish(k)prefix-dzwan¹ ‘hawk’Hansson 89 AHKP: 178

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish11

Nusu (Southern)dzuɑ³⁵ ‘eagle’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Central)dzuɔ³³ n‘kite (black-eared) / hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0328.34
Nusu (Bijiang)dzuəʴ³⁵ ‘eagle’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 143.45
Yi (Liangshan)ʨo⁵⁵ ‘eagle’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)ʨo⁵⁵nɔ²¹morpheme ‘eagle’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Nanhua)dzi̱³³zo²¹ n‘sparrow hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0329.37
Yi (Weishan)tɑ²¹morphemedʐɿ⁵⁵zo²¹morpheme n‘sparrow hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0329.36
Yi (Wuding)ɑ³³prefixdze³³ n‘sparrow hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0329.38
Yi (Xide)tɕo⁵⁵ n‘kite (black-eared) / hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0328.35
Yi (Xide)tɕo⁵⁵nɔ²¹morpheme n‘eagle / vulture’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0330.35
Yi (Xide)tɕo⁵⁵nɔ²¹morpheme n‘vulture (cinereous)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0331.35

6.1.2.2Central Loloish30

Jinuotsø³³ phrœ³¹morpheme n‘sparrow hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0329.44
Jinuotsø³³mɔ⁴⁴morpheme n‘kite (black-eared) / hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0328.44
Jinuotsø³³mɔ⁴⁴morphemetsø³³tɯ⁴⁴morpheme n‘eagle / vulture’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0330.44
Jinuotsø³¹mɔ³³morpheme ‘eagle’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 143.34
Jinuo (Youle)tsø⁴²mɔ³³morpheme ‘eagle’Gai 86
Jinuotsø⁵-mɔ³morpheme ‘hawk / kite’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 006
Jinuo (Buyuan)tɕi³¹phjᴇ³³ n‘sparrow hawk’Gai 86
Lahu (Lancang)ɑ³⁵prefixtɕe³¹ n‘kite (black-eared) / hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0328.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɑ³⁵prefixtɕe³¹ tɕu³³morpheme n‘sparrow hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0329.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɑ³⁵prefixtɕe³¹nɑ³¹morphemebɤ³¹morpheme n‘vulture (cinereous)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0331.43
Lahu (Lancang)ɑ³⁵prefixtɕe³¹qɑ¹¹morpheme n‘eagle / vulture’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0330.43
Lahu (Black)ᴀ³⁵prefixtse³¹ ‘eagle’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 143.33
Lisudze³³ n‘kite (black-eared) / hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0328.40
Lisudze³³ ‘eagle’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 143.27
Lisudze̱³³phɑ³¹lɑ³¹wɑ⁵⁵ n‘eagle, vulture’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0331.40
Lisudze̱³³thɯ⁵⁵ n‘sparrow hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0329.40
Lisudzye ‘hawk, eagle, kite (in comp.)’Benedict 72 STC: 49n162
Lisudzyē⁴ ‘hawk / kite’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 006
Lisu (Central)dzyē⁴ ‘hawk / eagle’Fraser 22
Lisu (Central)dzyē⁴ ‘vulture’Fraser 22
Lisu (Northern)dzø⁴⁴ N‘eagle’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)dzø⁴⁴ma³³suffix ‘female eagle’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)dzø⁴⁴pha²¹suffix ‘male eagle’Bradley 94 Lisu

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish20

Bisutsánbamorpheme ‘hawk, eagle’Bradley 9x Bisu
Hani (Caiyuan)tse⁵⁵mɔ³³morpheme ‘eagle’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 143.30
Hani (Mojiang)tsɛ⁵⁵pha³³morpheme n‘sparrow hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0329.42
Hani (Mojiang)xɔ³¹morphemetsɛ⁵⁵ n‘kite (black-eared) / hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0328.42
Mpite⁶-mo⁴morpheme ‘hawk / kite’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 006
Mpite⁶-mo⁴morpheme ‘hawk’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 35
Mpite⁶mo⁴morpheme ‘hawk’Hansson 89 AHKP: 178
Mpite⁶mo⁴morpheme ‘hawk’Srinuan 76

6.2Naxi1

Naxitshɿ³³lɯ²¹ n‘sparrow hawk’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0329.45

9.0.1Old Chinese3

Chinese (Old/Mid)di̯wɑn/i̯wɑ̈n ‘hawk / kite’Chou 72: 230a
Chinese (Old/Mid)di̯wɑn/i̯wɑ̈n ‘hawk / kite’Karlgren 57 GSR: 230a
Chinese (Old)di̯wan ‘hawk / kite’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 006

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Chinese (Middle)i̯wän ‘hawk / kite’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 006

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2219, *dzwan ‘HAWK / KITE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2219
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC p.49, HPTB pp.30, 259
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2219,
  title  = {{*dzwan 'HAWK / KITE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2219},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2219}
}