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STEDT #2247

*grəy

COPPER

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*grəy ‘copper’p. 189

Notes

The relative ubiquity of this etymon points to the early development of copper metallurgy in the Tibeto-Burman area.

Reflexes & cognates76 reflexes · 11 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmangriy ‘copper’Benedict 72 STC: 39

*Tibeto-Burmangrəy ‘copper’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 591

1.7.3.1Jingpho6

Jingphomă³¹prefixkʒi³³ n‘copper’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0053.19

Jingphomă³¹prefixkʒi³³ ‘copper’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 37.47

Jingphomă¹prefixkɹi³³ ‘copper’Liu 84

Jingphomaprefix◦gri ‘copper’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphoməprefix◦grī ‘brass / copper’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 170

Jingphoməprefix◦gri- ‘brass, copper, tin’Benedict 72 STC: 39

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Sakkrɨ́ ‘copper’Huziwara 08 Sak: 288-3b

2.1.2.1Tibetan8

Tibetan (Balti)gri· ‘knife’Rangan 75: 63

Tibetan (Written)gri n‘knife’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)gri ‘knife’Benedict 72 STC: 39

Tibetan (Written)gri n‘knife’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0549.01

Tibetan (Written)gri ‘knife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 409.1

Tibetan (Written)gri jumorpheme n‘handle (of a knife)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0550.01

Tibetan (Written)gri.limorpheme (?) ‘knife’Sun J 85 TbGl: 416

Tibetan (Written)gri.shubsmorpheme ‘scabbard, sheath (of knife)’Sun J 85 TbGl: 417

4Nungic3

Nungdʐɿ³¹ n‘copper’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0053.21

Anongdʐɿ³¹ ‘copper’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 37.44

Nungdʑi³¹ n‘copper’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0053.21

6.1Lolo-Burmese2

*Lolo-Burmesegriy² ‘copper / brass’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 18

*Lolo-Burmesegrəy² ‘copper’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 591

6.1.1Burmish19

Arakanesekrì ‘copper’Okell 71

Bola (Luxi)kji³¹ n‘copper’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0053.32

Burmese (Written)krê ‘copper / brass’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 18

Burmese (Written)krê ‘brass / copper’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 170

Burmese (Written)krê ‘copper’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)krè ‘copper’Benedict 72 STC: 39

Burmese (Written)kre: ‘copper’Okell 71

Burmese (Written)kre:◦nīmorpheme ‘copper’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)kre³ n‘copper’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0053.26

Burmese (Written)kre³ ‘copper’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 37.39

Burmese (Inscriptional)kriy ‘copper’Okell 71

Langsu (Luxi)kjik⁵⁵ n‘copper’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0053.31

Leqi (Luxi)kjei³³ n‘copper’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0053.33

Marmakrí ‘copper (bronze)’Huziwara 08 Sak: 288-3b

Maru [Langsu]kjik⁵⁵ ‘copper’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 37.43

Maru [Langsu]kyít ‘copper’Okell 71

Tavoyanceì ‘copper’Okell 71

Atsi [Zaiwa]kji²¹ n‘copper’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0053.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]kji²¹ ‘copper’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 37.42

6.1.2Loloish2

*Loloishgre² ‘copper’Bradley 79 PLo: 404

PNLgre² ‘copper’Chen 86 CS: 122.

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish25

Lalogə̀ ‘copper’Björverud 94

Lalogɯ²¹ ‘copper’Chen 86 CS: 122.

Lipho<dzi²¹> ‘copper’Chen 86 CS: 122.

Nasudʑi³³ ‘copper’Chen 86 CS: 122.

Neisudʑi³³ ‘copper’Chen 86 CS: 122.

Nesudʐi³³ ‘copper’Chen 86 CS: 122.

Nosudʑi³³ ‘copper’Chen 86 CS: 122.

Nusu (Southern)dʐi⁵³ ‘copper’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Northern)gɹi³⁵ ‘copper’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Central)gɹi⁵⁵ n‘copper’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0053.34

Nusu (Bijiang)gɹi⁵⁵ ‘copper’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 37.45

Nusu (Central)gɹi⁵⁵bɹɚ̃³³morpheme n‘gong’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0660.34

Nusu (Central)thoŋ³¹#6002 PTB *twaŋ ‘RAINBOW’gɹi⁵⁵ n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.34

Yi (Dafang)dʑi³³ ‘copper’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 37.22

Yi (Liangshan)ʥɿ³³ ‘copper’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Mile)dʑi²¹ ‘copper’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 37.25

Yi (Mojiang)dʑi³³ ‘copper’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 37.26

Yi (Nanhua)dʑi²¹ n‘copper’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0053.37

Yi (Nanhua)dʑi²¹ ‘copper’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 37.24

Yi (Nanjian)gɯ²¹ ‘copper’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 37.23

Yi (Weishan)gɯ²¹ n‘copper’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0053.36

Yi (Wuding)dʑi³³ n‘copper’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0053.38

Yi (Wuding)dʑi³³bɔ³³morpheme n‘money (lit. 'copper coin')’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0573.38

Yi (Xide)dʑɿ³³ n‘copper’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0053.35

Yi (Xide)dʑɿ³³ ‘copper’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 37.21

6.1.2.2Central Loloish7

Ahidʐi²¹ ‘copper’Chen 86 CS: 122.

Lahu (Lancang)kɯ⁵³ n‘copper’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0053.43

Lahu (Black)kə⁵³ ‘copper’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 37.33

Lahu (Black)kɨ̂ ‘copper / brass’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 18

Lahu (Black)kɨ̂ ‘brass / copper’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 170

Yi (Sani)dzz̊¹¹ n‘copper’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0053.39

Sani [Nyi]dʐi²¹ ‘copper’Chen 86 CS: 122.

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish6

Hani (Dazhai)gɯ³¹ ‘copper’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 37.31

Hani (Lüchun)gɯ³¹ n‘copper’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0053.41

Hani (Gelanghe)gɯ³¹ ‘copper’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Shuikui)kɯ³¹ ‘copper’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 37.32

Hani (Mojiang)kɯ³¹ n‘copper’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0053.42

Mpiki² ‘copper / brass’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 18

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2247, *grəy ‘COPPER’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2247

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

References: cf. STC#039, HPTB p.189

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2247,
  title  = {{*grəy 'COPPER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2247},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2247}
}