Reconstruction analysis
handlehwiyinitialhwrhymeiy ~ s-hcoverH · VWS
Intermediate reconstructions
Northern Naga/Konyakian*C̥-həːy ‘BLOOD’
Northern Naga/Konyakian*syi ‘BLOOD’
Lolo-Burmese*swəy² ‘BLOOD’
Connections
Allofams
- 1a #230 *s-hywəy-t ‘BLOOD’
- 1b #5485 *suy ‘MARROW’
HPTB*s-hywəy ‘blood’pp. 66, 85, 102, 194, 201, 230, 464
Notes
Chinese shows an allofam with final -t.
Chinese comparandum
血 OC *χiwet, GSR #410a-c ‘blood’; Coblin 86:45 ST *shwiʔ > OC *hwit; Schuessler 2007:547-8 *hwît; B & S 2011: *m̥ˁik; Mand. xiě.
Reflexes & cognates839 reflexes · 60 subgroups
0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)10
1NE Indian Areal Group1
1.1“North Assam”2
1.1.1Tani1
1.1.1.1Western Tani21
1.1.1.2Eastern Tani7
1.1.2Deng13
1.2Kuki-Chin3
1.2.1.1Northern Chin15
1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin17
1.2.2Central Chin16
1.2.3Maraic11
1.2.4“Old Kuki”8
1.3“Naga” Areal Group2
1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)13
1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group21
1.3.3Zeme Group11
1.3.4Tangkhulic14
1.4Meithei9
1.5Mikir [Karbi]8
1.6Mru3
1.7.1Bodo-Garo1
1.7.1.1Bodo16
1.7.1.2Garo7
1.7.1.3Koch1
1.7.1.4Deori5
1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian2
1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte7
1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang16
1.7.3.1Jingpho15
Jingphosài lam#1017 PTB *lam ‘ROAD’PTani *lam ‘ROAD’PKC *lam ‘WAY / PATH / ROAD’PKC *lam ‘DIRECTION / SIDE / TOWARDS’PCN *laːm ‘PATH, ROAD, WAY’PBG *lam ‘ROAD’TGTM *ᴮgjam ‘ROAD’PKir *ʔlam ‘ROAD / PATH’ ‘blood vessel / vein / artery’Matisoff 87 BP
1.7.3.2Asakian11
2.1.1Western Himalayish17
Kanaurisī◦röṅ#536 PTB *r-g-yuŋ ‘OBSCURE INTERNAL CHANNEL / BLOOD VESSEL / SINEW / MUSCLE’ ‘blood vessel / vein / artery’Matisoff 87 BP
2.1.2Bodic12
Tsangla (Central)na#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’◦wung#806 PTB *bu(k/ŋ) ‘NOSE / NOSTRIL’-gimorpheme yi sholemorpheme v.‘bleed from the nose’Egli-Roduner: 37 13
2.1.3Lepcha9
Lepchaví nǔmmorpheme-nyimmorpheme-sǎ#530 PTB *r-sa ‘VEIN / SINEW / INTERNAL CHANNEL / PULSE’PTani *fo ‘SINEW / VEIN’PKC *thaa ‘SINEW / TENDON / STRENGTH’PCN *a-saʔ ‘NERVE, VEIN / POWER, STRENGTH’ aprefix-so#530 PTB *r-sa ‘VEIN / SINEW / INTERNAL CHANNEL / PULSE’PTani *fo ‘SINEW / VEIN’PKC *thaa ‘SINEW / TENDON / STRENGTH’PCN *a-saʔ ‘NERVE, VEIN / POWER, STRENGTH’ ‘blood vessel / vein / artery’Matisoff 87 BP
Lepchavi◦mân#54 PTB *m(y/w)an ⪤ *min ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’ n.‘kin, offspring, relatives (literally flesh and blood)’Plaisier 07 Lepcha
2.1.5Dhimal1
2.2Newar9
2.3Kiranti5
2.3.1Eastern Kiranti9
2.3.2Southern Kiranti9
2.3.3Central Kiranti8
2.3.4Western Kiranti15
2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang27
3.1Tangut4
3.2Qiangic42
Qiang (Longxi)màmorpheme só lò#3569 PTB *la-y ⪤ *ra ‘COME’PTk *ra ‘COME’ ‘menstruate [m-blood-come]’Evans 99 Qiang: 146.2
Qiang (Longxi)phìmorpheme sà lò#3569 PTB *la-y ⪤ *ra ‘COME’PTk *ra ‘COME’ ‘menstruate [vulva-blood-come]’Evans 99 Qiang: 146.2
3.3rGyalrongic12
Ergong (Northern)stə⁵³#661 PTB *s-tu ‘VAGINA / VULVA’PTani *tɯ ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKC *tshuu ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKir *tu ‘VAGINA’ si⁵³ ‘menstrual blood’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 10.4.7
Ergong (Northern)stə⁵³#661 PTB *s-tu ‘VAGINA / VULVA’PTani *tɯ ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKC *tshuu ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKir *tu ‘VAGINA’ si⁵³ nə⁵³morpheme tʰie¹³morpheme v‘menstruate’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 10.4.6
3.3.1rGyalrong74
rGyalrongtəprefix ɕtu#661 PTB *s-tu ‘VAGINA / VULVA’PTani *tɯ ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKC *tshuu ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKir *tu ‘VAGINA’ ɕi ‘menstrual blood’Dai 89 Jiar: 10.4.7
rGyalrongtəprefix ɕtu#661 PTB *s-tu ‘VAGINA / VULVA’PTani *tɯ ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKC *tshuu ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKir *tu ‘VAGINA’ ɕi kəmorpheme ɕutmorpheme v.‘menstruate’Dai 89 Jiar: 10.4.6
4Nungic11
6.1.1Burmish56
Burmese (Written)sawmorpheme swê-krâw#535 PTB *graw ‘OBSCURE INTERNAL CHANNEL’ ‘blood vessel / vein / artery’Matisoff 87 BP
Burmese (Written)swê-ʔim#1612 PTB *k-y(i/u)m ‘HOUSE’PKC *ʔim ‘HOUSE’PCN *a-jam ‘HOUSE / VILLAGE’PTk *ʃim ‘HOUSE’TGTM *ᴮdim ‘HOUSE’PLB *yim¹ ‘HOUSE’PL *yim¹ ‘HOUSE’PKar *hyi[m] ‘HOUSE’ ‘placenta ("blood-house")’Lit. “blood-house”.Matisoff 87 BP
Hpun (Northern)ăprefix◦ʃwì◦ʃáimorpheme, ăprefix◦ʃwì◦ʃá̃imorpheme ‘vein (cp. Blood)’Henderson 86 Hpun
Lashisui⁵⁵ khjo³³#536 PTB *r-g-yuŋ ‘OBSCURE INTERNAL CHANNEL / BLOOD VESSEL / SINEW / MUSCLE’ ‘blood vessel / vein / artery’Dai 89 Lash: 8.7.1
Maru [Langsu]sa³⁵ khjɔ³¹#536 PTB *r-g-yuŋ ‘OBSCURE INTERNAL CHANNEL / BLOOD VESSEL / SINEW / MUSCLE’ ‘blood vessel / vein / artery’Dai 89 Lang: 8.7.1
6.1.2Loloish4
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish45
Lalosɿ²¹ gu²¹#535 PTB *graw ‘OBSCURE INTERNAL CHANNEL’ tʂa³³morpheme ‘blood vessel / vein / artery’Chen 86 Yi: 8.7.1
6.1.2.2Central Loloish76
Lahu (Black)ɔ̀prefix-šɨ̄-ɔ̀prefix-šā#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’ ‘breath / life’[Source note] “blood and flesh”.Matisoff 87 BP
Lisu (Northern)hwa²¹#34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’MesorootsPKC *sʰaa ‘ANIMAL / FLESH / MEAT’PCN *a-ʃaʔ ‘ANIMAL / MEAT, FLESH’PTk *sa ‘FLESH / MEAT / ANIMAL’Allofams1 #5711 PTB *sya-n ⪤ *sin ‘FLESH / ANIMAL / BODY / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’1a #34 PTB *sya-n ‘FLESH / MEAT / GAME ANIMAL’1b #318 PTB *sin ‘BODY / OWNER / AGENTIVE NOMINALIZER’si²¹ dɔ⁴⁴#502 PTB *m/s-tuŋ ‘DRINK / SUCKLE’PTani *tɯŋ ‘DRINK’PLB *m-daŋ¹ ⪤ *m-doŋ¹ ‘DRINK’PL *m-daŋ¹ ‘DRINK’PL *ʔdaŋ¹ ‘GIVE TO DRINK’ ‘suck blood wine’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)hwa²¹morphemesi²¹ dɔ⁴⁴#502 PTB *m/s-tuŋ ‘DRINK / SUCKLE’PTani *tɯŋ ‘DRINK’PLB *m-daŋ¹ ⪤ *m-doŋ¹ ‘DRINK’PL *m-daŋ¹ ‘DRINK’PL *ʔdaŋ¹ ‘GIVE TO DRINK’ læ²¹morphemehɔ³³morpheme ‘drink blood wine’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)na³³#803 PTB *s-na ⪤ *s-naːr ‘NOSE’PKC *hnaar ‘NOSE’PCN *na(ʔ) ‘NOSE’PTk *na ‘NOSE’TGTM *ᴬʰna ‘NOSE’khu³³#809 PTB *(k/g)ywaŋ ‘NOSE’si²¹ ‘nasal blood; nosebleed’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)si²¹dɔ⁴⁴#502 PTB *m/s-tuŋ ‘DRINK / SUCKLE’PTani *tɯŋ ‘DRINK’PLB *m-daŋ¹ ⪤ *m-doŋ¹ ‘DRINK’PL *m-daŋ¹ ‘DRINK’PL *ʔdaŋ¹ ‘GIVE TO DRINK’ læ²¹morphemehɔ³³morpheme ‘drink blood wine’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)si²¹næ³³#2483 PTB *s-nak ‘BLACK’PKC *nak ‘BLACK’PCN *a-njak ‘BLACK’PNN *C̥-ɲak ‘BLACK’PLB *s-nakᴴ ‘BLACK’PL *C-nakᴴ ‘BLACK’ ‘purple blood’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)si²¹næ³³#2483 PTB *s-nak ‘BLACK’PKC *nak ‘BLACK’PCN *a-njak ‘BLACK’PNN *C̥-ɲak ‘BLACK’PLB *s-nakᴴ ‘BLACK’PL *C-nakᴴ ‘BLACK’lu⁵⁵morpheme ‘red blood cell’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)si²¹phu³³#1235 PTB *plu ‘WHITE / SILVER / MONEY’PLB *plu¹ ‘WHITE / SILVER / MONEY’lu⁵⁵morpheme ‘white blood cell’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)si²¹tɕhɔʔ²¹morpheme ‘traditional practice to determine right from wrong in a dispute, in which an incantation is made while wine or water or animal blood is poured onto the ground’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɣa³³#1606 PTB *k-rak ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PTani *rok ‘CHICKEN’vu⁵⁵morphemesi²¹ ‘blood of the first chicken in a brood’Bradley 94 Lisu
Sani [Nyi]si⁵⁵tʂɑ³³#530 PTB *r-sa ‘VEIN / SINEW / INTERNAL CHANNEL / PULSE’PTani *fo ‘SINEW / VEIN’PKC *thaa ‘SINEW / TENDON / STRENGTH’PCN *a-saʔ ‘NERVE, VEIN / POWER, STRENGTH’ ‘blood vessel’Chen 86 Yi: 8.7.1
Sani [Nyi]si⁵⁵tʂə³³#530 PTB *r-sa ‘VEIN / SINEW / INTERNAL CHANNEL / PULSE’PTani *fo ‘SINEW / VEIN’PKC *thaa ‘SINEW / TENDON / STRENGTH’PCN *a-saʔ ‘NERVE, VEIN / POWER, STRENGTH’ ‘blood vessel’Wu 84
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish46
6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish5
6.2Naxi9
7Karenic59
Karen (Sgaw/Hinthada)a³¹prefix tθui³¹ klɛ̱⁵⁵#372 PTB *kriŋ ‘HAIR (HEAD) / THREAD / SINEW / TENDON’ ‘blood vessel’Dai 89 KarB: 162.1
8Bai11
9.0.1Old Chinese5
9.0.2Middle Chinese1
9.0.3Modern Chinese3
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #230,
*s-hywəy-t ‘BLOOD’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/230Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#222, HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-230,
title = {{*s-hywəy-t 'BLOOD'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #230},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/230}
}