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STEDT #2314

*s-kəy

BORROW / LEND
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*s-kəy ‘borrow / lend’pp. 191, 443

Notes

Semantically, this root usually refers to monetary repayment, rather than return of the borrowed article. The latter meaning is conveyed by #2541 PTB *r/s-ŋ(y)a BORROW / LEND.

Reflexes & cognates44 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmans-kəy ‘borrow / lend’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 595

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)skyi-ba ‘borrow (something to be returned in kind)’Benedict 72 STC: 31

4Nungic1

Trung [Dulong]sk[h]iŋ ‘borrow / lend’Benedict 72 STC: 21n74

6.1.1Burmish13

*Burmesekhi ‘lend’Okell 71
Burmese (Written)khje³ ‘borrow / lend’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 692.39
Burmese (Written)khyê ‘borrow, lend; hire ( cf. krwê 'debt' )’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)khyè ‘borrow (something to be returned in kind)’Benedict 72 STC: 31
Hpun (Northern)chè, chè-ŋsuffix ‘borrow (money)’Henderson 86 Hpun
Leqi (Luxi)tʃe̱ːi⁵⁵ v.‘borrow (money)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1442.33
Maru [Langsu]tʃi̱k⁵⁵ ‘borrow / lend’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 692.43
Atsi [Zaiwa]tʃi̱²¹ v.‘borrow (money)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1442.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]tʃi²¹ ‘borrow / lend’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 692.42

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishkye² ‘borrow (money)’Bradley 79 PLo: 601

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish12

Gazhuotsɿ⁵⁵ v.‘borrow (money)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1442.47
Luquanntʂ'e¹¹ ‘borrow / lend / debt’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 089
Nusu (Southern)ki̱⁵⁵ ‘borrow / lend (money)’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Bijiang)tɕi̱⁵³ ‘borrow / lend’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 692.45
Nusu (Northern)tɕi̱⁵⁵ ‘borrow / lend (money)’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Central)tɕi⁵⁵ v.‘borrow (money)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1442.34
Nusu (Central)tɕi⁵⁵ v.‘borrow (tools)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1443.34
Yi (Mile)tɕhi²¹; ŋu⁵⁵morpheme ‘borrow / lend’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 692.25
Yi (Mojiang)tshi³³ ‘borrow / lend’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 692.26
Yi (Nanhua)tʂhi²¹ ‘borrow / lend’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 692.24
Yi (Nanhua)tʂhɿ²¹ v.‘borrow (money)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1442.37
Yi (Wuding)tʂhɿ³³ v.‘borrow (money)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1442.38

6.1.2.2Central Loloish8

Kucongtɕhi31 ‘borrow (of money)’Dai 09 Kucong
Lahu (Lancang)tɕhi⁵³ v.‘borrow (money)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1442.43
Lahu (Black)tshi³³ ‘borrow / lend’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 692.33
Lisu (Central)hchï⁵ ‘borrow (money)’Fraser 22
Lisutʃhi³¹ v.‘borrow (money)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1442.40
Lisu (Northern)tʃhɿ²¹ N‘borrow (when what is returned is not the original thing)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisutʃhɿ³¹ ‘borrow / lend’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 692.27
Yi (Sani)tshz̊¹¹ v.‘borrow (money)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1442.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish5

Akhadzi⁵⁵ ‘borrow / lend / debt’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 089
Bisuchì ‘borrow, lend’Bradley 9x Bisu
Hani (Shuikui)tɕi⁵⁵ ‘borrow / lend’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 692.32
Hani (Mojiang)tɕi⁵⁵ v.‘borrow (money)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1442.42
Hani (Mojiang)tɕi⁵⁵ v.‘borrow (tools)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1443.42

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish5

Southern Mujiʨʰi⁵⁵bji²¹morpheme ‘borrow (thing)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 755
Southern Mujiʨʰi⁵⁵ljɛ³³morpheme ‘borrow (money)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 754
Hlepho Phowaʦʰɿ⁵⁵ ‘borrow (money)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 754
Phuzaʦʰi³³ ‘borrow (money)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 754
Phuzaʦʰi³³ ‘borrow (thing)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 755

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2314, *s-kəy ‘BORROW / LEND’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2314
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#031, HPTB pp.191, 443
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2314,
  title  = {{*s-kəy 'BORROW / LEND'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2314},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2314}
}