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STEDT #2379

*s-kyuːr ⪤ *s-kywaːr

SOUR / BE ACID
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlekyurprefixsinitialkyrhymeu:r,a:rsuffixkcoverK · VLWT

Intermediate reconstructions

Karenic*chjaNᴮ ‘SOUR’TL#268

Connections

HPTB*s-kyuːr ⪤ *s-kywaːr ‘sour / be acid’pp. 85, 384, 398, 402, 426, 449, 475, 514

Reflexes & cognates75 reflexes · 11 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmans-kyur ⪤ suːr ‘sour’Benedict 72 STC: 42
*Tibeto-Burmans-kyuːr ⪤ s-kywaːr ‘sour / be acid’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 598

2.1.2Bodic9

Kaikesyur◦pāsuffix adj‘sour’Hale 73 CSD: 12b.24
Tsangla (Central)tśur-pasuffix ‘sour’Benedict 72 STC: 42
Tsangla (Motuo)tɕur⁵⁵pu⁵⁵suffix ‘sour’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tsangla (Motuo)tɕur◦posuffix ‘sour’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 887.7
Tsangla (Tilang)cur-pusuffix ‘sour’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tshona (Wenlang)tɕhu⁵⁵ ‘sour’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)tɕhu⁵⁵po⁵³suffix ‘sour’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 887.6
Cuona Menbatɕhu⁵⁵po⁵³suffix ‘sour’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1072.06

2.1.2.1Tibetan14

Tibetan (Batang)ɕu⁵⁵pᴜ⁵³suffix ‘sour’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1072.03
Tibetan (Jirel)kir◦buqsuffix adj‘sour’Hale 73 CSD: 12b.24
Tibetan (Khams:Dege)ɕu⁵³bo⁵³suffix ‘sour’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 887.3
Tibetan (Lhasa)cuː⁵⁵mu⁵⁵suffix ‘sour’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1072.02
Tibetan (Lhasa)cu⁵⁵pu⁵³suffix ‘sour’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 887.2
Tibetan (Sherpa)kyur◦wusuffix adj‘sour’Hale 73 CSD: 12b.24
Tibetan (Written)skjur mosuffix ‘sour’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 887.1
Tibetan (Written)skyur-basuffix ‘sour’Benedict 72 STC: 42
Tibetan (Written)skyur◦basuffix ‘sour’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.3Lepcha5

Lepchacór be v.‘sour, acid’Plaisier 07 Lepcha
Lepchasămorpheme-tsór-lămorpheme ‘sour’Benedict 72 STC: 42
Lepchatśór ‘sourish’Benedict 72 STC: 42
Lepchatśór ‘sour, acid’Benedict 72 STC: 75n231
Lepchaʔáprefix◦cor adj.‘sour’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

3.1Tangut1

3.2Qiangic17

Ersutʃɛ⁵⁵ ‘sour’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 887.18
Guiqiongtsɑ̃⁵⁵mu⁵⁵morpheme ‘sour’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1072.16
Guiqiongtsɔ̃⁵⁵ mu⁵⁵morpheme ‘sour’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 887.17
Lyuzude³³morphemetʂu⁵³ ‘sour’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1072.18
Muyatə³³prefixtɕu⁵³ ‘sour’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1072.15
Namuyitʂu³⁵ ‘sour’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 887.19
Namuyiluo³¹morphemetʃu³¹ ‘sour’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1072.46
Pumi (Jiulong)tʃu³⁵tsũ⁵⁵morpheme ‘sour’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1072.10
Pumi (Taoba)tɕu⁵⁵mə⁵³morpheme ‘sour’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 887.10
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]tʂõ⁵⁵tʂõ⁵⁵ ‘sour’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 887.16
Queyu (Xinlong)tʃɛ⁵⁵tʃɛ³³ ‘sour’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1072.13
Xumitɕi⁵⁵ ‘sour’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 887.20

3.3rGyalrongic1

Ergong (Danba)wtɕhɯʴ◦wtɕhɯʴ ‘sour’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 887.14

3.3.1rGyalrong12

rGyalrongkəprefix tʃor ‘sour’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 887.12
Caodengkəprefix-tʃoʔr ‘sour’Sun J 97 Cao
rGyalrongkəprefix◦tśyur ‘sour’Benedict 72 STC: 42
rGyalrongkAprefix cor ‘sour’Nagano 97 GyQ: 162
rGBenzhenkəprefix-tʃor ‘sour’Sun J 97 rGB
Shilikəprefix-tʃor; kəprefix-kʰjəʔmorpheme ‘sour’Sun J 97 Shi

7Karenic16

*Karen (TP)chjáinq ‘sour’Jones 61: 36
*Karenchjáinq ‘sour’Jones 61: 36
*KarenchjaNᴮ ‘sour’[Source note] The correspondence pattern of vowels in SK suggests *-ɛNLuangthongkum 13: 268
Bweʃɪ³³ ‘sour’Luangthongkum 13: 268
Kayahcha¹¹ ‘sour’Luangthongkum 13: 268
Kayanɕi¹¹ ‘sour’Luangthongkum 13: 268
Kayawɕi¹¹ ‘sour’Luangthongkum 13: 268
Pa-Ochjá ‘sour’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-Ochjá ‘sour’Jones 61: 36

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2379, *s-kyuːr ⪤ *s-kywaːr ‘SOUR / BE ACID’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2379
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#042, HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2379,
  title  = {{*s-kyuːr ⪤ *s-kywaːr 'SOUR / BE ACID'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2379},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2379}
}