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*s-m(y)ik

CANE / SPROUT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*yiik ‘TIP / TOP / EDGE / SPROUT’PKC #1241

Connections

HPTB*s-m(y)ik ‘bamboo sprout’pp. 344, 348

Reflexes & cognates40 reflexes · 11 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmans-m(y)ik ‘bamboo sprout’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 603

*Tibeto-Burmans-m(y)ik ‘sprout’Matisoff 83 TIL: 58

*Tibeto-Burmans-m(y)ik ‘sprout’Benedict 72 STC: 237

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinyiik ‘TIP / TOP / EDGE / SPROUT’VanBik 09 PKC: 1241

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Thadozîʔ ‘vegetable tip’VanBik 09 PKC: 1241

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)ziik ‘tip (of vegetable), sprout, new shoot, top (of a tree), edge (of a branch)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1241

Lushai [Mizo]zîik ‘sprout, shoot’VanBik 09 PKC: 1241

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)nik◦sə̀mmorpheme n.‘sprout’Coupe 07 Ao

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garobiprefix◦mik ‘sprout, germ, blade’Benedict 72 STC: 237

2.1.2.1Tibetan16

Tibetan (Alike)rȵ̥uk mæmorpheme n‘bamboo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0389.05

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)hȵək mamorpheme ‘bamboo’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 183.4

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)hȵək ɣəmorpheme ‘bamboo shoot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 184.4

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)hȵəg mæmorpheme ‘bamboo’Sun J 85 Amdo: 42

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)rȵ̥ək mamorpheme ‘bamboo’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 183.5

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)rȵ̥ək shənmorpheme ‘bamboo shoot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 184.5

Tibetan (Lhasa)ȵuk⁵³sø̃⁵⁵morpheme ‘bamboo shoot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 184.2

Tibetan (Western)mig-tśănmorpheme ‘having seeds / grains’Benedict 72 STC: 237

Tibetan (Written)smjug masuffix n‘bamboo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0389.01

Tibetan (Written)smjug masuffix ‘bamboo’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 183.1

Tibetan (Written)smjug rilmorpheme n‘section of bamboo used as container’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0568.01

Tibetan (Written)smjug sonmorpheme ‘bamboo shoot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 184.1

Tibetan (Written)smyig-masuffix ⪤ smyug-masuffix ‘cane, bamboo’Matisoff 83 TIL: 58

Tibetan (Written)smyig-masuffix ⪤ smyug-masuffix ‘cane, bamboo’Benedict 72 STC: 237

Tibetan (Written)smyug.masuffix ‘bamboo’Sun J 85 TbGl: 42

Tibetan (Xiahe)hȵɯx mamorpheme n‘bamboo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0389.04

6.1.1Burmish12

Achang (Lianghe)mjɛ³¹ ‘bamboo shoot’Dai 85 AcJZ

Achang (Longchuan)ȵek⁵⁵ ‘bamboo shoot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 184.41

Achang (Luxi)waʔ⁵⁵#2549 PTB *r/g/s-pʷa ‘BAMBOO’PKC *rua ‘BAMBOO’PCN *pwa/pu ‘BAMBOO’PCN *r-hwaʔ ‘BAMBOO’PTk *hwa ‘BAMBOO’PQ *s-pu ⪤ *m-pu ‘BAMBOO’PLB *wa² ‘BAMBOO’PKar *hwa ‘BAMBOO’PKar *hwaᴮ ‘BAMBOO’mjit³¹ ‘bamboo shoot’Dai 85 AcJZ

Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)m̥jiʔ⁴⁴ ‘bamboo shoot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 184.40

Burmese (Written)hmjɑs ‘bamboo shoot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 184.39

Burmese (Written)hmyac ‘bamboo sprout’Matisoff 83 TIL: 58

Burmese (Written)hmyac ‘bamboo sprout’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)hmyats ‘bamboo sprout’Benedict 72 STC: 237

Hpun (Northern)tăprefix◦màiʔ ‘bamboo shoots’Henderson 86 Hpun

Marmahmɔiʔ ‘bamboo shoot’Huziwara 08 Sak: 299-1A

Maru [Langsu]mak³¹ ‘bamboo shoot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 184.43

Atsi [Zaiwa]mjik²¹ ‘bamboo shoot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 184.42

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishs-myetᴸ/ᴴ ‘bamboo shoot’Bradley 79 PLo: 296

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish5

Nusu (Southern)mi̱⁵³ ‘bamboo shoot’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Northern)mi̱⁵⁵ ‘bamboo shoot’Sun J 86 Nusu

Yi (Dafang)mɔ³³#5664 PTB *ma ‘BAMBOO’PQ *m(y)a ‘BAMBOO’PL *ma¹ ‘BAMBOO’me³³ ‘bamboo shoot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 184.22

Yi (Liangshan)ma²¹#5664 PTB *ma ‘BAMBOO’PQ *m(y)a ‘BAMBOO’PL *ma¹ ‘BAMBOO’mɿ⁵⁵ ‘bamboo shoots’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Xide)ma²¹#5664 PTB *ma ‘BAMBOO’PQ *m(y)a ‘BAMBOO’PL *ma¹ ‘BAMBOO’m̩(ɿ)⁵⁵ ‘bamboo shoot’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 184.21

6.1.2.2Central Loloish2

Lisu (Northern)ma³³#5664 PTB *ma ‘BAMBOO’PQ *m(y)a ‘BAMBOO’PL *ma¹ ‘BAMBOO’meʔ²¹ ‘bamboo shoot’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Central)ma³³#5664 PTB *ma ‘BAMBOO’PQ *m(y)a ‘BAMBOO’PL *ma¹ ‘BAMBOO’myʔ²¹ ‘bamboo shoot’Bradley 94 Lisu

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2477, *s-m(y)ik ‘CANE / SPROUT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2477

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

References: cf. STC#237, HPTB pp.344, 348

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2477,
  title  = {{*s-m(y)ik 'CANE / SPROUT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2477},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2477}
}