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STEDT #2505

*s-ni-s

SEVEN

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*kV-nɯt ‘SEVEN’JC-HCST:213
Kuki-Chin*sa-riʔ ‘SEVEN’PKC #672
Central Naga (Ao Group)*th-ni(t) ‘SEVEN’PCN #061
Tangkhulic*ni ‘SEVEN’DRM#358
Northern Naga/Konyakian*C̬-nit ‘SEVEN’WTF-PNN: 544
Tamangish*ᴮʰnis ‘SEVEN’
Lolo-Burmese*ʔ-nit ⪤ *ši² ‘SEVEN’HPTB:434 denotes ši² as Proto-Loloish
Loloish*C-ʃi(k)²/ᴸ ‘SEVEN’
Karenic*hnət / hnwi-t ‘SEVEN’STC 130n355
Karenic*Ɂnweᴬ, Ɂnwetᴰ ‘SEVEN’TL#250

Connections

HPTB*s-ni-s ‘seven’pp. 44, 103, 149, 153, 351, 352, 434, 477

Notes

For detailed discussion of the numeral SEVEN, see Matisoff 1995 (“Numerals”), pp. 197-203.

Written Tibetan bdun is an isolate, shared only by a few other languages in the Tibetosphere.

The phonological similarity between this numeral and #2504 PTB *g/s-ni-s TWO has led to the deduction that the TB numeral system must once have had a quinary basis (STC pp. 16, 93), but nobody has been able to identify any part of the protoform *s-ni-s as meaning FIVE. (Modern Khmer is an example of a contemporary language with a quinary numeral system.)

Chinese comparandum

OC *ts’i̯ĕt, GSR #400a-d ‘seven’; Coblin 86:131 ST *shnjis > PC *shnjit > OC *tshjit; Schuessler 2007:419 *tshit < *snhit; B & S 2011: *tsʰit {[tsʰ]i[t]}; Mand. .

Reflexes & cognates392 reflexes · 41 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)2

*Sino-Tibetanshnjis ‘seven’Coblin 86: 131

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

1.1.1Tani1

Jackson Sun also suggests that this PTani reconstruction could have instead contained a *-ɯs rime (1993:361).

*TanikV-nɯt ‘seven’Sun J 93 HCST: 346

1.1.1.1Western Tani26

Apatanika-nu ‘seven’Sun J 93 HCST
Apatanika-nu ‘seven’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanika-nu ‘seven’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanika-nu kʰrjamorpheme-ŋemorpheme ‘seventy’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanikà-nu morpheme-ŋemorpheme ‘seventy’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengnika-ni ‘seven’Sun J 93 HCST
Bengnikaː-ni ‘seven’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarkɯ-nɯ ‘seven’Sun J 93 HCST
Bokarkɯ-nɯ ‘seven’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarɯprefix-#6168 PTani *rjɯŋ ‘TEN’ [sic]morpheme kɯ-nɯ ‘seventeen’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarɯprefix-jɯŋ#6168 PTani *rjɯŋ ‘TEN’-morpheme kɯ-nɯ ‘seventy’Sun J 93 Tani
Galo`kanə n:num.‘seven’GLDC 09 Galo
Galokane ‘seven’Das Gupta 63 Gal
Miri, Hillkeni ‘seven’Simon 76 Miri
Miri, Hillkenne ‘seven’Simon 76 Miri
Nishingkané ‘seven’Das Gupta 69 Daf

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani3

Damuka-neː ‘seven’Sun J 93 Tani
Damupətmorpheme kə-ne ‘seventy’Sun J 93 Tani

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Sizangsa lī ‘seven’VanBik 09 PKC: 672
Thadosá-gî ‘seven’VanBik 09 PKC: 672
Thadosʌ́gì ‘seven’Thirumalai 72: 68
Tiddimsa¹ gi?³ ‘seven’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1487
Tiddimsa¹ giʔ³ ‘seven’VanBik 09 PKC: 672
Tiddimˉsăˍgiʔ q‘seven’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin7

Ashoʻsiˊˊ ‘seven’VanBik 09 PKC: 672
Chinbonšʰeiʔ ‘seven’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 215
Daaiʔkɣʰïʔ ‘seven’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 215
Khumisrue ‘seven’VanBik 09 PKC: 672
Khumisʰərïʔ ‘seven’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 215
Wakungsʰəriʔ ‘seven’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 215

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)pamorpheme-sa-riʔ ‘seven’VanBik 09 PKC: 672
Lai (Falam)morpheme-sà-rìʔ ‘seven’VanBik 09 PKC: 672
Lushai [Mizo]morpheme-sà-rìh ‘seven’VanBik 09 PKC: 672
Lushai [Mizo]pamorpheme-sari ‘seven’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1487
Lushai [Mizo]pamorphemesarih ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]morpheme-sā-rī ‘seven’VanBik 09 PKC: 672

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

Maringaprefixni ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)26

*Aothprefix-nithprefix-nət Bruhn 14 PCN: II.248
Ao (Chungli)teprefixnet ‘seven’Chungli final -t descends from PTB final *-s (cf. also #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus BONE).Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)tə³prefix-nət³ num.‘seven’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.248
Ao (Chungli)³tɯprefix³nɯt ‘seven’Weidert 87 TBTo: 593
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)mükyi#2355 PTB *m-kul ‘TWENTY / ALL’PKC *kul ‘TWENTY’PCN *mu-kju ‘TWENTY’PTk *kul ‘TWENTY’-#2436 PTB *ma ‘(NEGATIVE)’PCN *maʔ ‘NO (REFUSAL)’penmorpheme-teprefixni ‘seventeen’This is an excellent example of the original “overcounting” numeral system of Mongsen Ao (cf. Coupe 2007, Clark 1893). The individual morphemes are are as follows: ‘twenty-NEG-be.complete-seven’, i.e. “the seven before the twenty”.Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)nìɹasuffix-ɹasuffix ‘seventy each’Coupe 07 Ao: 276
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)nətəɹsuffix ~ niɹəsuffix ‘SEVENTY’Coupe 07 Ao: 113
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)thəprefixni-nimorpheme ‘seven each’Coupe 07 Ao: 276
Sangtamthüprefixnye ‘seven’Kumar 73 Sang
Sangtamthüprefixnye ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga
Sangtam¹tɯ⁽prefix²⁾ñiʔ ‘seven’Weidert 87 TBTo: 593
Yacham-Tengsatalulemorphemethaprefixnyet ‘seventeen’Marrison 67 Naga
Yacham-Tengsathaprefixnyet ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrüthüprefixne ‘seven’Kumar 73 Yim: 99
Yimchungrüthüprefixnie ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group14

Angami (Kohima)hiemorphemetheprefixnie ‘seventy’Marrison 67 Naga
Angami (Kohima)keremorphemetheprefixnie ‘seventeen’Marrison 67 Naga
Angami (Kohima)theprefixnie ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokrihiemorphemethuprefixna ‘seventy’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokrikürimorphemethüprefixna ‘seventeen’Marrison 67 Naga
Chokrithüprefixna ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga
Khezhasimorphemenyi ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga
Maochamorphemeni ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga
Maorimorphemeni ‘seventy’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]chughimorphemetsimorphemeni ‘seventeen’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]tsimorphemeni ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group8

Khoiraosini ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga
Puironsari ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga
Rongmei / Nruanghmeitsənə̀̃i ‘seven’Matisoff 94 Rong
Zemeriakmorphemesena ‘seventy’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemesena ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga
Mziemehena ‘seventy’Marrison 67 Naga
Mziemehena ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic8

Huishutʰimorpheme-nik ‘seven’Mortensen 12 Tk: Numbers.007
Kachaiʃimorpheme- ‘seven’Mortensen 12 Tk: Numbers.007
Tangkhulhangmorphemeshini ‘seventy’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangkhulshini ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga
Tusommorpheme-na-hemorpheme ‘seven’Mortensen 12 Tk: Numbers.007
Ukhrulʃimorpheme-ni ‘seven’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Dimasasini ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga
Kokborokšni ‘seven’Tripuri 88

1.7.1.2Garo3

Garosni ‘seven’Benedict 72 STC: 5
Garosəni ‘seven’LaPolla 87: 186

1.7.1.3Koch2

Atongchimorpheme syni num‘seventeen’van Breugel 08 Atong
Atongsene num‘seven’van Breugel 08 Atong

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern NagaC̬-nit ‘seven’French 83: 544

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1

Nocteimorphemengit ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang5

Changnyet ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga
Konyaknyit ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga
Phomñat³³ ‘seven’Burling 98 Phom
Phomnyet ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga
Wanchoamorphemenat ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.1Western Himalayish8

Kanauristis ‘seven’LaPolla 87: 186
Kanauristiś / tiś ‘seven’Benedict 72 STC: 35n117
Kanauristis̱ẖ adj‘seven’Bailey 11
Kanauritis̱ẖ adj‘seven’Bailey 11
Kanauritis̱ẖ‘seven hundred’Bailey 11
Kanauritis̱ẖ rāɔ̄ ‘seven hundredth’Bailey 11

2.1.2Bodic8

Kaikene̩ ‘seven’Hale 73 CSD: 09.05
Kaikepherāngmorpheme nethalmorpheme ‘hundred and thirty’Hale 73 CSD: 09.26
Tshona (Wenlang)ȵi⁵⁵ ‘seven’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)le⁵³morphemenis⁵⁵ ‘July’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 82.6
Tshona (Mama)tɕiː⁵⁵morphemenis⁵⁵ ‘seventeen’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 927.6
Cuona Menbatɕiŋ⁵⁵morphemenis⁵⁵ num‘seventeen’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0813.06

2.1.4Tamangish25

*TGTMᴮʰnis ‘seven’Mazaudon 94 These: 585
Gurungngiq ‘seven’Hale 73 CSD: 09.05
Gurungngiqjyumorpheme ‘seventy’Hale 73 CSD: 09.19
Gurung (Ghachok)ŋiqjyumorpheme ‘seventy’Glover 72 GuVo: 9.19
Manang (Prakaa)¹ɲĩcumorpheme ‘seventy’Hoshi 84: 0680
Tamang (Risiangku)²nis -ʈamorpheme ‘seven days’Mazaudon 94 These: 585
Thakalingi-cyumorpheme ‘seventy’Hale 73 CSD: 09.19
Thakali (Tukche)ŋi-cjumorpheme ‘seventy’Hari 71a ThVo: 9.19

3.2Qiangic45

Ersuʃɿ⁵⁵n̩⁵⁵ ‘seven’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 917.18
Ersuʃɿ⁵⁵n̩⁵⁵zɿ⁵⁵morpheme ‘seventy’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 936.18
Guiqiongȵĩ⁵⁵ ‘seven’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 917.17
Lyuzuskŋˌ⁵³ num‘seven’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0803.18
Lyuzuskŋˌ⁵³zɿ⁵³morpheme num‘seventy’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0821.18
Namuyiʂɿ²¹ ‘seven’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 917.19
Namuyiχuo³¹morphemeʂɿ³¹ num‘seventeen’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0813.46
Pumi (Jiulong)ȵ̥ɯ⁵⁵ (lĩ⁵⁵morpheme) num‘seven’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0803.10
Pumi (Jiulong)ȵ̥ɯ⁵⁵qo⁵⁵morpheme num‘seventy’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0821.10
Pumi (Lanping)qɑ⁵⁵morphemexiɛ̃⁵⁵ num‘seventeen’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0813.09
Pumi (Lanping)xiɛ̃¹³xqo⁵⁵morpheme num‘seventy’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0821.09
Pumi (Qinghua)qɑ⁵⁵morphemexiɛ̃⁵⁵ ‘seventeen’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 927.11
Pumi (Qinghua)xiɛ̃¹³sqo⁵⁵morpheme ‘seventy’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 936.11
Pumi (Taoba)n̥ĩ³⁵ ‘seven’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 917.10
Qiang (Longxi)ɕí sámorpheme ‘seventy’Evans 99 Qiang: 1203
Qiang (Longxi)ɕí ɚ́morpheme χeìmorpheme ‘seventh’Evans 99 Qiang: 1225
Qiang (Mawo)stə sumorpheme ‘seventy’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 936.8
Qiang (Mawo)ɕtɕu sumorpheme num‘seventy’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0821.08
Qiang (Mianchi)nə́ qòmorpheme ‘seven’Evans 99 Qiang: 1180
Qiang (Mianchi)nɨ́ sàmorpheme ‘seventy’Evans 99 Qiang: 1203
Qiang (Mianchi)nɨ́ sàmorpheme ȵàmorpheme #3540 PTB *ʔa ‘ONE’ qómorpheme ‘seventy-one’Evans 99 Qiang: 1204
Qiang (Taoping)ɕiŋ³¹sɑ³³morpheme ‘seventy’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 936.9
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]n̥a⁵⁵tɕã⁵³morpheme ‘seven’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 917.16
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]n̥a⁵⁵ɣa⁵³morpheme ‘seventy’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 936.16
Queyu (Xinlong)sna⁵⁵rqa⁵⁵morpheme num‘seventy’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0821.13
Xumiʂa⁵⁵ (ku⁵³morpheme) num‘seven’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0803.17
Xumiʂa⁵⁵qa³³morpheme num‘seventy’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0821.17
Xumiʂɛ̃⁵⁵(ko³³morpheme) ‘seven’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 917.20
Xumiʂɛ̃⁵⁵qɛ³³morpheme ‘seventy’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 936.20
Zhaba (Daofu County)n̥ɛ⁵⁵zɿ³³morpheme num‘seventy’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0821.14

3.3rGyalrongic4

Ergong (Danba)sȵɛ sqhamorpheme ‘seventy’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 936.14
Daofuzȵe sqhamorpheme num‘seventy’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0821.12

5Tujia7

Tujia (Northern)ne²¹ ‘seven’Tian 86
Tujiaȵie²¹ num‘seven’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0803.49
Tujiaȵie²¹ ‘seven’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 917.38
Tujiaȵie²¹xɯ⁵⁵morpheme num‘seventy’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0821.49
Tujiaȵie²¹xɯ⁵⁵morpheme ‘seventy’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 936.38

6.1Lolo-Burmese3

*Lolo-Burmesesnit (PLolo *N-šit (LOW) ‘seven’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 128(a)
*Lolo-Burmesesnit (PLolo *ši (Tone *2 ‘seven’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 128(b)
*Lolo-Burmeseʔ-nitši² ‘seven’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 604

6.1.1Burmish29

Achang (Luxi)nit⁵⁵ ‘seven’Dai 85 AcJZ
Burmese (Rangoon)khu⁵³morphemen̥iʔ⁴ num‘seven’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0803.27
Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)khu⁵³morphemeniʔ⁴⁴ ‘seven’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 917.40
Burmese (Written)khumorpheme nɑs ‘seven’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 917.39
Burmese (Written)khu¹morphemehnɑs⁴ num‘seven’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0803.26
Burmese (Written)khuʼmorpheme-nac ‘seven’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)khumorphemenhac ‘seven’Marrison 67 Naga
Leqi (Luxi)ŋjɛ̱t⁵⁵ num‘seven’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0803.33
Maru [Langsu]na̱t⁵⁵ ‘seven’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 917.43

6.1.2Loloish1

*LoloishC-ʃi(k)²/ᴸ ‘seven’Bradley 79 PLo: 484

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish28

Liphoʂi²¹ ‘seven’Chen 86 CS: 25.
Nasuɕi⁵⁵ ‘seven’Chen 86 CS: 25.
Neisuɕi⁵⁵ ‘seven’Chen 86 CS: 25.
Nesuɕi²¹ ‘seven’Chen 86 CS: 25.
Nosuʂi²¹ ‘seven’Chen 86 CS: 25.
Yi (Liangshan)ʂɿ²¹ ‘seven’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Mile)ʂi²¹tsi³³morpheme ‘seventy’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 936.25
Yi (Xide)ʂɿ²¹ ‘seven’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 917.21

6.1.2.2Central Loloish24

Ahiʂi²¹ ‘seven’Chen 86 CS: 25.
Jinuoɕi⁴⁴ num‘seven’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0803.44
Jinuoɕi⁵⁵ ‘seven’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 917.34
Jinuo (Youle)ʃi⁵⁵ ‘seven’Gai 86
Lahu (Yellow)sɿ² ‘seven’Chang 86
Lisu (Central)shï⁵ ‘seven’Fraser 22
Lisuʃi³¹ num‘seven’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0803.40
Lisuʃi³¹ ‘seven’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 917.27
Lisu (Northern)ʃɿ²¹ Q‘seven’Bradley 94 Lisu
Yi (Sani)sz̊¹¹tsɪ³³morpheme num‘seventy’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0821.39
Sani [Nyi]ʂi²¹ ‘seven’Chen 86 CS: 25.

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish23

Akhashi˰ ‘seven’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 388
Akhasjỳq ‘seven’Hansson 89 AHKP: xxx
Haoniʃɿ²¹ ‘seven’Hansson 89 AHKP: xxx
Mpisiʔ² ‘seven’Hansson 89 AHKP: xxx
Mpisiʔ² ‘seven’Srinuan 76

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish5

Azhaʂɨ²² ‘seven’Pelkey 11 Phula: 1064
Pholaɕi³³ ‘seven’Pelkey 11 Phula: 1064
Phuzaɕi³³ ‘seven’Pelkey 11 Phula: 1064

6.2Naxi19

Laze (Xiangjiao)ʂɯ˥gv˥morpheme ‘7’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 1718
Naxi (Lijiang)ʂəɹ⁵⁵ ‘seven’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 917.28
Naxiʂɚ³³ num‘seven’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0803.45

7Karenic17

*Karenhnət / hnwi-t ‘seven’Benedict 72 STC: 130n355
*Karennwét ‘seven’Jones 61: 103
*KarenɁnweᴬ, Ɂnwetᴰ ‘seven’[Source note] Two protoforms which have tone A (CK, S.Sgaw, Pwo) and tone D (NK, N.Sgaw) can be reconstructed. However, the correspondence of vowels is problematical.Luangthongkum 13: 250
Bwenwe⁵⁵~nwi⁵⁵ ‘seven’Luangthongkum 13: 250
Karennu̱i⁵⁵ num‘seven’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0803.50
Kayan (Pekon)nwè- NUM‘seven’Manson 10 Kayan
Kayannwɛ⁵³ ‘seven’Luangthongkum 13: 250
Kayan (Pekon)θamorphemenwè NUM‘seven’Manson 10 Kayan
Kayawsɔ³³morphemene⁵⁵ ‘seven’Luangthongkum 13: 250
Pa-Onɨ́t ‘seven’Solnit 89 PaO

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old/Mid)tsʻi̯ĕt ‘seven’Chou 72: 400a-d

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2505, *s-ni-s ‘SEVEN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2505
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#005
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2505,
  title  = {{*s-ni-s 'SEVEN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2505},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2505}
}