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STEDT #2672

*s(y)im

BLACK / BLUE / DARK / DARK-COLORED

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlesyiminitials(y)rhymeimcoverS · NWS

Connections

HPTB*syim ‘dark-colored’p. 271

Reflexes & cognates18 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmans(y)im ‘black / blue / dark’Benedict 72 STC: 380

*Tibeto-Burmansyim ‘dark-colored’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 614

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lushai [Mizo]thim ‘dark’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]thim ‘dark; darkness’Benedict 72 STC: 380

1.7.1.1Bodo4

Dimasagiprefix◦sim ⪤ guprefix◦sum ‘black, blue, dark’Benedict 72 STC: 380

Dimasaguprefix◦sum ‘dark’Marrison 67 Naga

Dimasaguprefix◦sum ‘black’Marrison 67 Naga

Dimasasim-basuffix ⪤ sum-basuffix ‘black, blue, dark’Benedict 72 STC: 380

1.7.1.2Garo4

Garosim ‘black, blue, dark’Benedict 72 STC: 380

Garo (Bangladesh)giprefix-sim vi‘black’Burling 03 Garo: 3.534-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)han•morpheme-giprefix-sim n‘dark complexion’Burling 03 Garo: 3.534-II:idx

Garo (Bangladesh)mik#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’-giprefix-sim n‘black eye’Burling 03 Garo: 8.953-II:idx

1.7.3.1Jingpho6

Jingphohsin ‘dark’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphonsinmorpheme◦hsin ‘dark’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphon⁵⁵morphemesin⁵⁵ sin³³ v.‘dark, get’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1672.19

Jingphosin³³ ‘dark’Liu 84

Jingphosin³³ ‘dark’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1013.19

Jingphosin³³ ‘dark’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 834.47

6.1.1Burmish2

Achang (Longchuan)ɕin⁵⁵ ‘dark’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1013.28

Achang (Longchuan)ɕin⁵⁵ ‘dark’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 834.41

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2672, *s(y)im ‘BLACK / BLUE / DARK / DARK-COLORED’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2672

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

References: cf. STC#380, HPTB p.271

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2672,
  title  = {{*s(y)im 'BLACK / BLUE / DARK / DARK-COLORED'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2672},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2672}
}