*sywəy

RUB / SCRAPE / SHAVE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlesywiinitials(y)wrhymeiy=sywəycoverS · WS

Connections

HPTB*sywəy ‘rub / scrape / shave’pp. 66, 85, 195

Notes

As noted in DL:1187, the correspondence between Lahu -i and WB -we is irregular with respect to PLB *swəy² BLOOD (see #230 PTB *s-hywəy-t BLOOD), where it is Lahu -ɨ which corresponds to WB -we.

Reflexes & cognates11 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garosi-rokmorpheme ‘shave’Benedict 72 STC: 180

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphogəsəwi ‘rub up against (as a dog)’Benedict 72 STC: 180

Jingpholəsəwi ‘shave / whittle off’Benedict 72 STC: 180

6.1.1Burmish4

Burmese (Written)swè v.‘rub’Weidert 87 TBTo: 298

Burmese (Written)swê ‘whet, rub, polish’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)swè ‘whet rub polish’Benedict 72 STC: 180

Burmese (Written)əprefix-swê ‘rubbing, sharpening’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2.2Central Loloish2

Lahu (Black)si¹¹ ‘sharpen’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 640.33

Lahu (Yellow)sɤ² ‘sharpen (knife)’Chang 86

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2674, *sywəy ‘RUB / SCRAPE / SHAVE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2674

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

References: STC#180

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2674,
  title  = {{*sywəy 'RUB / SCRAPE / SHAVE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2674},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2674}
}