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STEDT #2678

*syim

SWEEP

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*sut ⪤ *sit ‘wipe / sweep’pp. 366, 502

HPTB*syim ‘sweep’p. 305

Notes

A pair of Bodo-Garo forms with homorganic final stops may also be related.

Chinese comparandum

侵 OC *ts’i̯əm, GSR #661a-c ‘sweep over; invade’; B & S 2011: *tsʰim {*[tsʰ][i]m}; Mand. qīn.
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Reflexes & cognates22 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanśim ‘sweep’Chou 72: 661a-b

*Tibeto-Burmansyim ‘sweep’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 614

1.3.4Tangkhulic2

Tangkhul²šim²phutmorpheme v.,v.‘broom / rub / wipe’Weidert 87 TBTo: 678

Tangkhul²šim³phutmorpheme ‘broom / rub / wipe’Weidert 87 TBTo: 678

1.7.1.1Bodo3

Bodosib v‘sweep’Bhat 68 Boro

Dimasahamorpheme◦sip v‘sweep’Marrison 67 Naga

Dimasasip v‘sweep’Marrison 67 Naga

4Nungic6

Anong (Rawang)śim ‘sweep’Chou 72: 661a-b

Anong (Rawang)śim ‘sweep’Benedict 72 STC: 170n455

Trung [Dulong]śyəm ‘sweep’Chou 72: 661a-b

Trung [Dulong]śyəm ‘sweep’Benedict 72 STC: 170n455

Dulongɕɯm⁵³ v.‘sweep’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1601.20

Trung [Dulong]ɕɯm⁵⁵ ‘sweep’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 657.46

6.1.1Burmish10

Bola (Luxi)ʃam³⁵ v.‘sweep’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1601.32

Burmese (Written)sîm ‘strike with motion toward one's self; take possession of; put a stop to; withdraw’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)sim ‘strike with a motion towards one's self’Benedict 72 STC: 170n455

Langsu (Luxi)ʃam³⁵ v.‘sweep’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1601.31

Leqi (Luxi)ʃum⁵⁵ v.‘sweep’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1601.33

Maru [Langsu]śam ‘sweep’Benedict 72 STC: 170n455

Maru [Langsu]śɑm ‘sweep’Chou 72: 661a-b

Maru [Langsu]ʃam³⁵ ‘sweep’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 657.43

Atsi [Zaiwa]ʃum²¹ v.‘sweep’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1601.30

Atsi [Zaiwa]ʃum²¹ ‘sweep’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 657.42

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old/Mid)tsʻi̯əm ‘sweep’Chou 72: 661a-b

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2678, *syim ‘SWEEP’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2678

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

References: cf. STC p.170, HPTB p. 305

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2678,
  title  = {{*syim 'SWEEP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2678},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2678}
}