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STEDT #2683

*tsya(k/ŋ)

RED / DARK-COLORED / BLACK

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletsyainitialts(y)rhymeak ~ ts(coverTS · TS

Connections

HPTB*dzya-n ‘blush / red’p. 451 (ERROR)

HPTB*t(y)a-n ‘red’pp. 177, 262, 452, 485, 516

HPTB*t(s)aːy ‘red’pp. 516, 262

HPTB*tsyak ‘red / blood / gold’pp. 323, 328

See also#2751

Notes

There may well be an allofamic connection between this etymon and #5721 PTB *t(y)a-n ⪤ *tsa-n RED.

Reflexes & cognates39 reflexes · 11 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)5

*Tibeto-Burmantsyak ‘red / blood / gold’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 617

*Tibeto-Burmantsyak ‘red / gold’Benedict 72 STC: 184

*Tibeto-Burmantśɑk ‘red’Chou 72: 793a-c

*Tibeto-Burmantyaŋ ‘black / dark’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 616

*Tibeto-Burmantyaŋ ‘black / dark’Benedict 72 STC: 225

1.1.2Deng2

Darang [Taraon]tyang-so#632 PTB *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’PTani *fiː ‘TOOTH’PKC *haa ‘TOOTH’PCN *p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PTk *ha ‘TOOTH’PNN *swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’PLB *swa² ‘TOOTH’PL *swa² ‘TOOTH’ ‘gums’The order of the morphemes in this Darang compound seems strange, since the head noun so ‘tooth’ should appear before the modifier tyang.Matisoff 87 BP

Darang [Taraon]tyang-so#632 PTB *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’PTani *fiː ‘TOOTH’PKC *haa ‘TOOTH’PCN *p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PTk *ha ‘TOOTH’PNN *swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’PLB *swa² ‘TOOTH’PL *swa² ‘TOOTH’ ‘gum (of tooth)’Anonymous xx Tar

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lushai [Mizo]rangmorpheme◦kaprefix◦chak ‘gold’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]raŋmorpheme-kaprefix-tśak ‘gold’Benedict 72 STC: 184

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Ntenyikeprefix◦jang ‘dark’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.1Bodo4

Dimasagaprefix◦dźau ‘red’Benedict 72 STC: 14n50

Dimasagaprefix◦džau ‘red; gold’Benedict 72 STC: 184

Dimasagaprefix◦jao ‘red’Marrison 67 Naga

Kokborokkəmorpheme=čaʔ ‘red’Tripuri 88

1.7.1.2Garo3

Garogitp?◦tśak ‘red’Benedict 72 STC: 184

Garogimorpheme◦tśak ‘red’Benedict 72 STC: 14n50

Garo (Bangladesh)gitmorpheme-chak vi‘red’Burling 03 Garo: 3.532-II:idx

1.7.3.1Jingpho6

Jingphochang ‘black’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphodža ‘gold’Benedict 72 STC: 184

Jingphotśaŋ ⪤ məprefix◦tśyaŋ ‘black’Benedict 72 STC: 225

Jingphotʃa̱ŋ³³ ‘black’Liu 84

Jingphotʃa̱ŋ³³ ‘black’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1005.19

Jingphotʃa̱ŋ³³ ‘black’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 841.47

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Sakthɨ́ŋ vi‘black’Huziwara 08 Sak: 338

2.1.2Bodic6

Tsangla (Central)chhang◦lumorpheme ‘black’Andvik 93: 148

Tsangla (Central)tsaŋ ‘black’Benedict 72 STC: 225

Tsangla (Motuo)tɕhaŋ◦lumorpheme ‘black’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 841.7

Tsangla (Motuo)tɕʻaŋ⁵⁵lu¹³morpheme ‘black’Zhang Jichuan 86

Tsangla (Tilang)chang-lumorpheme ‘black’Zhang Jichuan 86

Motuo Menbatɕhaŋ lumorpheme ‘black’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1005.07

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchatyaŋ ‘dark’Benedict 72 STC: 225

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang13

Chepangcyak- va.‘dark’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangcyak-ʔomorpheme ‘dark’Caughley 72 CVoc: 12.B.34

Chepangcyak.dhəmorpheme.bəmorpheme.ləpmorpheme onom.‘blinded, plunged into darkness’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangcyak.lah#1016 PTB *s/g-la ‘MOON / MONTH’PTani *po-lo ‘MOON’PKC *khlaa ‘MOON / MONTH’PNN *gla poy ‘MOON’TGTM *ᴮHla ‘MOON’TGTM *ᴮʰla ‘MONTH’PKir *la ‘MOON’PLB *s/ʔ-la³ ‘MOON / MONTH’PL *bə la³ ‘MOON’PKar *Ɂlaᴬ ‘MOON, MONTH’ n.‘dark of moon’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangcyak.lah#1016 PTB *s/g-la ‘MOON / MONTH’PTani *po-lo ‘MOON’PKC *khlaa ‘MOON / MONTH’PNN *gla poy ‘MOON’TGTM *ᴮHla ‘MOON’TGTM *ᴮʰla ‘MONTH’PKir *la ‘MOON’PLB *s/ʔ-la³ ‘MOON / MONTH’PL *bə la³ ‘MOON’PKar *Ɂlaᴬ ‘MOON, MONTH’ n.‘dark moon’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangcyak.paŋmorpheme.raŋmorpheme onom.‘very dark’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangcyak.ryəw#2535 PTB *s-n(y/r)əw ‘DARK / WITHERED / EVIL’ n.‘darkness’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangcyak.taŋmorpheme.kimorpheme tiŋmorpheme.kamorpheme onom.‘dark, dense (forest)’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangcyāk.ʔomorpheme adj‘dark’Hale 73 CSD: 12b.34

Chepangcyaŋ.raŋmorpheme onom.‘very dark’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepanghluŋ#1381 PTB *m-lu(ŋ/m) ‘HEART / ROUND’MesorootsPKC *luŋ ‘HEART / LIVER’PCN *m-luŋ ‘HEART / BE ROUND’PCN *ləm ‘HEAD / HEART / MIND’PTk *luŋ ‘HEART’Allofams2 #5731 PTB *s-lum ⪤ *b/m-lu(m/ŋ) ‘ROUND / ROUND OBJECT / HEART / EYEBALL’2a #690 PTB *s-lum ‘ROUND’2b #1427 PTB *b-lum ‘EYE / EYEBALL / HEART / ROUND OBJECT’2c #1381 PTB *m-lu(ŋ/m) ‘HEART / ROUND’ cyak- vr.‘uncaring’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepanghluŋ#1381 PTB *m-lu(ŋ/m) ‘HEART / ROUND’MesorootsPKC *luŋ ‘HEART / LIVER’PCN *m-luŋ ‘HEART / BE ROUND’PCN *ləm ‘HEAD / HEART / MIND’PTk *luŋ ‘HEART’Allofams2 #5731 PTB *s-lum ⪤ *b/m-lu(m/ŋ) ‘ROUND / ROUND OBJECT / HEART / EYEBALL’2a #690 PTB *s-lum ‘ROUND’2b #1427 PTB *b-lum ‘EYE / EYEBALL / HEART / ROUND OBJECT’2c #1381 PTB *m-lu(ŋ/m) ‘HEART / ROUND’ cyak.ryəw#2535 PTB *s-n(y/r)əw ‘DARK / WITHERED / EVIL’.məyʔmorpheme n.‘hard-hearted ones’Caughley 00 Chepang

Chepangtiʔmorpheme.cyak.ʔamorpheme.dhəmorpheme n.‘marsh, swamp, sodden area’Caughley 00 Chepang

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2683, *tsya(k/ŋ) ‘RED / DARK-COLORED / BLACK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2683

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

References: STC p.17-18

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2683,
  title  = {{*tsya(k/ŋ) 'RED / DARK-COLORED / BLACK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2683},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2683}
}