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STEDT #2697

*ta-y

BIG
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletayinitialtrhymea-ycoverT · W

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*tə ~ *ta ‘BIG’JS-HCST: 165
Tangkhulic*dej ‘LARGE / BIG’DRM#609

Connections

HPTB*ta-y ‘big’pp. 231, 484

Chinese comparandum

大 OC *d’ɑ̂d ~ *t’ɑ̂d, GSR #317a-c ‘big, great’; B & S 2011: *lˁat-s {lˁa[t]-s}; Mand. dà, dài.
大 OC *t’ɑ̂d, GSR #317d-e ‘too great, very great, excessive’; B & S 2011: *lˁat-s {lˁa[t]-s}; Mand. tài.

Reflexes & cognates125 reflexes · 18 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)8

*Tibeto-Burmantay (*A) ‘big’Coblin 86: 42
*Tibeto-Burmantɑy ‘great / big’Chou 72: 317a-c

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanitə~ ta ‘big’Sun J 93 HCST: 26

1.1.1.1Western Tani56

Bengni-tɯː ‘big’Sun J 93 HCST
Bengni-tɯː ‘big’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengnibuŋmorpheme-tɯː ‘river (large)’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengnipa#6090 PTB *pa ‘TIGER’-tɯː aprefix-puːmorpheme ‘tiger (male)’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokartəː pəmorpheme adj‘big / large’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0964.24
Bokartəː-bəmorpheme ‘big’Sun J 93 HCST
Bokartəː-bəmorpheme ‘big’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokartəː-pəmorpheme bomorpheme moːmorpheme ‘enlarge’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokar Lhobatəː◦pəmorpheme ‘big’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 800.51
Galo-`tə adj:mono.‘big’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`atprefix◦tə adj.‘big’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`bomorpheme◦tə n.‘mithun bull’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`makmorpheme◦tə n:kin.‘brother-in-law’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`makmorpheme◦tə n:kin.‘elder sister's husband’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`makmorpheme◦tə n:kin.‘sister's husband (eldest)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`momorpheme◦tə n:kin.‘aunt (maternal, elder)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`momorpheme◦tə n:kin.‘aunt-in-law (elder)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`momorpheme◦tə n:kin.‘maternal aunt (elder)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`momorpheme◦tə n:kin.‘younger maternal aunt’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`pukmorpheme◦tə adj.‘brave’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`pukmorpheme◦tə n.‘bravery’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`pukmorpheme◦tə n.‘courage’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`pukmorpheme◦tə adj.‘courageous’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`retmorpheme◦tə n.‘banyan (large)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`tuumorpheme◦tə adj.‘majority’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`tuumorpheme◦tə adj.‘relatively largest portion’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`tə◦namsuffix vi.‘enlarge’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`tə◦namsuffix vi.‘grow (larger)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galo`tə◦namsuffix vi.‘increase (in size)’GLDC 09 Galo
Galoatprefix◦te ‘big’Das Gupta 63 Gal
Nishingté ‘big (w / classifier or dupl. of n)’Das Gupta 69 Daf

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani6

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]botmorpheme-tə~ botmorpheme-ta ‘big’Sun J 93 HCST
Damuʔaprefix-ty(:) ‘big’Sun J 93 Tani
Damuʔaprefix-tyː jaŋmorpheme-konmorpheme ‘biggest’Sun J 93 Tani

1.3.4Tangkhulic7

*Tangkhulicdej ‘large / big’Mortensen 12 Tk: 609
Kachaikʰəmorpheme-ði ‘big’Mortensen 12 Tk
Tangkhulaprefix◦kəprefix◦tay ‘remnant’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 068
Tangkhulkhəprefix◦məprefix◦tay ‘increase, multiply’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 068
Tangkhulkəprefix◦tay ‘extra’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 068
Tankghul (Central)samorpheme-kamorpheme-tai ‘elephant’Brown 37 Indo
Tusomʃimorpheme-kəmorpheme-ta ‘elephant’Mortensen 12 Tk: Animals.091

1.5Mikir [Karbi]8

Mikir [Karbi]kemorpheme◦the ‘big’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]kemorpheme◦thè ‘big, large, great’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 068
Mikir [Karbi]the ‘big / large / great’Chou 72: 317d-e
Mikir [Karbi]thè ‘big, large, great’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 068
Mikir [Karbi]the ‘big, large, great’Benedict 72 STC: 298

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang2

Wanchoaprefix-tai ‘far’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 068
Wanchotai-humorpheme ‘many’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 068

2.1.2.1Tibetan2

Tibetan (Written)mthe-bosuffix ‘thumb’Benedict 72 STC: 298
Tibetan (Written)mprefix◦the-bomorpheme ‘thumb’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 068

3.1Tangut1

3.2Qiangic21

Guiqiongdɑ³³dɑ³³ ‘big’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 800.17
Guiqiongta³¹wu⁵⁵morpheme adj‘big / large’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0964.16
Guiqiongta⁵⁵ wu⁵⁵morpheme adj‘big / large’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0964.16
Namuyida⁵⁵dʐɿ³³morpheme ‘big’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 800.19
Namuyida⁵⁵mo³³morpheme ‘high / tall’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 802.19
Namuyida⁵⁵ʂa³³morpheme ‘long’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 809.19
Namuyida⁵³bo³¹morpheme adj‘wide (in diameter) / coarse’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0966.46
Namuyida⁵³dʐɿ³¹morpheme adj‘big / large’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0964.46
Namuyida⁵³mo³¹morpheme adj‘high / tall’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0968.46
Namuyida⁵³mo³¹morpheme adj‘protruding / raised’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0970.46
Namuyida⁵³ʂa³¹morpheme adj‘long’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0972.46
Namuyida⁵³χuo³¹morpheme adj‘wide / broad’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0976.46
Pumi (Lanping)ta⁵⁵ adj‘big / large’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0964.09
Pumi (Lanping)tʃhə¹³morphemebie⁵⁵ɣu⁵⁵morpheme n‘year of the mouse’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0755.09
Xumiduɐ³⁵ ‘big’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 800.20
Xumimɛ³³morphemeduɛ⁵³ adj‘big / large’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0964.17

4Nungic8

Anongthɛ ‘big, large, great’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 068
Anongthɛ ‘big’LaPolla 87: 34
Anongthɛ ‘big’Coblin 86: 42
Rawangthɛ³³ wɛ³³morpheme ‘big, large’LaPolla 03: 986
Dulongtɑi⁵³ adj‘big / large’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0964.20

5Tujia1

6.1.1Burmish1

6.2Naxi4

Na (Yongning)ɖɯ˩ ‘big, large’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Naxidɯ²¹ adj‘big / large’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0964.45

9.0.1Old Chinese4

Chinese (Old)d'âd ‘great, greatly’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 068
Chinese (Old)dʻɑ̂i ‘great / big’Chou 72: 317a-c
Chinese (Old)t'âd ‘great; excessive’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 068
Chinese (Old)t'âd ‘great, greatly’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 068

9.0.2Middle Chinese3

Chinese (Middle)d'âi- ‘great, greatly’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 068
Chinese (Middle)t'âi- ‘great; excessive’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 068
Chinese (Middle)t'âi- ‘great, greatly’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 068

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2697, *ta-y ‘BIG’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2697
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#298, HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2697,
  title  = {{*ta-y 'BIG'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2697},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2697}
}