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STEDT #2707

*(t/d)oy

YOUNGER SIBLING

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletoyinitialtrhymeoy=doy~tcoverT · WT

Connections

HPTB*doy ‘younger sibling’pp. 221, 228

Chinese comparandum

弟 OC *d’iər, GSR #591a-c; Coblin 86:49 ST *diod > OC *didx; B & S 2011: *lˁəjʔ ; Mand. dì.

Reflexes & cognates22 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)5

*Tibeto-Burmandoy ‘younger sibling’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 587

*Tibeto-Burmandoy ⪤ toy ‘sibling, younger’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 086

*Tibeto-Burmandoy~toy ‘younger (youngest) sibling’Chou 72: 591a-c

*Tibeto-Burmantoy ‘younger sibling’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 615

*Tibeto-Burmantoy ‘younger sibling’Benedict 72 STC: 309

1.7.1.1Bodo5

Bodomaprefix-di ‘father's younger sister’Benedict 72 STC: 309

Bodoma#1619 PTB *ma ‘FEMALE / MOTHER / PRINCIPAL PART / FEMININE SUFFIX’PL *C-ma³ ‘FEMALE SUFFIX’PKar *məᴮ ‘MOTHER, FEMALE (OF ANIMALS)’-doi ‘mother's sister’Benedict 72 STC: 309

Bodouprefix◦dui vs.‘young’Benedict 72 STC: 309

Dimasabiprefix◦di ‘father's younger brother’Benedict 72 STC: 309

Dimasagiprefix◦di ‘younger (child)’Benedict 72 STC: 309

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garomaprefix-de ‘aunt, stepmother’Benedict 72 STC: 309

1.7.3.1Jingpho3

Jingphonuprefix-doi ⪤ nuprefix-dwe ‘mother's younger sister; stepmother’Benedict 72 STC: 309

Jingphośəprefix◦doi ‘last born child in a family’Benedict 72 STC: 309

Jingphowaprefix-doi ⪤ waprefix-dwe ‘father's younger brother, stepfather’Benedict 72 STC: 309

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchadi(-m) ‘small’Benedict 72 STC: 67n211

3.2Qiangic2

Qiang (Mianchi)ámorpheme tɨ̀ ‘father's younger brother (direct)’Evans 99 Qiang: 289.1

Qiang (Mianchi)ámorpheme tɨ̀ ‘father's younger brother's wife (direct)’Evans 99 Qiang: 290.1

4Nungic4

Trung [Dulong]aprefix-dəi (tone B) ‘small (persons)’Benedict 72 STC: 67n211

Trung [Dulong]aprefix-lamorpheme aprefix-dəi ‘younger uncle’Benedict 72 STC: 67n211

Trung [Dulong]dəi ‘short; small’Benedict 72 STC: 67n211

Trung [Dulong]ik#2274 PTB *ʔik ‘OLDER BROTHER’PLB *ʔwyik ‘ELDER SIBLING’-ramorpheme aprefix-dəi ‘younger brother’Benedict 72 STC: 67n211

6.1.1Burmish3

Burmese (Written)-thwè ‘father's youngest brother; stepfather’Benedict 72 STC: 309

Burmese (Written)miprefix-thwè ‘mother's younger sister, stepmother’Benedict 72 STC: 309

Burmese (Written)thwè⪤ăthwè ‘youngest’prefixBenedict 72 STC: 309

9.0.1Old Chinese3

Chinese (Old/Mid)dʻiər/dʻiei ‘younger brother’Chou 72: 591a-c

Chinese (Old/Mid)dʼiər/dʼiei: ‘brother (younger);junior’Karlgren 57 GSR: 591a-c

Chinese (Old)dɨ/ijʔ ‘younger brother’Baxter 92: 1245

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2707, *(t/d)oy ‘YOUNGER SIBLING’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2707

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

References: STC#309; cf. HPTB pp. 221, 228

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2707,
  title  = {{*(t/d)oy 'YOUNGER SIBLING'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2707},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2707}
}