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STEDT #2738

*r-tsyəy

COUNT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletsiyprefixrinitialtsrhymeiy=(r-)tcoverTS · VLWT

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*rəy¹/³ ‘WRITE / COUNT’

Connections

HPTB*r-tśrəy ‘count / number’p. 79

Notes

This root was originally reconstructed as *(r-)tśrəy in STC p. 30 n. 95.

A few forms suggest the presence of a consonantal coda, either *-t or *-s, e.g. rGyalrong Maerkang Caodeng (B) ka22 ʂtsǝᵗ44, Kaman Miju xɑ³¹tsɯt⁵⁵, and rGyalrong (Maerkang Soman) tə-rʦis.

Chinese comparandum

数 OC *sli̯u, GSR #123r; B & S 2011: *s-roʔ; Mand. shǔ.

This Chinese word (数 Mand. shǔ, shù) was reconstructed as *sli̯u in GSR #123r, but subsequent authors (Benedict, Baxter) have revised the lateral to a rhotic glide.

Reflexes & cognates112 reflexes · 21 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)6

*Tibeto-Burman(r-)tśrəy ‘count’Chou 72: 123r
*Tibeto-Burmanr-tsiy=(r-)tśrəy ‘count’LaPolla 87: 107
*Tibeto-Burmanr-tśrəy ‘count / number’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 617
*Tibeto-Burmanr-tsyəy ‘count / number’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 617

1.1.2Deng5

Darang [Taraon]tɑ³¹prefixtsɑi⁵⁵ v.‘count (numbers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1640.22
Darang [Taraon]tɑ³¹prefixtsɑi⁵⁵ ‘count’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 618.49
Kaman [Miju]xɑ³¹prefixtsɯt⁵⁵ v.‘count (numbers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1640.23
Kaman [Miju]xɑ³¹prefixtsɯt⁵⁵ ‘count’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 618.48

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Chinbonm̩šʰeⁱʔ ‘count’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 122

1.7.3.1Jingpho6

Jingphohti v‘count’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingphothi ‘count’LaPolla 87: 107
Jingphothi⁵⁵ ‘count’Liu 84
Jingphothi⁵⁵ v.‘count (numbers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1640.19
Jingphothi⁵⁵ ‘count’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 618.47

2.1.2Bodic10

Tsangla (Motuo)tsiʔ phimorpheme ‘calculate’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 619.7
Tsangla (Motuo)tsi⁵⁵pʻi⁵⁵morpheme ‘calculate’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tshona (Wenlang)tsi⁵⁵ ‘count’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Wenlang)tsi⁵⁵ ‘calculate’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)tsi⁵³ ja¹³morpheme ‘count’LaPolla 87: 107
Tshona (Mama)tsi⁵³jᴀ¹³morpheme ‘count’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 618.6
Tshona (Mama)tsi⁵³jᴀ¹³morpheme ‘calculate’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 619.6
Motuo Menbatsi phimorpheme v.‘calculate’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1652.07
Cuona Menbatsi⁵³ ja³⁵morpheme v.‘count (numbers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1640.06
Cuona Menbatsi⁵³ ja³⁵morpheme v.‘calculate’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1652.06

3.2Qiangic24

Ersuhtɛ⁵⁵ ‘count’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 618.18
Guiqiongtɕhe³⁵ ‘count’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 618.17
Guiqiongtɕhe³⁵ ‘calculate’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 619.17
Guiqiongtɕhe⁵⁵ v.‘count (numbers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1640.16
Muya(tsi³³tʂu⁵⁵morpheme) tə³³morphemedʑɐ⁵³morpheme v.‘count (numbers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1640.15
Muyatə³³morpheme tsi⁵³ tʂu³³morpheme v.‘calculate’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1652.15
Muya [Minyak]tɯ⁵⁵morphemetsi⁵⁵tʂu⁵³morpheme ‘count’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 618.15
Muya [Minyak]tɯ⁵⁵morphemetsi⁵⁵tʂu⁵³morpheme ‘calculate’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 619.15
Pumi (Lanping)tsə¹³ tsə¹³ v.‘calculate’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1652.09
Pumi (Lanping)xə¹³morphemetsə¹³ v.‘count (numbers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1640.09
Pumi (Qinghua)tsə¹³tsə¹³ ‘calculate’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 619.11
Pumi (Qinghua)xə¹³morphemetsə¹³ ‘count’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 618.11
Pumi (Taoba)tə⁵⁵morphemetsi⁵⁵ ‘calculate’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 619.10
Qiang (Mawo)sə sɑmorpheme ‘count’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 618.8
Qiang (Mawo)sə◦samorpheme ‘count’LaPolla 87: 107
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]tsi³⁵tʂu⁵³morpheme ‘count’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 618.16
Queyu (Xinlong)tsy⁵⁵tʂu⁵⁵morpheme v.‘count (numbers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1640.13
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]tə³⁵morphemetsi⁵³ ‘calculate’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 619.16
Xumitsi⁵⁵ ‘calculate’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 619.20
Xumitsi⁵⁵dʐu⁵⁵morpheme v.‘calculate’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1652.17
Zhaba (Daofu County)ə³³morpheme ʂtsə⁵⁵ v.‘calculate’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1652.14
Zhaba (Daofu County)ə⁵⁵morpheme ʂtsə⁵⁵ v.‘count (numbers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1640.14

3.3rGyalrongic4

Daofuʂtse dʐumorpheme v.‘count (numbers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1640.12
Daofuʂtse dʐumorpheme ncçhəmorpheme v.‘calculate’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1652.12

3.3.1rGyalrong11

rGyalrong (Maerkang)kamorpheme rtsə v.‘calculate’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1652.11
rGyalrong (Maerkang)kɐmorpheme rtsə v.‘count (numbers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1640.11
rGyalrongkɐmorpheme rtsə ‘count’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 618.12
Caodengkɐmorpheme-rtsəʔ ‘count’Sun J 97 Cao
rGyalrongtəprefix rtsis kamorpheme pamorpheme ‘calculate’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 619.12

4Nungic2

Trung [Dulong]tsi⁵⁵; tɯ³¹morphemeɹɯ⁵⁵morpheme ‘count’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 618.46

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmeserəy¹/³ ‘write / count’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 610

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish7

Yi (Liangshan)ɣo²¹ ‘count (number)’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Mile)ɣɯ³³ ‘count’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 618.25
Yi (Nanhua)ɣɯ³³ v.‘count (numbers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1640.37
Yi (Wuding)ɣɯ¹¹ v.‘count (numbers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1640.38

6.1.2.2Central Loloish4

Lahu (Lancang)ɣɔ³³ v.‘count (numbers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1640.43
Lahu (Yellow)ɣɔ¹ ‘count’Chang 86
Yi (Sani)ɣɯ³³ v.‘count (numbers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1640.39

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish2

Pholaɣu̠²³ ‘count (number)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 690
Phuzaɣə³³ ‘count (number)’Pelkey 11 Phula: 690

6.2Naxi1

9.0.1Old Chinese4

Chinese (Old/Mid)śri̯u/s̥i̯u ‘count / number’Chou 72: 123r

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2738, *r-tsyəy ‘COUNT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2738
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#076, HPTB p. 79
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2738,
  title  = {{*r-tsyəy 'COUNT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2738},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2738}
}