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STEDT #2745

*(t)s(y)aŋ

CLEAR / PURE / CLEAN
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handletsyainitial(t)syrhymean=syancoverTS · NWS

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*thiaŋ-I, thian-II ‘CLEAN / CLEAR’PKC #379
Central Naga (Ao Group)*tsaŋ ‘CLEAN (BE) / BE CLEAR’PCN #201

Notes

See #1837 PTB *s(y)u-ŋ/k WAKE UP / MORNING / CLEAR-HEADED / SOBER UP for a phonosemantically similar root.

Chinese comparandum

醒 OC *sing ‘wake up, become sober’ (Coblin 1986:55); not in GSR; cf. Mand. xǐng, xīng.
清
晴

Reflexes & cognates105 reflexes · 21 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burman(t)syaŋ=*syaŋ ‘clean’LaPolla 87: 110

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Damu*tsaŋ◦masuffix ‘clean’Sun J 93 Tani

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinthiaŋ-I, thian-II ‘CLEAN / CLEAR’VanBik 09 PKC: 379

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Paitesiang ‘clean’VanBik 09 PKC: 379
Sizangchīang htō hī ‘clean’VanBik 09 PKC: 379
Thadothíeŋ-I, thìen-II be v.‘clean’VanBik 09 PKC: 379
Tiddimsiang² > sian³ be v.‘clean’VanBik 09 PKC: 379
Tiddimsiang² > sian³ vi‘clean’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1575
Tiddimsiaŋ²/sian³ ‘clean’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)thîaŋ-I, thǐan-II be v.‘clean’VanBik 09 PKC: 379
Lai (Falam)thǐaŋ-I, thìan-II be v.‘clean’VanBik 09 PKC: 379
Lushai [Mizo]thíang-I, thìan-II be v.‘clear (as sky, weather), to be fresh (as air or smell)’VanBik 09 PKC: 379
Lushai [Mizo]thiang◦hlimmorpheme v‘clean’Marrison 67 Naga

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]pāmorpheme-thài be v.‘clean, pure’VanBik 09 PKC: 379

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)10

*Central Nagatsaŋ be v.‘CLEAN / CLEAR’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.201
*Aotʃaŋ-tʃajmorpheme be v.‘CLEAR’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.147
Ao (Chungli)cāŋ◦cāmorpheme be v.‘clear’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 3
Ao (Chungli)tʃaŋ²tʃa²morpheme v.‘be clear, clarify’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.147
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)(NZPprefix-) tʃàŋ◦tʃàmorpheme be v.‘clear’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagan̩¹prefix-tshəŋ¹- be v.‘clean’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.201
Lotha Nagantsang◦asuffix v‘clean’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Naganprefix◦tsüng◦asuffix ‘clear’Murry 78: 18
Lotha Naganprefix◦tsüng◦chetmorpheme◦asuffix ‘clean’Murry 78: 18
Lotha Naganprefix◦tsüng◦usuffix ‘clean’Murry 78: 18

1.4Meithei1

Meitheiəprefix◦seŋ-basuffix ‘clean’LaPolla 87: 110

2.1.2Bodic9

Tsangla (Motuo)tsaŋ⁵⁵ma¹³suffix ‘clean’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tsangla (Motuo)tsaŋ◦masuffix ‘clean’LaPolla 87: 110
Tsangla (Motuo)tsaŋ◦masuffix ‘clean’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 853.7
Tshona (Wenlang)tsɑŋ⁵⁵mɑ⁵⁵suffix ‘clean’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)tsaŋ⁵⁵ ma⁵³suffix ‘clean’LaPolla 87: 110
Tshona (Mama)tsᴀŋ⁵⁵mᴀ⁵³suffix ‘clean’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 853.6
Cuona Menbatsaŋ⁵⁵ma⁵³suffix ‘clean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1085.06

2.1.2.1Tibetan18

Tibetan (Alike)ɣtsaŋ dakmorpheme ‘clean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1085.05
Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)rtsaŋ masuffix ‘clean’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 853.5
Tibetan (Batang)tsõ⁵⁵ma⁵³suffix ‘clean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1085.03
Tibetan (Jirel)sāng◦sāngq adj‘clean’Hale 73 CSD: 12b.48
Tibetan (Khams:Dege)tsuŋ⁵⁵ma⁵³suffix ‘clean’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 853.3
Tibetan (Lhasa)tsaŋ⁵⁵ma¹³suffix ‘clean’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 853.2
Tibetan (Lhasa)tsaŋ⁵⁵ma⁵⁵suffix ‘clean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1085.02
Tibetan (Sherpa)ceng◦geqmorpheme adj‘clean’Hale 73 CSD: 12b.48
Tibetan (Spiti)saŋ◦masuffix ‘clean’Sharma, S.R. 79 Sp
Tibetan (Written)gseng-posuffix ‘clear and sharp (of sounds); acute (of hearing)’Coblin 86: 55
Tibetan (Written)gtsaŋ masuffix ‘clean’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 853.1
Tibetan (Written)seng-posuffix ~ bseng-posuffix ‘clear, white, airy, pale’Coblin 86: 55
Tibetan (Written)ɣtsaṅ◦basuffix v‘clean’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.4Tamangish6

Manang (Gyaru)dzaŋ² basuffix ‘clean’Nagano 84 Man: 350
Manang (Prakaa)³tsaŋ◦pəsuffix ‘pretty / clean’Hoshi 84: 0453b
Manang (Prakaa)³tsaŋ◦pəsuffix ‘clean’Hoshi 84: 0933
Manang (Prakaa)¹ŋuʔimorpheme ³tsaŋ◦pəsuffix ‘pretty / clean’Hoshi 84: 0453a
Thakalikhammorpheme-sāng-pasuffix adj‘clean’Hale 73 CSD: 12b.48
Thakali (Tukche)kʰɔmmorpheme-saŋ-pɔsuffix ‘clean’Hari 71a ThVo: 12.B.48

4Nungic5

Trung [Dulong]tsɑŋ⁵⁵mɑ⁵⁵morpheme ‘clean’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 853.46
Dulongɕɑŋ⁵⁵mɑ⁵⁵morpheme ‘clean’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1085.20
Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)tsaŋ⁵⁵ ma⁵⁵morpheme ‘clean’LaPolla 87: 110
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)tsaŋ⁵⁵ ma⁵⁵morpheme ‘clean’LaPolla 87: 110
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)tsɑŋ⁵⁵mɑ⁵⁵morpheme ‘clean’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1.1Burmish1

7Karenic1

Pa-Ocàŋ ‘clean (2)’Solnit 89 PaO

9Sinitic5

Chinese (Hanzi)睡morpheme◦醒 v‘wake up’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0501

9.0.1Old Chinese7

Chinese (Old)dzjingx ‘pure’Coblin 86: 55
Chinese (Old)Nprefix-tsʰeŋ ‘clear (weather)’BaxterSagart 2011: 2243
Chinese (Old)tshjeng ‘clear / pure / bright’Baxter 92: 283
Chinese (Old)tshjeng ‘clear’Baxter 92: 408

9.0.2Middle Chinese7

Chinese (Middle)dzjäng: ‘pure’Coblin 86: 55
Chinese (Middle)dzjeng ‘clear (weather)’BaxterSagart 2011: 2243
Chinese (Middle)singh ‘wake up, become sober (< clear the mind);’Coblin 86: 55

9.0.3Modern Chinese3

Chinese (Mandarin)xǐng ‘wake up’Evans 91

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2745, *(t)s(y)aŋ ‘CLEAR / PURE / CLEAN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2745
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC p.52-3
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2745,
  title  = {{*(t)s(y)aŋ 'CLEAR / PURE / CLEAN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2745},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2745}
}