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STEDT #2746

*r-tsyaːy

PLAY
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletsya-yinitialtsyrhymea-y=(r-)suffixycoverTS · VLW

Intermediate reconstructions

Northern Naga/Konyakian*C-tsaːy ‘PLAY’

Connections

HPTB*r-tsyaːy ‘play’p. 210

Reflexes & cognates34 reflexes · 12 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

1.2.2Central Chin2

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]sai-somorpheme ‘joke, jest, be funny’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 064

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)3

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)aprefix◦saj◦amorpheme v.‘jest [jested]’Coupe 07 Ao
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)tʃhaj v.‘play [played]’Coupe 07 Ao

1.3.4Tangkhulic3

Tangkhulkhəŋmorpheme◦əmorpheme◦cay ‘play (football)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 064
Ukhrulkʰəmorpheme-ŋəmorpheme-caj ‘play (football)’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian2

*Northern NagaC̬-tsaːy v.‘play’French 83: 532

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

1.7.3.1Jingpho5

Jingphotśyāi ‘play; do for pleasure’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 064
Jingphotśyai v.‘play’Benedict 72 STC: 289
Jingphotʃa̱i³³ ‘play’Liu 84
Jingphotʃa̱i³³ ‘play’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 680.47

2.1.2.1Tibetan14

Tibetan (Alike)rtse v.‘play / amuse oneself’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1703.05
Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)htse momorpheme tsemorpheme ‘play’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 680.4
Tibetan (Batang)tse⁵⁵mᴜ⁵³morphemejeʔ²³¹morpheme v.‘play / amuse oneself’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1703.03
Tibetan (Lhasa)tse⁵³mo¹³morpheme-tseʔ⁵³morpheme ‘play’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 680.2
Tibetan (Lhasa)tse⁵⁵ v.‘play / amuse oneself’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1703.02
Tibetan (Lhasa)tse⁵⁵mo⁵⁵morpheme tse⁵⁵morpheme v.‘play / amuse oneself’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1703.02
Tibetan (Spiti)tsé v.‘play / dance’Sharma, S.R. 79 Sp
Tibetan (Written)rtse v‘play (a game)’Marrison 67 Naga
Tibetan (Written)rtse-basuffix ‘play, frolic, joke’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 064
Tibetan (Written)rtse-basuffix v.‘play, frolic’Benedict 72 STC: 289
Tibetan (Written)rtsed momorpheme rtsemorpheme v.‘play / amuse oneself’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1703.01
Tibetan (Xiahe)htse v.‘play / amuse oneself’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1703.04

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

6.1.1Burmish4

Achang (Longchuan)tseʔ⁵⁵ v.‘play / amuse oneself’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1703.28
Achang (Xiandao)tsɛʔ⁵⁵ v.‘play / amuse oneself’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1703.29
Bolatai⁴⁵ ‘play’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 30

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2746, *r-tsyaːy ‘PLAY’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2746
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#289, HPTB p. 210
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2746,
  title  = {{*r-tsyaːy 'PLAY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2746},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2746}
}