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STEDT #2747

*m-tsyi

SALT / YEAST
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*tsii ‘SALT’PKC #559
Tangkhulic*ci ‘SALT’DRM#357

Connections

HPTB*m-t(s)i ‘salt / yeast’pp. 34, 540

Notes

In the Southeast Asian linguistic area, yeast is used for brewing liquor rather than for baking bread. The semantic connection between SALT and YEAST can be understood as residing in the enlivening effect the two substances have on food and drink.

The nasal prefix attested overtly in many languages is also reflected by the voiced Lahu initial.

This root appears distinct from #2729 PTB *tsa SALT, which has a low vowel. Unlike Qiangic, we do not expect languages of the NE Indian Areal Group to have undergone a brightening change of a > i.

Reflexes & cognates58 reflexes · 16 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanm-t(s)i ‘salt / yeast’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 617

1NE Indian Areal Group1

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Thadotsìi ‘salt’VanBik 09 PKC: 559

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin6

1.2.3Maraic1

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

Maringmathi n‘salt’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)7

*Aom-tsə ‘SALT’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.183
Ao (Chungli)mə³tsə³ n.‘salt’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.183

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group9

Chokrimütsa n‘salt’Marrison 67 Naga
Meluriaprefix◦mütsü n‘salt’Marrison 67 Naga
Ntenyiaprefix◦mchü n‘salt’Marrison 67 Naga
Rengmatsi n‘salt’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦miti ‘salt’Achumi 98: 7.1
Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦mti n‘salt’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]əprefix◦mti ‘salt’Benedict 72 STC: 121n332

1.3.3Zeme Group2

Puironmachi n‘salt’Marrison 67 Naga
Mziemetsai n‘salt’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic11

Huishuʔamorpheme-məmorpheme-tsik ‘salt’Mortensen 12 Tk: Nature.138
Kachaiməmorpheme-tsɐ ‘salt’Mortensen 12 Tk: Nature.138
Tangkhulmamorpheme◦chi n‘salt’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangkhulməmorpheme◦tsi ‘salt’Benedict 72 STC: 121n332
Tankghul (Central)mamorpheme-ci ‘salt’Brown 37 Indo
Tangkhul (Northern)nmorpheme-tsɯ ‘salt’Brown 37 Indo
Tangkhul (Standard)mamorpheme-ci ‘salt’Brown 37 Indo
Tusomməmorpheme-tsɯ ‘salt’Mortensen 12 Tk: Nature.138
Ukhrulməmorpheme-ci ‘salt’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.5Mikir [Karbi]2

Mikir [Karbi]ingprefix◦ti n‘salt’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]iŋprefix◦ti ‘salt’Benedict 72 STC: 121n332

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2747, *m-tsyi ‘SALT / YEAST’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2747
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("PKN") STC p.121
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2747,
  title  = {{*m-tsyi 'SALT / YEAST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2747},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2747}
}