*tsywar

CUT / CHOP

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletsywarinitialtsywrhymearcoverTS · LWTS

Connections

HPTB*tsywar ‘cut / chop’pp. 66, 84, 393

Notes

This etymon is very similar to #430 PTB *ts(y)ap CHOP, but we are keeping them separate for the time being. In the case of languages with eroded finals (like those of the Qiangic group), it is hard to tell which of these etyma to assign a reflex to.

Reflexes & cognates13 reflexes · 6 subgroups

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Bahingtśwar ‘cut with a knife by one stroke’Benedict 72 STC: 240

3.2Qiangic8

Pumi (Lanping)thə¹³morphemeʃtʃɑ⁵⁵ v.‘chop down (trees)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1467.09

Pumi (Qinghua)thə¹³morphemestʃɑ⁵⁵ ‘chop (tree)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 602.11

Qiang (Longxi)tshuá ‘cut down (tree)’Evans 99 Qiang: 2099

Qiang (Longxi)tshuá ‘cut (bone)’Evans 99 Qiang: 2100

Qiang (Longxi)tshuá dàmorpheme ‘chop meat’Evans 99 Qiang: 1856

Qiang (Mawo)tuɑ v.‘chop / cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1296.08

Qiang (Taoping)tshuɑ⁵⁵ ‘chop (tree)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 602.9

Zhaba (Daofu County)a³³prefix ʂtsa⁵⁵ v.‘chop / cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1296.14

7Karenic1

Karentθuɛ̱³¹ v.‘cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1339.50

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2763, *tsywar ‘CUT / CHOP’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2763

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

References: cf. STC#240, HPTB pp.66, 84, 393

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2763,
  title  = {{*tsywar 'CUT / CHOP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2763},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2763}
}