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STEDT #2779

*w(y)a-t ⪤ *wit

WEAR / CLOTHE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*we(e)t ‘WEAR (around body) / TIE (around)’PKC #1180
Lolo-Burmese*wyatᴸ ‘WEAR CLOTHES’

Connections

Allofams
HPTB (PLB)*watᴸ ‘wear’p. 331
HPTB*w(y)a-t ⪤ *wit ‘wear / clothe’pp. 333, 508
HPTB*gwa-n ⪤ *kwa-n ‘wear / put on / clothe’pp. 168, 172, 177, 259, 333, 334, 452
HPTB*wan ⪤ *wat ‘load / burden / transport’p. 519

Notes

Loloish has a simplex/causative pair WEAR / CAUSE TO WEAR, but shows no trace of a velar initial.

Chinese comparandum

衣 OC *ʔi̯ər, GSR #550a-e ‘clothing’; Schuessler 2007:563 *ʔəi; B & S 2011: *ʔəj; Mand. yī.
衣 OC *ʔi̯ər, GSR #550a-e ‘wear (v.t.)’; Schuessler 2007:563 *ʔəih; B & S 2011: *ʔəj-s ; Mand. yì.

Reflexes & cognates93 reflexes · 15 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanw(y)a-t ⪤ wit ‘wear / clothe’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 619

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinwe(e)t ‘WEAR (around body) / TIE (around)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1180

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Tiddimvet³ > veʔ³ ‘wear a garment by tying it around the waist’VanBik 09 PKC: 1180
Tiddimvet³ > ve?³ v‘wear a garment by tying it around the waist’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1954
Tiddimvet³/veʔ³ ‘wear a garment by tying it...’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lushai [Mizo]vêet-I, vèh-II v‘put round or on, to attach or to tie to (by encircling)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1180

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti4

Athpare (Rai)wad-uemorpheme ‘put on, wear’Ebert 97 Athpare
Athpare (Rai)wap◦masuffix ‘put on, wear’Ebert 97 Athpare
Athpare (Rai)wap◦masuffix◦nasuffix ‘things to wear’Ebert 97 Athpare
Athpare (Rai)wat- ‘put on, wear’Ebert 97 Athpare

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Kulungwat-umorpheme v.‘wear (shoes)’Rai 75 Kul

2.3.3Central Kiranti1

Dumiwaːt◦mɨtnɨmorpheme ‘<wear,put-on> put (jewelry, ornaments) on someone (= patient)’Driem 93 Dumi

3.2Qiangic5

Guiqiongji³⁵morphemewɛ⁵⁵ ‘wear (a garment)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1211.16
Guiqiongji³⁵morphemewɛ⁵⁵ ‘put on (shoes)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1212.16
Guiqiongji³⁵morphemewɛ⁵⁵ v.‘wear (a hat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1252.16
Guiqiongwɛ⁵⁵ ‘put on / wear’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 646.17
Muyatu⁵⁵morphemewui³³ ‘put on (shoes)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1212.15

3.3.1rGyalrong12

rGyalrong (Maerkang)(tɑmorpheme rtimorpheme) kɑmorpheme wɑt v.‘wear (a hat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1252.11
rGyalrong (Maerkang)(ʃumorpheme phɑmorpheme)◦kɑmorpheme wɑt v.‘wear (a turban)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1253.11
rGyalrongkamorpheme wat ‘put on / wear’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 646.12
rGyalrong (Maerkang)kɑmorpheme wɑt ‘wear (a garment)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1211.11
rGyalrong (Maerkang)kɑmorpheme wɑt ‘put on (shoes)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1212.11
rGyalrongteprefix◦wyet ‘clothes’Benedict 72 STC: 24n78
rGyalrongwat ‘wear (clothes) / dress (someone)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 032
rGBenzhenkamorpheme-vat~kamorpheme-wat ‘wear’Sun J 97 rGB

4Nungic1

Anong (Rawang)nuŋmorpheme-wat ‘cover breasts’Benedict 72 STC: 24n78

6.1Lolo-Burmese4

*Lolo-Burmesewat ⪤ wik ⪤ ʔwik ⪤ wit ⪤ ʔwit ‘wear (clothes) / dress (someone)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 032
*Lolo-Burmesewikmorpheme ormorpheme wit ‘wear clothes / cause to wear’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 181(a)
*Lolo-Burmeseʔwikmorpheme ormorpheme ʔwit ‘wear clothes / cause to wear’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 181(b)

6.1.1Burmish37

Achang (Lianghe)ut³¹ ‘put on / wear’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Lianghe)ut³¹ ‘wear (hat)’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Longchuan)xot⁵⁵ ‘wear (a garment)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1211.28
Achang (Longchuan)xut⁵⁵ v.‘wear (a turban)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1253.28
Achang (Longchuan)xut⁵⁵ v.‘wear (a bracelet)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1254.28
Achang (Longchuan)xut⁵⁵ ‘put on / wear’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 646.41
Achang (Luxi)ut³¹ ‘put on / wear’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Luxi)ut³¹ ‘wear (hat)’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Xiandao)ut⁵⁵ ‘wear (a garment)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1211.29
Achang (Xiandao)ut⁵⁵ v.‘wear (a bracelet)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1254.29
Bola (Luxi)vɛʔ³¹ v.‘wear (a bracelet)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1254.32
Bola (Luxi)vɛʔ⁵⁵ ‘wear (a garment)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1211.32
Burmese (Modern)aprefix◦wat v.‘wear (upper) clothes’Luce 85: V.103
Burmese (Rangoon)wuʔ⁴ v.‘wear (a bracelet)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1254.27
Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)wuʔ⁴⁴ ‘put on / wear’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 646.40
Burmese (Written)aprefix◦wat v.‘wear (upper) clothes’Luce 85: V.103
Burmese (Written)wat ‘wear (clothes) / dress (someone)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 032
Burmese (Written)wat ‘put on, wear’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)wɑt⁴ v.‘wear (a bracelet)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1254.26
Langsu (Luxi)vɛʔ³¹ ‘wear (a garment)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1211.31
Langsu (Luxi)vɛʔ³¹ v.‘wear (a bracelet)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1254.31
Leqi (Luxi)wuːt³¹ ‘wear (a garment)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1211.33
Leqi (Luxi)wuːt³¹ v.‘wear (a bracelet)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1254.33
Marmawaiʔ ‘wear / put on’Huziwara 08 Sak: 64
Maru [Langsu]vɛʔ³¹ ‘put on / wear’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 646.43
Atsi [Zaiwa]vut ‘wear (clothes) / dress (someone)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 032
Atsi [Zaiwa]vut²¹ ‘wear (a garment)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1211.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]vut²¹ v.‘wear (a bracelet)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1254.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]vut²¹ ‘put on / wear’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 646.42

6.1.2Loloish1

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish16

Gazhuovi⁵³ ‘wear’Dai 91 TB15
Gazhuovi⁵³ ‘wear (a garment)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1211.47
Luquani⁵⁵ ‘wear (clothes) / dress (someone)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 032
Luquanvi 55 ‘wear clothes / cause to wear’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 181(a)
Nasuvi 55 ‘wear clothes / cause to wear’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 181(a)
Nasuvi⁵⁵ ‘wear (clothes) / dress (someone)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 032
Nusu (Southern)ua̱⁵³ ‘put on / wear’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Bijiang)uɔʴ⁵³ɔʴ³¹morpheme ‘put on / wear’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 646.45
Nusu (Central)uɔ̱⁵³ ‘wear (a garment)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1211.34
Nusu (Central)uɔ̱⁵³ v.‘wear (a bracelet)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1254.34
Nusu (Northern)uɛ̱⁵⁵ ‘put on / wear’Sun J 86 Nusu
Yi (Dafang)ve¹³ ‘put on / wear’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 646.22
Yi (Mile)vi̱²¹; fi̱⁵⁵morpheme ‘put on / wear;put on / wear (caus)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 646.25
Yi (Mojiang)vi̱²¹; fi²¹morpheme ‘put on / wear;put on / wear (caus)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 646.26
Yi (Nanhua)ve̱²¹ ‘wear (a garment)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1211.37
Yi (Nanhua)ve̱²¹ ‘put on / wear’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 646.24

6.1.2.2Central Loloish12

Ahivi 44s ‘wear clothes / cause to wear’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 181(a)
Ahivi⁴⁴s ‘wear clothes (simplex)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 032
Kucongv31 ‘wear (of clothes)’Dai 09 Kucong
Lahu (Black)fɨ́ ‘dress someone, put someone's clothes on him (causative)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 032
Lahu (Black)və²¹ ‘put on / wear’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 646.33
Lahu (Black)və̀ʔ ‘wear (simplex)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 032
Lahu (Black)və̀ʔ ‘wear clothes / cause to wear’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 181(a)
Lahu (Yellow)vɤ⁵ ‘put on / wear’Chang 86
Lisu (Luquan)(vəɹ³¹) v‘wear’Xu 86 Lisu
Sani [Nyi]vi 22s ‘wear clothes / cause to wear’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 181(a)
Sani [Nyi]vi²²s ‘wear (clothes) / dress (someone)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 032
Yi (Sani)vɪ² ‘wear (a garment)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1211.39

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2779, *w(y)a-t ⪤ *wit ‘WEAR / CLOTHE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2779
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB pp. 333, 508; STC p.24
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2779,
  title  = {{*w(y)a-t ⪤ *wit 'WEAR / CLOTHE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2779},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2779}
}