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STEDT #2806

*z(y)əy

LITTLE / SMALL / TINY
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleziyinitialzrhymeiy=źəycoverS · W

Connections

HPTB*z(y)əy ‘little / small / tiny’pp. 66, 191

Notes

For a similar though distinct root, see #549 PTB *ya DIMINUTIVE.

Chinese comparandum

細 OC *siei-, GSR #1241l ‘small, minute’; Schuessler 2007:526 *sêh~sîh; B & S 2011: *sˁər-s {[s]ˁər-s}; Mand. xì.

Reflexes & cognates13 reflexes · 5 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmanz(y)əy ‘little / small / tiny’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 621
*Tibeto-Burmanziy ‘small, minute’Benedict 72 STC: 60
*Tibeto-Burmanziy ⪤ **tsiy ‘small(1)’LaPolla 87: 121

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphozi-zi ‘small, minute’Benedict 72 STC: 60

2.1.2.1Tibetan2

Tibetan (Western)zi ‘something of a very small size / of quantity’Benedict 72 STC: 60

6.1.1Burmish3

Burmese (Written)sè ‘small, fine, slender’Benedict 72 STC: 60

6.1.2.2Central Loloish6

Kucongʑi33 ‘small’Dai 09 Kucong
Lahui ‘small’LaPolla 87: 121
Lahui ‘small, fine, slender’Benedict 72 STC: 60
Lahu (Yellow)i¹ ‘small’Chang 86

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2806, *z(y)əy ‘LITTLE / SMALL / TINY’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2806
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#060; cf. HPTB pp. 66, 191
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2806,
  title  = {{*z(y)əy 'LITTLE / SMALL / TINY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2806},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2806}
}