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STEDT #3257

*wyat

TWIST / TURN
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*vet ‘TWIST / TURN’

Notes

Lahu ɔ̀-vɛ̀ʔ ‘screw’ is not from this root, but is rather a borrowing from Modern Burmese wɛʔ⁴⁴ ‘pig’ (cf. WB wak ‘pig’), which occurs in the Burmese compound wɛʔ⁴⁴ u²² ‘pig intestine; screw’, the semantic link residing in the curly, twisted appearance of pig intestines. The true Lahu reflex is vɔ̀ʔ ~ g̈ɔ̀ʔ ‘twist (as fringes)’.

Reflexes & cognates39 reflexes · 11 subgroups

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanivet ‘twist / turn’Sun J 93 HCST: 442

1.1.1.1Western Tani9

Apatanihi(ʔ) kʰrjɯmorpheme ‘twist’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanihiʔ-khrjɯmorpheme ‘twist / turn’Sun J 93 HCST
Bengniin#6348 PTani *in ‘PINCH (with fingernail)’-təːmorpheme-lamorpheme vit ‘pinch and twist’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengnivit ‘twist / turn’Sun J 93 HCST
Bengnivit ‘mix (stir)’Sun J 93 Tani
Bengnivit-kukmorpheme ‘turn lid and open’Sun J 93 Tani
Bokarjet ‘twist / turn’Sun J 93 HCST
Bokarjet-ǰummorpheme ‘twist dry’Sun J 93 Tani

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Wakungkᵊprefix◦veⁱ ‘turn’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 133

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lushai [Mizo]hamorpheme◦wi v.i.‘turn’Marrison 67 Naga

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]ingprefix◦wè ‘time, turn, round’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 179

1.7.1.3Koch1

Atongwet n‘time, turn’van Breugel 08 Atong

4Nungic1

Rawangwɯt əwaŋ⁵³morpheme ɕi³¹morpheme ‘turn around’LaPolla 03: 1525

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish17

Gazhuofv⁵⁵ v.‘twist (a towel)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1533.47
Gazhuovɤ⁵³ ‘twist (hemp fibers) between the palms’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1225.47
Lalovàq ‘twist (rope)’Björverud 94
Nusu (Central)ve̱⁵³ ‘twist (hemp fibers) between the palms’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1225.34
Nusu (Bijiang)ve⁵³ ‘twist together’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 552.45
Nusu (Northern)ve̱⁵⁵ ‘twist together’Sun J 86 Nusu
Yi (Dafang)ve¹³ ‘twist together’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 552.22
Yi (Liangshan)vi⁵⁵ ‘twist (into rope)’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Mile)vᴀ̱²¹ ‘twist together’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 552.25
Yi (Mojiang)vᴀ̱²¹ ‘twist together’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 552.26
Yi (Nanhua)væ̱²¹ ‘twist (hemp fibers) between the palms’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1225.37
Yi (Nanhua)vɛ̱²¹ ‘twist together’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 552.24
Yi (Nanjian)va²¹ ‘twist together’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 552.23
Yi (Weishan)va²¹ ‘twist (hemp fibers) between the palms’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1225.36
Yi (Wuding)vɚ̱⁵⁵ ‘twist (hemp fibers) between the palms’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1225.38
Yi (Xide)vi⁵⁵ ‘twist (hemp fibers) between the palms’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1225.35
Yi (Xide)vi⁵⁵ ‘twist together’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 552.21

6.1.2.2Central Loloish5

Lahu (Lancang)(ve⁵⁴) si³⁵morpheme v.‘twist (a towel)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1533.43
Lahu (Lancang)vɤ²¹ ‘twist (hemp fibers) between the palms’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1225.43
Lahu (Black)vɔ²¹ ‘twist together’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 552.33
Lahu (Black)vɔ̀ʔ ~ g̈ɔ̀ʔ v.‘twist (fringe for a shoulderbag)’Matisoff 88 DL: 1141
Yi (Sani)vɑ² ‘twist (hemp fibers) between the palms’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1225.39

7Karenic2

Karenwi³³ v.‘twist (a towel)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1533.50
Pa-Ovjā ‘pinch and twist (2)’Solnit 89 PaO

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3257, *wyat ‘TWIST / TURN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3257
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: JS-HCST: 103
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3257,
  title  = {{*wyat 'TWIST / TURN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3257},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3257}
}