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STEDT #3317

*s-ya

ELEPHANT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Loloish*ʔ-ya³ ‘ELEPHANT’

Notes

This root is found mostly in Loloish, with a likely cognate in Karenic.

Reflexes & cognates38 reflexes · 5 subgroups

6.1.2Loloish2

*Loloishʔ-ya³ ‘elephant’Bradley 79 PLo: 11

*Loloishʔ-ya³ ‘elephant’Hansson 89 AHKP: 93

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish6

Gazhuoɕɑ³⁵ n‘elephant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0309.47

Laloxa ‘elephant’Björverud 94

Nasuxo̱³³ dʐɵ³³#635 PTB *m-dzyway ‘TOOTH / TUSK’PLB *jway¹ ‘TOOTH / TUSK’PL *ʔ-cway¹ ‘TUSK’ ‘tusk (of elephant, boar)’Chen 86 Yi: 3.10.6

Yi (Mojiang)ᴀ⁵⁵prefixpᴀ̱³³morphemexɒ²¹mo²¹morpheme ‘elephant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 123.26

Yi (Nanjian)xɑ³³ ‘elephant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 123.23

Yi (Weishan)hɑ³³ n‘elephant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0309.36

6.1.2.2Central Loloish11

Jinuo (Youle)jɔ³³ ‘elephant’Gai 86

Jinuo (Buyuan)jɔ³³ n‘elephant’Gai 86

Jinuojɔ³³ ‘elephant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 123.34

Jinuojɔ⁴⁴ n‘elephant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0309.44

Lahu (Yellow)ʑa¹ ‘elephant’Chang 86

Lahu (Bakeo)ya-ma ‘elephant’Bradley 79 Lahu

Lisu (Central)(hʼa⁴-ma³suffix) si⁵morpheme-hchi³morpheme ‘tusk (elephant's)’Fraser 22

Lisu (Northern)hã³³ma³³suffix N‘elephant; big elephant’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisuhɑ³³mɑ⁴⁴suffix ‘elephant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 123.27

Lisu (Central)hʼa⁴-ma³suffix ‘elephant’Fraser 22

Yi (Sani)χɒ³³ n‘elephant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0309.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish20

Akhaja ‘elephant’Hansson 89 AHKP: 93

Akha (Yunnan)ja masuffix ‘elephant’Hansson 89 AHKP: 93

Akha (Thai)ja-masuffix ‘elephant’Hansson 89 AHKP: 93

Bisuhja◦basuffix ‘elephant’Bradley 9x Bisu

Hani (Lüchun)ja masuffix ‘elephant’Hansson 89 AHKP: 93

Hani (Dazhai)za³³ma³³suffix ‘elephant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 123.31

Hani (Lüchun)za³³ma³³suffix n‘elephant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0309.41

Hani (Pijo)jɔ ‘elephant’Hansson 89 AHKP: 93

Hani (Pijo)jɔ mɔsuffix ‘elephant’Hansson 89 AHKP: 63

Hani (Pijo)jɔ mɔsuffix ? ‘elephant’Hansson 89 AHKP: 93

Hani (Gelanghe)ja³³ma³³suffix ‘elephant’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

Hani (Shuikui)jɔ³³mɔ³³suffix ‘elephant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 123.32

Hani (Khatu)jɔ ‘elephant’Hansson 89 AHKP: 93

Hani (Khatu)jɔ mɔsuffix ? ‘elephant’Hansson 89 AHKP: 93

Hani (Mojiang)jɔ³³mɔ³³suffix n‘elephant’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0309.42

Mpijo⁴ ‘elephant’Hansson 89 AHKP: 93

Mpijo⁴ ‘elephant’Srinuan 76

Côông [Phunoi]jᵊ◦bamorpheme səmorpheme◦cɨ⁵⁵#632 PTB *s/p-wa ‘TOOTH’PTani *fiː ‘TOOTH’PKC *haa ‘TOOTH’PCN *p-hwa ‘TOOTH’PTk *ha ‘TOOTH’PNN *swaᴮ ‘TOOTH’PLB *swa² ‘TOOTH’PL *swa² ‘TOOTH’ ‘tusk (of elephant, boar)’Ferlus 91: 3.10.6

Pyenja33 ba33suffix ‘elephant’Shintani 09 Pyen: 021010

Silaju33 wɛ33morpheme ‘elephant’Kato 08 Lao: 100

7Karenic1

Pa-Ojà hùʔmorpheme ‘elephant, tuskless, formerly a’Solnit 89 PaO

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3317, *s-ya ‘ELEPHANT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3317

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3317,
  title  = {{*s-ya 'ELEPHANT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3317},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3317}
}