*tsyi-k

WINDPIPE / ADAM'S APPLE

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This etymon appears similar to #3559 PTB *dzəy SEED / TESTICLE / ROUND OBJECT, as suggested by the WB compound WB lañ-ceʼ ‘larynx’ (lit. ‘neck seed’).

On the other hand, several languages have distinct reflexes of these two roots, e.g. Chokri tsa ‘seed’ vs. (u) ru¹¹ che³⁵ ‘windpipe/trachea’, and nor Darang tɑ³¹ piɑi⁵⁵ ‘seed’ vs. shig-ceig ‘windpipe’, so that it seems best to keep them separate.

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.1.2Deng2

Darang [Taraon]shigmorpheme◦ceig ‘windpipe / trachea’Matisoff 87 BP

Darang [Taraon]shigmorpheme◦ceig ‘windpipe’Anonymous xx Tar

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Chokri(u)prefix ru¹¹#488 PTB *k-(r/l)aw ‘THROAT / PALATE’ che³⁵ ‘windpipe / trachea’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 4.2.1

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garo (Bangladesh)git#496 PTB *m-g(u/i)l ‘THROAT’-ok#359 PTB *tuk ⪤ *twak ‘HEAD / SKULL / NECK’-du'-chi ‘adam's apple’[Source note] (lit: neck-egg).Burling 92 GaBa

2.1.2Bodic1

Baimaʃhe¹³morpheme tʃuɛ⁵³ ‘adam's apple / larynx’Sun H 91 Baim: 4.1.4

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Gazhuolɛ³²³#479 PTB *g/m-liŋ ‘NECK’PTani *lɯŋ ‘NECK’ pɛ³³#484 PTB *bran ⪤ *pwat ‘NECK / THROAT’ tsɿ³⁵ tsɿ³⁵ ‘adam's apple / larynx’Dai 89 Gazh: 4.1.4

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3411, *tsyi-k ‘WINDPIPE / ADAM'S APPLE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3411

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3411,
  title  = {{*tsyi-k 'WINDPIPE / ADAM'S APPLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3411},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3411}
}