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STEDT #3418

*s-yu(s/y)

WHISTLE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handlehyuinitialhyrhymeu ⪤ huycoverH · W

Connections

HPTB*hyu ⪤ *huy ‘whistle’p. 65

Notes

This etymon evidently has an onomatopoetic component.

Chepang has developed a velar suffix in some forms.

Chinese comparandum

嘯 OC *siôg, GSR #1028f-g ‘croon, whistle, wail’; Schuessler 2007:536 *siûh; B & S 2011: *sˁiw-s {sˁiw(k)-s}; Mand. xiào.
簫 OC *siôg, GSR #1028h ‘flute’; Schuessler 2007:536 *siâu; B & S 2011: *sˁiw; Mand. xiāo.
蕭 OC *siôg, GSR #1028i ‘neigh’; B & S 2011: *sˁiw; Mand. xiāo.

Reflexes & cognates20 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanhyu ⪤ huy ‘whistle’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 594

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

1.4Meithei1

Meitheihuy khoŋmorpheme◦bəsuffix ‘whistle’Singh 91 MeiQ: 11.5

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Bunanyus◦pasuffix ‘whistle’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 11.5

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang9

Chepanghuyk- vi.‘whistle (as in whistle speech when hunting), blow sharply between lips (as when carrying)’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepanghuyk-sasuffix ‘whistle’Caughley 72 CVoc: 11.B.1.4
Chepanghuyk.sāsuffix v‘whistle’Hale 73 CSD: 11b1.04
Chepangkhuyk- vi.‘whistle’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepangʔus- vi.‘whistle to call, or when puffed’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepang (Eastern)huyk◦naʔsuffix v‘whistle’Caughley 90 CheQ: 11.5
Chepang (Eastern)huyk◦naʔmorpheme ‘blow (mouth)’Caughley 90 CheQ: 9.2.3
Chepang (Eastern)khuyk◦naʔsuffix v‘whistle’Caughley 90 CheQ: 11.5
Chepang (Eastern)ʔus◦naʔsuffix v‘whistle’Caughley 90 CheQ: 11.5

7Karenic8

Bwewɪ v.‘whistle’Henderson 97 Kar
Bwe (Western)wɪ² v.‘whistle’Luce 85: J.231
Gebahwɪ² v.‘whistle’Luce 85: J.231
Kayan (Pekon)ʍé̤ Vintr‘whistle’Manson 10 Kayan
Pa-Ohjú v‘whistle’Solnit 89 PaO
Pa-O (Northern)hyu¹ v.‘whistle’Luce 85: J.231
Pwo (Tenasserim)yu¹ v.‘whistle’Luce 85: J.231
Pwo (Delta)yu⁴ v.‘whistle’Luce 85: J.231

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3418, *s-yu(s/y) ‘WHISTLE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3418
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: JAM-LITB 6.4
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3418,
  title  = {{*s-yu(s/y) 'WHISTLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3418},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3418}
}