STEDT #3430

*tsyum

VAGINA / COPULATE

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This etymon has been found in a few Himalayish languages (Bantawa, Lepcha, Tamang, and perhaps Newar), as well as in the NE Indian Areal Group. The basic meaning seems to be ‘come together’. There is a perfect fit between the Karbi and Lepcha forms. The analysis of the Karbi form is as follows: i ‘sleep’ + rap ‘befriend; be together’ (see #1647 PTB *lyap ⪤ *rap COPULATE / LOVE) + chom ‘suffix indicating action performed together’ (Walker 1925:37).

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Tangkhulkhaprefix◦ŋaprefix◦shām ‘copulate’Matisoff 87 BP

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]i#127 PTB *s-y(i/u)p ‘SLEEP’PTani *jup ‘SLEEP’PKC *ʔip-I, ʔiʔ-II ‘SLEEP’PCN *jap ‘SLEEP’PTk *jip ‘SLEEP / LIE DOWN’PLB *s/ʔ-yipᴸ ‘PUT TO SLEEP’PLB *yipᴸ ⪤ *yupᴸ ‘SLEEP’◦rap#1647 PTB *lyap ⪤ *rap ‘COPULATE / LOVE’-chom ‘copulate’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.3Lepcha3

Lepchac̀ʻo ‘harmonize; be congruous with’Mainwaring 98: 92

Lepchac̀ʻo damorpheme ‘lie together’Lepcha da is a reflexive morpheme (cf. Lahu dàʔ < PTB *m-dak). See HPTB pp. 318, 320.Mainwaring 98: 92

Lepchac̀ʻom ‘have carnal connection with women’Mainwaring 98: 92

2.1.4Tamangish2

Tamang (Risiangku)²tsjum◦ʈu#661 PTB *s-tu ‘VAGINA / VULVA’PTani *tɯ ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKC *tshuu ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKir *tu ‘VAGINA’ n‘vagina, vulva’Mazaudon 91 TamQ: 10.4.4

Tamang (Sahu)²cjum-t̥u#661 PTB *s-tu ‘VAGINA / VULVA’PTani *tɯ ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKC *tshuu ‘VULVA / VAGINA’PKir *tu ‘VAGINA’ ‘vagina’Matisoff 87 BP

2.2Newar1

Newar (Dolakhali)cũ ‘vagina / breast / milk’Although Newar cũ resembles reflexes of #5539 PTB *dzy(ə/o)w SUCK / KISS / BREAST / MILK, the nasalization of the vowel leads me to include it in the present set.Genetti 90 Dola

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Bantawasen#3431 PTB *syaŋ ‘VAGINA / CLITORIS’◦com ‘vagina’Rai 85 BnDs

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3430, *tsyum ‘VAGINA / COPULATE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3430

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

References: ("HIM") only in Bantawa, Tamang

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3430,
  title  = {{*tsyum 'VAGINA / COPULATE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3430},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3430}
}