*dz(y)u

EGG

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*tʃə ‘EGG’PCN #096

Notes

This etymon seems confined mostly to the NE Indian Areal Group, with a likely Himalayish cognate in Kham. The Idu form e-to-cu proves that this root is distinct from #1609 PTB *m/s-tow EGG.

Reflexes & cognates32 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.1.2Deng5

Idueprefix◦to#1609 PTB *m/s-tow ‘EGG’-cu ‘egg’Anonymous 62 Idu

Idueprefix◦to#1609 PTB *m/s-tow ‘EGG’◦cu ‘egg’Pulu 78

Idueprefix◦to#1609 PTB *m/s-tow ‘EGG’◦cu lomorpheme ‘egg (white)’Pulu 78

Idueprefix◦to#1609 PTB *m/s-tow ‘EGG’◦cu mimorpheme ‘egg (yolk)’Pulu 78

Idueprefix◦to#1609 PTB *m/s-tow ‘EGG’◦cu rokamorpheme ‘egg (shell)’Pulu 78

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)15

*Central Nagatʃə Bruhn 14 PCN: III.096

*Ao(aprefix-)hɹu#1172 PTB *s-row ‘EGG / NIT’PTani *rɯ ‘NIT’-tsə ‘NIT’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.186

*Aohən#1600 PTB *haːr ‘BIRD / FOWL / CHICKEN’PKC *ʔaar ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PCN *haːn-a ‘CHICKEN’PTk *ar ‘FOWL’-tsə Bruhn 14 PCN: II.185

Ao (Chungli)aen#1600 PTB *haːr ‘BIRD / FOWL / CHICKEN’PKC *ʔaar ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PCN *haːn-a ‘CHICKEN’PTk *ar ‘FOWL’◦tzü ‘egg’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)a¹prefix-ɹu²#1172 PTB *s-row ‘EGG / NIT’PTani *rɯ ‘NIT’tsə² n.‘nit’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.186

Ao (Chungli)ən²#1600 PTB *haːr ‘BIRD / FOWL / CHICKEN’PKC *ʔaar ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PCN *haːn-a ‘CHICKEN’PTk *ar ‘FOWL’tsə² n.‘egg’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.185

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)an#1600 PTB *haːr ‘BIRD / FOWL / CHICKEN’PKC *ʔaar ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PCN *haːn-a ‘CHICKEN’PTk *ar ‘FOWL’◦sü ‘egg’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)hən#1600 PTB *haːr ‘BIRD / FOWL / CHICKEN’PKC *ʔaar ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PCN *haːn-a ‘CHICKEN’PTk *ar ‘FOWL’◦sə-làsı̀morpheme n.‘passionfruit (probably 'egg' + ?)’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)hən#1600 PTB *haːr ‘BIRD / FOWL / CHICKEN’PKC *ʔaar ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PCN *haːn-a ‘CHICKEN’PTk *ar ‘FOWL’◦tsə n.‘egg’Coupe 07 Ao

Lotha Nagae¹prefix-tʃə¹ n.‘egg’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.096

Lotha Nagae¹prefix-tʃə¹- v.‘hatch (egg)’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagahrə(k)²#2609 PTB *s-r(y)ik ‘LOUSE’PTani *fɯk ‘LOUSE (head)’PKC *hrik ‘LOUSE (head) / BACTERIA’PCN *a-hr(j)ak ‘LOUSE, LICE’PTk *hrik ‘LOUSE’-tʃə¹ n.‘nit’[Source note] louse-eggBruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦jü ‘egg’Murry 78: 36

Lotha NagaEprefix◦ju ‘egg (of animal)’Nienu 90 LotQ: 10.4.16

Lotha Nagahon#1600 PTB *haːr ‘BIRD / FOWL / CHICKEN’PKC *ʔaar ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PCN *haːn-a ‘CHICKEN’PTk *ar ‘FOWL’◦omorpheme-eprefix◦tchhü ‘egg’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group12

Angami (Khonoma)dzü ‘egg’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)dzü; thevümorpheme◦dzü ‘egg’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)khu⁵⁵morphemenuo³¹morphemedzü³³ ‘egg (of animal)’Nienu 90 AngQ: 10.4.16

Angami (Kohima)pe³¹morphemera³¹morphemedzü³³ ‘egg (of animal)’Nienu 90 AngQ: 10.4.16

Chokri(u)prefix◦dzü³³ ‘testicle’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 10.3.5

Chokridzü³³ ‘egg (of animal)’Nienu 90 ChoQ: 10.4.16

Chokrithüprefix◦vu#301 PTB *ʔu ‘EGG / BIRD’Allofams1 #1168 PTB *pʷu ‘EGG / BIRD / ROUND OBJECT’1a #301 PTB *ʔu ‘EGG / BIRD’1b #1654 PTB *pu ‘EGG’1c #1275 PTB *pu ‘BALL / EGG / ROUND OBJECT’◦zü ‘egg’Marrison 67 Naga

Khezhamemorpheme◦jɯ̵ ‘egg (of animal)’Yabu 94 Khö: 10.4.16

Khezhaʼeprefix◦jɯ̵́ ‘testicle’Yabu 94 Khö: 10.3.5

Maoho#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’◦dzü ‘egg’Marrison 67 Naga

Ntenyiaprefix◦wüü#1603 PTB *w(a/u) ‘BIRD / EGG / WING / FOWL’PKC *waa ‘BIRD’PTk *wa ‘BIRD’-aprefix◦tsü ‘egg’Marrison 67 Naga

Rengmateromorpheme◦zü ‘egg’Marrison 67 Naga

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang3

Kham'bā#2187 PTB *b(y/r)a ‘BIRD / BEE’PLB *bya² ‘BEE’PL *bya² ‘BEE’-zu-riːmorpheme ‘egg’Matisoff 87 BP

Kham'ba#2187 PTB *b(y/r)a ‘BIRD / BEE’PLB *bya² ‘BEE’PL *bya² ‘BEE’◦zu◦riːmorpheme ‘egg (non-human)’Watters 89 KhQ: 1.33

Khamzuh◦riː#1286 PTB *r-lik ‘TESTICLE / EGG / PENIS’ ‘testicles’Watters 89 KhQ

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3436, *dz(y)u ‘EGG’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3436

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

References: distinct from 1609; cf. Idu e-to-cu, analyzed p,1609,3436

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3436,
  title  = {{*dz(y)u 'EGG'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3436},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3436}
}