*(t)si

COPULATE / LOVE

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This root has scattered but good-looking reflexes in the NE Indian Areal Group (Maram, Meithei), Himalayish (Kanauri, Manchati), Loloish (Ahi, Nesu), Nungish (Dulong), Qiangic (Muya), and Tujia. Most reflexes have a simple sibilant fricative initial, but the Loloish and Tujia forms have affricates. There does not seem to be any connection with #641 PTB *ti-k PENIS or #1601 PTB *dzi PENIS.

Reflexes & cognates15 reflexes · 8 subgroups

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Maramaprefix◦lung#1381 PTB *m-lu(ŋ/m) ‘HEART / ROUND’MesorootsPKC *luŋ ‘HEART / LIVER’PCN *m-luŋ ‘HEART / BE ROUND’PCN *ləm ‘HEAD / HEART / MIND’PTk *luŋ ‘HEART’Allofams2 #5731 PTB *s-lum ⪤ *b/m-lu(m/ŋ) ‘ROUND / ROUND OBJECT / HEART / EYEBALL’2a #690 PTB *s-lum ‘ROUND’2b #1427 PTB *b-lum ‘EYE / EYEBALL / HEART / ROUND OBJECT’2c #1381 PTB *m-lu(ŋ/m) ‘HEART / ROUND’◦si v‘love’Marrison 67 Naga

1.4Meithei1

Meitheinungmorpheme◦si v‘love’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.1Western Himalayish3

Kanaurigo#1646 PTB *r/m/d/s-ga ‘COPULATE / LOVE / WANT’PLB *m-ga² ‘WANT / THINK / LOVE’◦s̱ẖi ‘copulate’Matisoff 87 BP

Kanauritsŭk#1356 PTB *dzyuk ⪤ *tsyuk ‘VULVA’Allofams77 #3589 PTB *dzyuk ⪤ *tsyuk ‘VULVA / VAGINA / MOUTH / LIP’77a #1356 PTB *dzyuk ⪤ *tsyuk ‘VULVA’77b #478 PTB *tsyuk ‘MOUTH / LIP’◦s̱ẖi ‘copulate’Matisoff 87 BP

Pattani [Manchati]lhù#1154 PTB *ləw-k ‘COPULATE’PKC *luu-I, luuk-II ‘COPULATE / INTERCOURSE’PLB *ləw² ‘COPULATE / PENIS’◦ṣi ‘copulate’Sharma, S.R. 91 Ma: 10.2

3.2Qiangic2

Muyasi³³si⁵³ nɐ³³morphemeβə³³morpheme v.‘like / love’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1714.15

Muya [Minyak]si³³si⁵⁵ ‘love’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 719.15

4Nungic3

Trung [Dulong]ɳi⁵⁵morphemeɕi³¹ ‘love’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 719.46

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)ɳi⁵⁵morpheme śi³¹ ‘love’LaPolla 87: 206

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)ńi⁵⁵morpheme śi³¹ ‘love’LaPolla 87: 206

5Tujia3

Tujia (Northern)a³⁵prefixtshi⁵⁵ ‘love’Tian 86

Tujiaa³⁵prefixtshi⁵⁵ ‘love’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 719.38

Tujia (Southern)ʔa²¹prefixtshi²¹ ‘love’Tian 86

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Nesutɕɪ³³ v.‘copulate’Chen 86 Yi: 10.2

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Ahitʂhɛ³³ ‘copulate’Chen 86 Yi: 10.2

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3494, *(t)si ‘COPULATE / LOVE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3494

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

References: Qiangic forms in -i prob. < *m-dza #1643

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3494,
  title  = {{*(t)si 'COPULATE / LOVE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3494},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3494}
}