STEDT
STEDT #3540

*ʔa

ONE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

rhymeacoverV

Notes

This “minimalist” morpheme has only been unearthed in a couple of languages so far but represents a genuine etymon.

Reflexes & cognates39 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.1“North Assam”1

3.2Qiangic33

Qiang (Longxi) ɚ̀morpheme χémorpheme ‘first [one-CL-NOM]’Evans 99 Qiang: 1219
Qiang (Longxi)tshèmorpheme sámorpheme ‘thirty-one’Evans 99 Qiang: 1196
Qiang (Mawo)a ʁuɑnloanword ʁuɑnloanword ‘hundred million’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 942.8
Qiang (Mawo)a; tɕimorpheme ‘one’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 911.8
Qiang (Mianchi) qómorpheme ‘one (qó=CL)’Evans 99 Qiang: 1174
Qiang (Mianchi) qómorpheme mòmorpheme qàmorpheme ‘each one’Evans 99 Qiang: 1356
Qiang (Mianchi)-lámorpheme-a-dièmorpheme ‘half [one-whole-one-part]’Evans 99 Qiang: 1289
Qiang (Mianchi)-mémorpheme diòmorpheme ‘part, portion [one-same.amount]’Evans 99 Qiang: 1013
Qiang (Mianchi)-ɕímorpheme-pǎmorpheme ‘live (a life) [one-life/generation-m]’Evans 99 Qiang: 1845
Qiang (Mianchi)tɕhɛ̀morpheme sámorpheme ȵàmorpheme qómorpheme ‘eighty-one’Evans 99 Qiang: 1206

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1

8Bai4

Bai (Bijiang)e⁴⁴prefixɑ³¹ ‘one’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 911.37
Bai (Dali)ji⁴⁴morphemeɑ³¹ ‘one’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 911.35
Bai (Jianchuan)ji⁴⁴morpheme; ɑ³¹ ‘one’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 911.36

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3540, *ʔa ‘ONE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3540
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: JAM-LITB 7.1
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3540,
  title  = {{*ʔa 'ONE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3540},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3540}
}