STEDT
STEDT #3559

*dzəy

SEED / TESTICLE / ROUND OBJECT

Reconstruction analysis

initialdzrhymeəycoverTS · W

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin(a) *tsii ‘SEED / CROP’PKC #560
Kuki-Chin(b) *khlaay-tsii ‘SEED / CROP’PKC #1298
Central Naga (Ao Group)*ma-tʃəjʔ ‘SEED’PCN #107
Tangkhulic*tʰa ‘SEED’DRM#660

Connections

HPTB*dzəy ‘seed’pp. 31, 190

Notes

The basic meaning of this etymon seems to be SEED, with extensions into SMALL ROUND OBJECT, and thence to TESTICLE.

This morpheme frequently occurs as the last syllable in words for EYE, as does the semantically similar root #1019 PTB *sey FRUIT / ROSE / ROUND OBJECT.

#3559 PTB *dzəy SEED / TESTICLE / ROUND OBJECT is quite distinct from #1019 PTB *sey FRUIT / ROSE / ROUND OBJECT, as witness the WB forms ‘fruit’ vs. ə-ceʼ ‘seed’.

Reflexes & cognates131 reflexes · 23 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.2Kuki-Chin2

*Chinkhlaay-tsii ‘SEED / CROP’VanBik 09 PKC: 1298
*Chintsii ‘SEED / CROP’VanBik 09 PKC: 560

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Paitekhai chi ‘crop’VanBik 09 PKC: 1298
Sizanghtai chī ‘seed’VanBik 09 PKC: 560
Sizanghtai chī ‘seed’VanBik 09 PKC: 1298
Thadokháay-tsîi ‘seed, crop’VanBik 09 PKC: 1298
Thadotsîi ‘seed’VanBik 09 PKC: 560

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Khumitii ‘seed used for planting’VanBik 09 PKC: 560

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)thlâay tsìi ‘seeds, crops’VanBik 09 PKC: 1298
Lai (Hakha)tsìi ‘seeds, crops’VanBik 09 PKC: 560
Lai (Falam)tsîi ‘seeds, crops’VanBik 09 PKC: 560

1.2.3Maraic2

Lakher [Mara]²əprefix³tsi ‘seed’Weidert 87 TBTo: 148b

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)13

*Central Nagamamorpheme-tʃəjʔ ‘SEED’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.107
Ao (Chungli)meprefixtsü n‘seed’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)mə³morphemetsəʔ³ n.‘seed (for planting)’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.107
Lotha Nagamo¹morpheme-tʃəʔ² n.‘seed’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.107
Lotha Nagamorphemecə̀ ‘seed’Acharya 75
Lotha Nagamomorpheme ‘seed’Murry 78: 110
Sangtammamorpheme n‘seed’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrüaprefixji ‘seed’Kumar 73 Yim: 75
Yimchungrümumorphemeji-imorpheme n‘seed’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrümorphemejih hiukhimorpheme ‘sow’Kumar 73 Yim: 76

1.3.4Tangkhulic3

Tusomʔimorpheme-cʃi ‘seed’Mortensen 12 Tk: Plants.011
Ukhrulʔamorpheme-tʰa ‘seed’Mortensen 12 Tk

6.1.1Burmish29

Burmese (Written)aprefixce’ n‘seed’Marrison 67 Naga
Burmese (Written)hwêmorpheme-ce’ ~ gwêmorpheme-ce’ ‘testicles’Matisoff 87 BP
Burmese (Written)myui:ce’ n‘seed’also contains *(m/b)rəwMarrison 67 Naga
Burmese (Written)əprefix-ceʼ n.‘seed’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish15

6.1.2.2Central Loloish14

Jinuoa³³prefixtsi⁴⁴ ‘seed’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 220.34
Jinuo (Youle)tʃɤ³⁵ ‘seed’Gai 86
Jinuo (Buyuan)ɑ⁴⁴prefixtsi³³ n‘seed’Gai 86

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish11

Hani (Pijo)àprefix tzy ‘seed’Hansson 89 AHKP: 368
Hani (Caiyuan)a³¹prefixtsɿ³³ ‘seed’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 220.30
Hani (Wordlist)alprefixssyuq ‘seed’Hansson 89 AHKP: 368
Hani (Khatu)àprefix tzy ‘seed’Hansson 89 AHKP: 368

6.2Naxi1

Naxidzy²¹ n‘seed of Chinese prickly ash’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0448.45

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3559, *dzəy ‘SEED / TESTICLE / ROUND OBJECT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3559
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3559,
  title  = {{*dzəy 'SEED / TESTICLE / ROUND OBJECT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3559},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3559}
}