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STEDT #3563

*dan

CUT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handledaninitialdrhymeancoverT · N

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*tan ‘AMPUTATE / CUT / CROSS (cf. shortcut)’PKC #175

Connections

HPTB*dan ‘cut’pp. 258, 259

Chinese comparandum

斷 OC *twɑ̂n~d’wɑ̂n, GSR #170a ‘cut off, decide, resolute’; Schuessler 2007:219 *tônʔ/s; B & S 2011: *tˁonʔ-s {tˁo[n]ʔ-s}; Mand. duàn.
剬 OC *twɑ̂n, GSR #168e ‘cut’; Schuessler 2007:219 *tôn~*tonʔ; B & S 2011: (*tˁor); Mand. duān.
膞 OC * t̑i̯wɑn, GSR #231k ‘cut meat; slice’; Schuessler 2007:502 *tonʔ~*donʔ; B & S 2011: (*tonʔ); Mand. zhuǎn.

Reflexes & cognates60 reflexes · 19 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

1.1.1.1Western Tani5

Apatanità-gemorpheme ‘cut’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanita-tumorpheme ‘hew’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanité ‘cut open’Sun J 93 Tani

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chintan ‘AMPUTATE / CUT / CROSS (cf. shortcut)’VanBik 09 PKC: 175

1.2.1.1Northern Chin7

Paiteaatmorpheme tan ‘amputate’VanBik 09 PKC: 175
Thadotân-I, tàn-II ‘cut, chop (e.g. wood); break (rope); cut off’VanBik 09 PKC: 175
Tiddimtan¹ ‘cut, slice (break)’VanBik 09 PKC: 175
Tiddimtan¹ v‘cut off’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1681
Tiddimtan¹ v‘cut; slice’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1682
Tiddimtan¹ ‘cut off’Bhaskararao 94 TCV
Tiddimˊtan/ˋtan v‘cut off’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

1.2.2Central Chin7

Lai (Hakha)tân-I, tǎn-II ‘amputate, cut, cross (as a river)’VanBik 09 PKC: 175
Lai (Falam)tán-I, tàn-II ‘amputate, cut, cross’VanBik 09 PKC: 175
Lushai [Mizo]tan ‘cut (with axe)’Marrison 67 Naga
Lushai [Mizo]tǎn v‘chop or cut off, to amputate, to cross (river, road, hill etc)’VanBik 09 PKC: 175

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]tái v‘chop or cut off’VanBik 09 PKC: 175

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)7

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)thən v.‘stab, poke [stabbed, poked]’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagatan- v.‘cut, chop (a tree, finger, etc. with a dao)’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Lotha Nagatan-tʃhomorpheme- v.‘sever, cut off’Bruhn 14 SuppCN
Lotha Nagatan v‘cut (with axe)’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagat̯án̯◦àmorpheme v.‘cut a rope / cut’Acharya 75
Lotha Nagatan◦asuffix ‘cut’Murry 78: 27
Lotha Nagaten v‘cut (with knife)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

1.7.1Bodo-Garo1

1.7.1.1Bodo13

Bododán v‘cut from above (giving a blow)’Bhat 68 Boro
Bododan◦démorpheme ‘please cut!’Bhat 68 Boro
Bododan◦páymorpheme vt‘cut down’Bhat 68 Boro
Bododan◦sáwmorpheme v‘cut by chewing and making sound’Bhat 68 Boro
Bododan◦sláymorpheme v‘cut plants into a shape (as in a park)’Bhat 68 Boro
Bododan◦slaymorpheme v‘cut plants into a shape (garden); tranlsate’Bhat 68 Boro
Bododan◦sráŋmorpheme v‘cut and make the surroundings of the house appear’Bhat 68 Boro
Bododaŋ◦sráŋmorpheme v‘cut and make the surroundings of a house clear’Bhat 68 Boro
Dimasadaing v‘cut (generic)’Marrison 67 Naga
Kokboroktan v.‘cut’Tripuri 88
Kokboroktan-kʰlaymorpheme ‘cut down’Tripuri 88

1.7.1.2Garo1

1.7.1.3Koch5

Atongtan•- v‘cut, to cut up, to slay, to slaughter’van Breugel 08 Atong
Atongtan•chekchek- v‘cut into small pieces’morphemevan Breugel 08 Atong
Atongtan•choleng- v‘cut a piece out of something’morphemevan Breugel 08 Atong
Atongtan◦•pyrakmorpheme- v‘cut open’van Breugel 08 Atong
Atongtan◦•thongmorpheme- v‘decapitate, cut off the head; to cut off’van Breugel 08 Atong

1.7.3.1Jingpho4

Jingphotan³¹ ‘cut’Liu 84
Jingphotan³¹ v.‘mow / cut (grass)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1342.19

4Nungic1

Anongdan ‘reap (cut with a sickle)’Benedict 72 STC: 22

9Sinitic2

Chinese (Hanzi)斷 ‘cut off; decide’BaxterSagart 2011: 589
Chinese (GSR #)0170a ‘cut off; decide’BaxterSagart 2011: 589

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old)tonʔ ‘cut off / decide / resolute’Baxter 92: 403

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Chinese (Middle)twanH ‘cut off; decide’BaxterSagart 2011: 589

9.0.3Modern Chinese3

Chinese (Mandarin)duàn be v.‘cut in two’BaxterSagart 2011: 587
Chinese (Mandarin)duàn ‘cut off; decide’BaxterSagart 2011: 589

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3563, *dan ‘CUT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3563
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#022, HPTB pp.258, 259
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3563,
  title  = {{*dan 'CUT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3563},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3563}
}