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*m-dzyam

WEDGE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Loloish*N-dzyam² ‘WEDGE’

Notes

For a detailed discussion of this and other likely roots for WEDGE, see JAM 2002 (“Wedge Issues”).

Several binomes for WEDGE are apparently loans from Chinese (Mand. xiēzi 楔子, e.g., Qiang [Taoping] sie³³tɕhy³³, Yi [Nanhua] ɕi̱³³dʐɯ²¹, etc.).

Reflexes & cognates29 reflexes · 8 subgroups

1.1.2Deng3

Darang [Taraon]tɑ³¹morphemetsɑu⁵³ n‘wedge’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0620.22
Kaman [Miju]dɑ³¹morphemetsɯu⁵⁵ n‘wedge’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0620.23
Yiduɑ⁵⁵morphemetsu⁵⁵ n‘wedge’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0620.25

3.2Qiangic7

Ersundzi⁵⁵ ‘wedge’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 413.18
Muyatshə³³zɐ̱⁵³morpheme n‘wedge’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0620.15
Pumi (Lanping)siɛ̃¹³morphemedzə⁵⁵ n‘wedge’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0620.09
Xumiʂõ⁵³ n‘wedge’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0620.17
Xumiʂɑ̃⁵⁵ ‘wedge’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 413.20

3.3.1rGyalrong2

rGyalrongtɐmorpheme cçhə ‘wedge’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 413.12

5Tujia1

Tujiatɕhi⁵⁵ ‘wedge’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 413.38

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish7

Gazhuosɿ³⁵morphemetsɛ³¹ n‘wedge’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0620.47
Yi (Mile)dʐi²¹bu̱³³morpheme ‘wedge’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 413.25
Yi (Xide)ndʐo³³ ‘wedge’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 413.21

6.1.2.2Central Loloish5

Lisudʒo³¹tʃhɛ⁵⁵morpheme ‘wedge’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 413.27
Yi (Sani)sz̯⁴⁴morphemedʐɤ¹¹ n‘wedge’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0620.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3

Hani (Lüchun)tsha³¹morphemetshɔ³¹ n‘wedge’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0620.41
Hani (Shuikui)tɔ³¹morphemetʃhu³¹ ‘wedge’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 413.32
Hani (Mojiang)tɔ³¹morphemetʃu³¹ n‘wedge’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0620.42

8Bai1

Bai (Jianchuan)tɕĩ⁵⁵ne⁴²morpheme n‘wedge’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0620.48

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3607, *m-dzyam ‘WEDGE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3607
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3607,
  title  = {{*m-dzyam 'WEDGE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3607},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3607}
}