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STEDT #407

*z(u/i)r

EDGE / CORNER / SIDE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*si(i)r ‘LATERAL / SIDE’PKC #657

Notes

Although many of the Himalayan forms appear to be loans from Tibetan, the presence of the same root in Kuki-Chin makes it clear that this is a general TB root.

Chinese comparandum

陬 OC *tsu/*tsi̯u, GSR #131l ‘angle, corner’; Schuessler 2007:635 *tso; Mand. zōu.

Reflexes & cognates33 reflexes · 12 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinsi(i)r ‘LATERAL / SIDE’VanBik 09 PKC: 657

1.2.1.1Northern Chin2

Paitesiik ‘lateral’VanBik 09 PKC: 657
Thadosíʔ ‘lateral, side’VanBik 09 PKC: 657

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)sîir ‘lateral, side’VanBik 09 PKC: 657
Lai (Falam)sǐir ‘lateral, side’VanBik 09 PKC: 657
Lushai [Mizo]sír n‘side (of anything)’VanBik 09 PKC: 657

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Bodoser ‘side’Bhat 68 Boro

1.7.1.4Deori1

Deori/Deurichur◦kåmorpheme ‘corner’Brown 95: 64

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Kanaurizĭr n‘corner’Bailey 11

2.1.2Bodic2

Cuona Menbazur³⁵ n‘corner / angle’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0716.06

2.1.3Lepcha2

Lepchadyer ‘side’Matisoff 87 BP
Lepchatŭkmorpheme-jer ‘side’Matisoff 87 BP

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang2

Khamor◦də̃ːhmorpheme ‘leg (side of)’Watters 89 KhQ
Khamor◦lamorpheme ‘side’Watters 89 KhQ

3.3.1rGyalrong4

Caodengsndɐmorpheme-vzər ‘corner (of wall)’Sun J 97 Cao
rGyalrong (Maerkang)teprefix zur n‘corner / angle’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0716.11
rGBenzhentəprefix-zur ‘corner’Sun J 97 rGB
rGBenzhentəprefix-zuʔr ‘corner’Sun J 97 rGB

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #407, *z(u/i)r ‘EDGE / CORNER / SIDE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/407
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-407,
  title  = {{*z(u/i)r 'EDGE / CORNER / SIDE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #407},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/407}
}