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STEDT #430

*ts(y)ap

CHOP
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This etymon is very similar to #2763 PTB *tsywar CUT / CHOP, but we are keeping them separate for the time being. In the case of languages with eroded finals (like those of the Qiangic group), it is hard to tell which of these etyma to assign a reflex to.

Reflexes & cognates40 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

1.3.4Tangkhulic2

Ukhrulkəprefix-kəmorpheme-cɐp ‘chop off’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphoʒep³¹ ‘chop’LaPolla 87: 111

2.1.2Bodic8

Tsangla (Motuo)tsap ‘mince (meat) with knife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 635.7
Tsangla (Motuo)tsap⁵⁵ ‘mince (meat) with knife’Zhang Jichuan 86
Tshona (Wenlang)tsɑp⁵⁵ ‘mince (meat) with knife’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)tsap⁵³ ‘chop’LaPolla 87: 111
Tshona (Mama)tsᴀp⁵³ ‘mince (meat) with knife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 635.6
Motuo Menbatsap v.‘chop / cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1296.07
Cuona Menbatsap⁵³ v.‘chop / cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1296.06

2.1.2.1Tibetan11

Tibetan (Alike)htsap htsap v.‘chop / cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1296.05
Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)htsap ‘mince (meat) with knife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 635.4
Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)ɣtsap ‘mince (meat) with knife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 635.5
Tibetan (Khams:Dege)tsɑʔ⁵³ ‘mince (meat) with knife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 635.3
Tibetan (Lhasa)tsəp⁵² v.‘chop / cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1296.02
Tibetan (Lhasa)tsəp⁵³ ‘chop’LaPolla 87: 111
Tibetan (Lhasa)tsəp⁵³ ‘mince (meat) with knife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 635.2
Tibetan (Written)gtsab v.‘chop / cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1296.01
Tibetan (Written)gtsab ‘mince (meat) with knife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 635.1

3.2Qiangic6

Ersutsi⁵⁵tsi⁵⁵ ‘mince (meat) with knife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 635.18
Guiqiongtsø⁵⁵ ‘mince (meat) with knife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 635.17
Namuyitsɛ⁵⁵tsɛ³³ ‘mince (meat) with knife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 635.19
Pumi (Qinghua)nə¹³morpheme tsi¹³ ‘chop’LaPolla 87: 111
Pumi (Qinghua)nə¹³morphemetsi¹³ ‘mince (meat) with knife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 635.11
Pumi (Taoba)nə³⁵morphemetsi³⁵ ‘mince (meat) with knife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 635.10

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGyalrong (Maerkang)kɑmorpheme cçop v.‘chop / hew’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1468.11

4Nungic1

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)a³¹prefix tsep⁵⁵ ‘chop’LaPolla 87: 111

6.1.1Burmish8

Achang (Luxi)tsap³¹ ‘mince (meat) with knife’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Luxi)tsap³¹ ‘chop’LaPolla 87: 111
Bola (Luxi)tʃɛʔ³¹ v.‘chop / cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1296.32
Langsu (Luxi)tʃɛʔ³¹ v.‘chop / cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1296.31
Leqi (Luxi)tʃaːp³¹ v.‘chop / cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1296.33
Atsi [Zaiwa]tʃap²¹ v.‘chop / cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1296.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]tʃap²¹ ‘mince (meat) with knife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 635.42
Atsi [Zaiwa]tʃap³¹ ‘chop’LaPolla 87: 111

6.2Naxi2

Naxitse³³tse³³ v.‘chop / cut (meat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1296.45
Naxi (Lijiang)tse³³tse³³ ‘mince (meat) with knife’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 635.28

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #430, *ts(y)ap ‘CHOP’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/430
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p.336
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-430,
  title  = {{*ts(y)ap 'CHOP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #430},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/430}
}