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STEDT #515

*m-tsyey

NAIL / CLAW
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

Allofams
HPTB*m-(t)syen ‘nail / claw’pp. 29, 278, 290, 296

Notes

This allofam was formerly reconstructed as *m-tsye.

Reflexes & cognates19 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.1.2Deng7

Darang [Taraon]shi ‘talon / claw’Matisoff 87 BP
Darang [Taraon]ɕi⁵⁵ ‘claw’Sun H 80 MLD
Digaromśi ‘fingernail / toenail’Matisoff 87 BP

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tüprefix◦metsü ‘claw’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group4

Sema [Sumi]aumorpheme-mütsü ‘nail’Achumi 98: 7.4
Sema [Sumi]aumorpheme-mutsü ‘fingernail’Achumi 98: 7.4.1
Sema [Sumi]aumorpheme-mutsü ‘claw (of animal)’Achumi 98: 7.4.3

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchapŭnmorpheme-či ‘fingernail, toenail’Matisoff 87 BP

2.2Newar6

Newar (Kathmandu)lumorpheme◦si ‘nail / claw’Genetti 90 Kath
Newarlumorpheme◦si ‘fingernail’Matisoff 87 BP
Newarlumorpheme◦si ‘nail’Shakya 89: 7.4
Newarlumorpheme◦si ‘fingernail’Shakya 89: 7.4.1
Newarlumorpheme◦si ‘toenail’Shakya 89: 7.4.2
Newarlumorpheme◦si ‘talon (of bird)’Shakya 89: 7.4.4

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #515, *m-tsyey ‘NAIL / CLAW’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/515
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-515,
  title  = {{*m-tsyey 'NAIL / CLAW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #515},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/515}
}