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STEDT #5410

*m-kyit

MOVE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

The stronghold of this etymon is Loloish, with several Qiangic cognates.

The nasal prefix appears overtly in several forms, and indirectly via the Lahu voiced initial j-.

Reflexes & cognates39 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanm-kyit ‘move’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 598

3.2Qiangic4

Ersutʃhɿ⁵⁵tʃhɿ⁵⁵ ‘move something to a new place’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 591.18

Muyathɐ³³morphemetɕhi⁵⁵ ‘move (house)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1138.15

Muyathɐ³³morphemetɕhi⁵⁵ ‘move (a stool)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1139.15

Muya [Minyak]thɯ⁵⁵morphemetɕhi⁵⁵ ‘move something to a new place’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 591.15

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGyalrongkaprefix ntʃi ‘move something to a new place’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 591.12

6.1Lolo-Burmese6

*Lolo-Burmesekyit (HIGH)‘move’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 112(a)

*Lolo-Burmesekyit ‘move’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 112(a)

*Lolo-BurmeseNkyit (HIGH)‘move’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 112(b)

*Lolo-BurmeseNkyit ‘move’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 112(b)

*Lolo-Burmeseʔgyit (LOW)‘move’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 112(c)

*Lolo-Burmeseʔgyit ‘move’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 112(c)

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish13

Lalotshé ‘move w. tongs / tools’Björverud 94

Luquantʂʻʐ̩ 22s ‘move’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 112(a)

Nusu (Northern)tɕhe⁵⁵ ‘move sth. to a new place’Sun J 86 Nusu

Nusu (Bijiang)tɕye⁵⁵ ‘move something to a new place’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 591.45

Nusu (Central)tʂue⁵⁵ ‘move (house)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1138.34

Nusu (Central)tʂue⁵⁵ ‘move (a stool)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1139.34

Yi (Dafang)ndzɿ²¹ ‘move something to a new place’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 591.22

Yi (Liangshan)lɿ̱³³morphemeʦhɿ̱³³lɿ̱³³morphemeȵɛ³³morpheme ‘move about’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)nʥɿ²¹ ‘charge (move forward); move (change position)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)nʥɿ²¹ho⁵⁵morpheme ‘motion, be in; move about; work’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Nanhua)dʑe³³ ‘move something to a new place’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 591.24

Yi (Wuding)ȵtɕhi⁵⁵ ‘move (house)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1138.38

Yi (Wuding)ɳtʂhɿ¹¹ ‘move (a stool)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1139.38

6.1.2.2Central Loloish19

Jinuotɕhe³³ ‘move (house)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1138.44

Jinuotɕhe³³ ‘move (a stool)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1139.44

Lahu (Lancang)dʑi³³ ‘move (house)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1138.43

Lahu (Lancang)dʑi³³ ‘move (a stool)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1139.43

Lahu (Black)dzi⁵⁴ ‘move something to a new place’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 591.33

Lahu (Black)jîʔ ‘move (v.i. and v.t.)’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 112(b)

Lahu (Yellow)dzɤ⁶ ‘move sth. to a new place’Chang 86

Lisuchï3 ‘move’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 112(c)

Lisu (Central)chï³ v.t.‘move (a thing bodily)’Fraser 22

Lisu (Northern)dʒɿ⁴⁴ V‘give concession; move’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)jĩʔ²¹wa³³morpheme ‘touch and move’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)jɯ²¹gi³³morpheme V‘move (along orbit)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ka⁵⁵morphemezæʔ²¹ V‘touch; move’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)tɕɔ⁵⁵morphemetsi³³ V‘move’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisutʃi⁵⁵ ‘move (house)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1138.40

Lisu (Northern)tʃɿ⁵⁵ V‘move’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisutʃɿ⁵⁵ ‘move something to a new place’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 591.27

Lisu (Central)wu⁵morpheme hchï⁵morpheme chi³ v.i.‘move (house)’Fraser 22

Sani [Nyi]tsẓ 55 ‘move’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 112(c)

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Akhaji HS ‘move’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 112(b)

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1

Phuzaʦʰɛ³³ ‘move; take away’Pelkey 11 Phula: 664

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5410, *m-kyit ‘MOVE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5410

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: cf. HPTB p. 349

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5410,
  title  = {{*m-kyit 'MOVE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5410},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5410}
}