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STEDT #5414

*dəw

SHORT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*tooy ‘SHORT / BRIEF’PKC #226

Tangkhulic(a) *tew ‘SMALL / FEW’DRM#593

Tangkhulic(b) *tu ‘SHORT (LENGTH OR HEIGHT)’DRM#760

Lolo-Burmese*dəw¹ ‘SHORT’JAM

Chinese comparandum

短 OC *twɑ̂n, GSR #169a-c ‘short’; Schuessler 2007:219 *tônʔ; B & S 2011: *tˁorʔ; Mand. duǎn.

Reflexes & cognates57 reflexes · 17 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chintooy ‘SHORT / BRIEF’VanBik 09 PKC: 226

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin8

Cho (Mindat)tawi be v.‘short, too short (in both space and time)’VanBik 09 PKC: 226

Daaitɔːⁱ ‘short’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 229

Khumiɗɔːⁱʔ ‘short’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 229

Matuḁprefix◦təⁱ ‘short’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 229

Mkaangtɔⁱ ‘short’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 229

Ngmüünḁʔprefix◦tɔːⁱ ‘short’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 229

Nyhmoyetɔᶺ ‘short’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 229

Wakungaprefix◦ɗøʔ ‘short’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 229

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)tòoy-I, tǒoy-II ‘short, brief’VanBik 09 PKC: 226

Lai (Falam)tóoy-INV be v.‘short’VanBik 09 PKC: 226

Lushai [Mizo]tǎwi be v.‘short, to be brief’VanBik 09 PKC: 226

Lushai [Mizo]toi vi‘short’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 3045

1.2.4“Old Kuki”2

Sorbungtòo ‘short (length)’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: Verbs.147

Sorbungtòo ‘short (height)’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: Verbs.149

1.3.3Zeme Group3

Maramdui ‘short’Marrison 67 Naga

Puirontoi◦numorpheme ‘short’Marrison 67 Naga

Rongmei / Nruanghmeidui◦meimorpheme ‘short’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic5

*Tangkhulictew ‘small / few’Mortensen 12 Tk: 593

*Tangkhulictu ‘short (length or height)’Mortensen 12 Tk: 760

Huishutuk-kʰe ‘short (height/length)’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.126

Tusomkəmorpheme-tuə ‘small’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.143

Ukhrulkəmorpheme-tew be v.‘small, low’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]ingprefix◦dei adj‘low’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagatəːw ‘short’French 83: 545

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1

Tangsa (Yogli)aprefix◦to ‘short’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Changtu◦bümorpheme ‘short’Marrison 67 Naga

3.2Qiangic2

Namuyiɛ³³morphemendɛ⁵⁵ ‘short’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 810.19

Namuyia³³prefixnda⁵⁵ adj‘short’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0973.46

4Nungic8

Dulongtɯi⁵³ adj‘low / short’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0969.20

Dulongtɯi⁵³ adj‘short’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0973.20

Trung [Dulong]tɯ̆i⁵³ ‘low’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 803.46

Trung [Dulong]tɯ̆i⁵³ ‘short’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 810.46

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)tɯi⁵³ ‘short’LaPolla 87: 31

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)thi⁵³ ‘low’Sun H 82 Dul

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)thi⁵³ ‘short’Sun H 82 Dul

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)thi⁵³ ‘short’LaPolla 87: 31

6.1.1Burmish10

Achang (Lianghe)tuɑʔ⁵⁵ ‘short’Dai 85 AcJZ

Burmese (Rangoon)to²² adj‘short’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0973.27

Burmese (Spoken Rangoon)to²² ‘short’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 810.40

Burmese (Written)to² adj‘short’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0973.26

Burmese (Written)to² ‘short’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 810.39

Burmese (Written)tui ‘short’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)tui ‘short’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 19

Burmese (Written)tui ‘short’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)tui ‘short’LaPolla 87: 31

Marmato vi‘short’Huziwara 08 Sak: 329

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish3

Nusu (Central)du³¹ adj‘short’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0973.34

Yi (Liangshan)dɯ³³bi²¹morpheme ‘short (a person's height)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Liangshan)dɯ³³vu⁵⁵morpheme ‘down (low)’Ma 08 Yi: index

6.1.2.2Central Loloish5

Lisu (Northern)du²¹du²¹mu³³#363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’MesorootsPKC *mul ⪤ *hmul ‘HAIR (body) / FUR / WOOL’Allofams1 #363 PTB *s/r-mul ⪤ *s-mil ⪤ *s-myal ‘HAIR / FUR / FEATHER’1a #1429 PTB *s-mu-t ‘BEARD / FACIAL HAIR / HAIR’1b #2058 PTB *mum ‘CHIN / BEARD’ V‘short and bald’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)du³⁵du²¹za²¹morpheme V‘short and small’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)du⁵⁵ V‘short’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)du⁵⁵du⁵⁵zaʔ²¹morpheme V‘rather short’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisuȵio⁵⁵morpheme ; du⁵⁵ ‘short’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 810.27

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Akha (Yunnan)jɔprefix də ‘short’Hansson 89 AHKP: 382

6.2Naxi5

Laze (Xiangjiao)ɖæ˧˥ ‘short’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 1939

Na (Yongning)ɖæ˧ ‘short’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Naxi (Yongning)da³³ ‘short’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 810.29

Naxidɚ³³ adj‘short’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0973.45

Naxi (Lijiang)ndəɹ³³ ‘short’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 810.28

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5414, *dəw ‘SHORT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5414

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

References: JAM

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5414,
  title  = {{*dəw 'SHORT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5414},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5414}
}