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STEDT #5525

*s-nyit

SQUEEZE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*ʔnyit ‘SQUEEZE / PRESS’

Connections

Allofams

Reflexes & cognates32 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

*Lolo-Burmeseʔnyit ‘squeeze / press’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 159(c)

6.1.1Burmish8

Burmese (Written)hñac v.‘squeeze; to milk’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)hȵɑs⁴ v.‘squeeze (for milk)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1405.26
Langsu (Luxi)na̱i⁵⁵ v.‘press / push down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1745.31
Maru [Langsu]na̱i⁵⁵ ‘press’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 671.43
Atsi [Zaiwa]ne̱⁵⁵ v.‘press / push down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1745.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]ne̱⁵⁵ ‘press’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 671.42

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Yi (Weishan)ʔnɪ̱²¹khy²¹morpheme v.‘crush to pieces’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1654.36

6.1.2.2Central Loloish20

Lahu (Lancang)ni³⁵ v.‘squeeze (for milk)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1405.43
Lahu (Lancang)ni¹¹ v.‘press / push down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1745.43
Lahu (Black)ní ‘squeeze’Lahu ní could alternatively descend from the *s-nip variant, since the Lahu reflex of *-ip is í after *glottalized initials.Matisoff 74 TJLB: 367
Lahu (Black)ní ‘squeeze / press’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 159(c)
Lahu (Yellow)ni⁴ ‘pinch’Chang 86
Lisu (Northern)ni⁵⁵ V‘press; print; suppress, press with hand or finger’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ni⁵⁵pja³³morpheme ‘press flat’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ni⁵⁵tshe³³morpheme ‘press down; press to obey’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisunyi1 ‘squeeze / press’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 159(c)
Lisu (Central)nyi¹ v.‘press’Fraser 22
Lisu (Central)nyi¹-hchē⁶morpheme v.‘crush’Fraser 22
Lisuȵi⁵⁵ ‘press (with palm or finger)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1129.40
Lisuȵi⁵⁵ v.‘press / push down’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1745.40
Lisuȵi⁵⁵ ‘press’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 671.27
Lisuȵi⁵⁵nɯ³¹morphemee³³morpheme v.‘crush to pieces’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1654.40
Lisu (Central)ɲi⁵⁵ V‘press; print; suppress, press with hand or finger’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Central)ɲi⁵⁵pja³³morpheme ‘press flat’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Central)ɲi⁵⁵tshe³³morpheme ‘press down; press to obey’Bradley 94 Lisu
Yi (Sani)ȵe⁴⁴nu⁴⁴morpheme v.‘crush to pieces’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1654.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3

Akhanyeh LS ‘squeeze / press’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 159(c)
Akhanyeh˰ (<PLB ‘squeeze’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 367
Akhaʔnyit) ‘squeeze’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 367

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5525, *s-nyit ‘SQUEEZE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5525
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB pp. 349, 355
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5525,
  title  = {{*s-nyit 'SQUEEZE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5525},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5525}
}