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STEDT #5550

*m-dzy(u/i)t

TEAR / RIP
Proto-Lolo-Burmese

Notes

It seems likely that this root is allofamically related to #69 PTB *(d)ziːt ⪤ *(t)siːt SPLIT.

Reflexes & cognates21 reflexes · 4 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmandzyut ⪤ dzyit ‘tear / rip’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 589

6.1Lolo-Burmese2

6.1.1Burmish7

Burmese (Written)chut v.‘tear, sever’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)cut ‘torn; tangled’Benedict 76 WBur
Maru [Langsu]lɔ̃⁵⁵morphemetʃhat⁵⁵ v‘tear’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 553.43
Atsi [Zaiwa]laŋ²¹morpheme tʃheʔ⁵⁵ v.‘tear up / rip’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1650.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]laŋ²¹morphemetʃheʔ⁵⁵ v‘tear’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 553.42

6.1.2.2Central Loloish14

Lisuchï2 ‘tear / rip’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 110(b)
Lisu (Central)chï²-hha⁶morpheme-lye³morpheme v.‘tear’Fraser 22
Lisutʃi³⁵ v.‘tear up / rip’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1650.40
Lisu (Northern)tʃɿ³⁵ V‘pull up; tear; play; pump up;’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisutʃɿ³⁵ v‘tear’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 553.27
Lisu (Northern)tʃɿ³⁵ha²¹morpheme ‘tear’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)tʃɿ³⁵ha²¹morphemeje³³morpheme ‘tear (naturally)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)tʃɿ³⁵ha²¹morphemekɯ³³morpheme ‘tear (deliberately)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)tʃɿ³⁵ha²¹morphemele³³morpheme ‘tear (unintentionally)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Yi (Sani)dʑi² v.‘tear up / rip’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1650.39
Sani [Nyi]ne⁴⁴morphemeʐi³³ ‘tear’Chen 86 Yi: 3.4.6
Yi (Sani)tɕi⁴⁴ v.‘tear up / rip’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1650.39
Sani [Nyi]tɕʻi 44 ~ tɕi 44 ‘claw / tear out’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 110(b)

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5550, *m-dzy(u/i)t ‘TEAR / RIP’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5550
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p. 365
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5550,
  title  = {{*m-dzy(u/i)t 'TEAR / RIP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5550},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5550}
}