*pyi(n/t)

UNTIE / LOOSEN

Proto-Nungic

Notes

Contra HPTB:520, we no longer consider this to be related to #5646 PTB *prəy UNTIE *pyin ⪤ *pyit UNTIE / LOOSEN.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 2 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanpyin ⪤ pyit ‘untie / loosen’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 609

4Nungic4

Anongph(y)it / ph(y)in ‘loose, untie’Benedict 72 STC: 99n283

Trung [Dulong]pɯt⁵⁵; kɑʔ⁵⁵morpheme ‘untie’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 662.46

Dulongpɯ³¹nɯn⁵⁵morpheme ‘lax / loose / slack’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1041.20

Dulongɑ³¹prefixpɯt⁵⁵ v.‘come loose (shoelace)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1599.20

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5563, *pyi(n/t) ‘UNTIE / LOOSEN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5563

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

References: cf. HPTB p. 520

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5563,
  title  = {{*pyi(n/t) 'UNTIE / LOOSEN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5563},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5563}
}