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STEDT #5592

*sit

WHISTLE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reflexes & cognates21 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.1.1.1Western Tani2

Galo`si◦namsuffix v:c.arg.‘whistle’GLDC 09 Galo

2.1.2.1Tibetan2

Tibetan (Balti)ṣwiṯ ‘whistle’Rangan 75: 44
Tibetan (Written)sid-pasuffix v.‘whistle’Jäschke 1881: 573

3.3rGyalrongic1

Ergong (Daofu)swei swei ‘whistle’Dai 89 Daof: 11.5

3.3.1rGyalrong7

rGyalrong (Northern)taprefix◦fsi ‘whistle’Sun H 91 rNQ: 11.5
rGyalrong (Eastern)taprefix◦pʰsi ‘whistle’Sun H 91 rEQ: 11.5
rGyalrong (NW)taprefix◦swit ‘whistle’Sun H 91 rNW: 11.5
Caodengtɐ́prefix-fsi n‘whistle’Sun J 97 Cao
Caodengtɐ́prefix-fsi kɐprefix-lɐtmorpheme v‘whistle’Sun J 97 Cao
rGyalrongtəprefix wsit ‘whistle’Dai 89 Jiar: 11.5
rGyalrongtaprefix psi kaprefix letmorpheme ‘whistle’Nagano 97 GyQ: 11.5

4Nungic1

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)xwit⁵⁵ ‘whistle using the fingers’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

6.1.2Loloish1

Lolophoɕi⁵⁵ ‘whistle’Dai 89 Lolo: 11.5

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish2

Nosuɕɿ²¹tɕɿ³³morpheme ‘whistle’Chen 86 Yi: 11.5
Yi (Liangshan)ɕɿ²¹ʨɿ³³morpheme ‘blow (a whistle)’Ma 08 Yi: index

6.1.2.2Central Loloish5

Lahu (Black)tímorpheme-šîʔ ‘whistle’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 119
Lahu (Black)tímorpheme-šîʔ mɨ̀morpheme v.‘whistle’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 50
Lisusï3 ‘whistle’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 119
Lisu (Central)sï³ v.‘whistle’Fraser 22
Sani [Nyi]si⁵⁵si³³ ‘whistle’Chen 86 Yi: 11.5

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5592, *sit ‘WHISTLE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5592
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p. 349
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5592,
  title  = {{*sit 'WHISTLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5592},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5592}
}