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STEDT #5646

*prəy

UNTIE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*prəy¹ ‘UNTIE’

Notes

This root was originally set up only at the PLB level (cf. HPTB:73), but Qiangic/rGyalrongic cognates have since been discovered, which allow us to set it up for PTB. The Ergong form indicates that this root could take the *s- prefix.

Contra HPTB:520, we no longer consider this to be related to #5563 PNungic *pyi(n/t) UNTIE / LOOSEN.

Chinese comparandum

解 OC *kĕg, GSR #861a ‘cut up, divide; loosen; explain’; Schuessler 2007:313 *krêʔ; B & S 2011: *kˁreʔ; Mand. jiě.
解 OC *g’ĕg, GSR #861a ‘understand’; Schuessler 2007:313 *grêʔ; B & S 2011: *N.kˁreʔ {N-kˁreʔ}; Mand. xiè.
懈/解 OC *kĕg ~ *g’ĕg, GSR #861b ‘lazy, idle; remiss, careless’; Schuessler 2007:313 *krêh; B & S 2011: *N.kˁreʔ; Mand. xiè.

Reflexes & cognates55 reflexes · 9 subgroups

3.2Qiangic9

Ersuphɛ³³tʃhɑ⁵⁵morpheme ‘untie’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 662.18
Namuyiphʂɿ⁵⁵ ‘untie’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 662.19
Namuyimi³³morphemephʐə⁵³ v.‘untie / undo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1600.46
Pumi (Qinghua)thə¹³morphemephʐɯ⁵⁵ ‘untie’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 662.11
Pumi (Taoba)thə³⁵morphemephʐə⁵³ ‘untie’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 662.10
Qiang (Mawo)ɛmorpheme phɛ v.‘untie / undo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1600.08
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]wə³⁵morphemephə⁵⁵tʂhu⁵³morpheme ‘untie’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 662.16
Xumilɛ³³morphemephu⁵⁵ ‘untie’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 662.20

3.3rGyalrongic2

Daofuɣəmorpheme phrə v.‘untie / undo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1600.12

6.1Lolo-Burmese1

6.1.1Burmish16

Achang (Lianghe)phu⁵⁵ ‘untie’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Luxi)phɯ³⁵ ‘untie’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Xiandao)phi⁵⁵ v.‘untie / undo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1600.29
Bola (Luxi)la̱ʔ⁵⁵morpheme phi⁵⁵ v.‘untie / undo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1600.32
Bola (Luxi)la̱ʔ⁵⁵morpheme phəi⁵⁵ v.‘untie / undo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1600.32
Burmese (Written)phrañ ‘untie, unloose, unfold ( = phre )’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)phre ‘untie, unroll; appease’Benedict 76 WBur
Leqi (Luxi)phɔːi³¹ v.‘untie / undo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1600.33

6.1.2Loloish1

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish13

Gazhuophi³³tɕhɛ³¹morpheme v.‘untie / undo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1600.47
Lalophə́ ‘untie’Björverud 94
Nusu (Central)phɹi³³ v.‘untie / undo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1600.34
Nusu (Northern)phɹi³¹ ‘untie’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Southern)phɹi⁵⁵ ‘untie’Sun J 86 Nusu
Yi (Liangshan)phu³³ ‘separate (open); undo; untie’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Nanhua)ʐu³³morphemephe⁵⁵ v.‘untie / undo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1600.37
Yi (Nanjian)phɯ⁵⁵ ‘untie’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 662.23
Yi (Weishan)phɯ⁵⁵ v.‘untie / undo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1600.36
Yi (Xide)phu³³ v.‘untie / undo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1600.35

6.1.2.2Central Loloish9

Jinuophɯ³³phjɐ³³morpheme ‘untie’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 662.34
Jinuophɯ⁴⁴ phjə³⁵morpheme v.‘untie / undo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1600.44
Lahu (Lancang)phɯ³³ v.‘untie / undo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1600.43
Lahu (Yellow)phɯ¹ ‘untie’Chang 86
Lisu (Northern)phɤ³³ V‘untie; explain’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phɤ³³kɯ³³morpheme ‘untie’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisuphɯ³³ v.‘untie / undo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1600.40
Lisuphɯ⁴⁴ ‘untie’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 662.27

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish5

Hani (Lüchun)phɯ⁵⁵bje³¹morpheme v.‘untie / undo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1600.41
Hani (Caiyuan)phɤ⁵⁵phi̱³¹morpheme ‘untie’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 662.30
Hani (Gelanghe)phɯ⁵⁵ ‘untie’Li Yongsui 86 Hani
Mpiphɯ⁵ ‘untie’Srinuan 76

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish1

Pholapʰi⁵⁵tʰi³¹morpheme ‘untie’Pelkey 11 Phula: 732

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5646, *prəy ‘UNTIE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5646
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: Matisoff 03 HPTB:73
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5646,
  title  = {{*prəy 'UNTIE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5646},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5646}
}