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STEDT #5647
*tsəy
WASH
Intermediate reconstructions
Lolo-Burmese*tsəy² ‘WASH’
Notes
This root bears a strong resemblance to #2671 PTB *m/b-s(y)il ⪤ *m/b-syal WASH / BATHE, and should perhaps be combined with it in the future.
Reflexes & cognates129 reflexes · 12 subgroups
1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1
3.2Qiangic16
3.3rGyalrongic1
3.3.1rGyalrong4
6.1Lolo-Burmese2
6.1.1Burmish22
6.1.2Loloish2
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish35
6.1.2.2Central Loloish23
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish14
Pyenla33#695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’MesorootsPTani *lak ‘HAND / ARM’PNN *glək ‘HAND’PLB *lakᴸ ‘HAND’PL *lakᴸ ‘HAND’Allofams1 #377 PTB *lak ⪤ *C-yak ‘ARM / HAND / WING’1a #695 PTB *lak ‘HAND/LIMB’1b #696 PTB *yak ‘ARM / HAND / ARMPIT / TICKLE’1c #699 PTB *d-yak ‘HAND / ARM / LEAF’1d #700 PTB *dak ‘ARM / HAND’1e #702 PTB *g-yak ‘ARM / HAND / CUBIT’1f #705 PTB *p-yak ‘ARM’1g #350 PTB *la ‘LEG / FOOT’1h #375 PTB *ya ‘LEG / FOOT’1i #888 PTB *d-ya OR *g-ya ‘FOOT’ pu31morpheme chi45 v.‘wash hand’Shintani 09 Pyen: 133039
6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish10
6.2Naxi2
Laze (Xiangjiao)pʰv˧#1186 PTB *pluŋ ‘FACE’PLB *pluːŋ² OR *pyuːŋ² ‘FACE’mie˧#681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’MesorootsPCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PLB *s-myak ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’tsʰɯ˧lu˧morpheme ‘washbasin, basin to wash one's face’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 1166
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #5647,
*tsəy ‘WASH’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5647Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: Matisoff 03 HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5647,
title = {{*tsəy 'WASH'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5647},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5647}
}