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*tsyan ⪤ *dzyan

STRETCH OUT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*ʔ-džan³ ⪤ *ʔ-tšan³ ‘STRETCH OUT’

Reflexes & cognates27 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Tiddimzɑn ‘stretch’Chou 72: 371g
Tiddimˉzan/ˋzan v‘stretch’Henderson 65 TidC

4Nungic4

Dulongtɕɑ·n⁵⁵ v.‘stretch out (the arm)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1613.20
Dulongtɕɑːn⁵³ v.‘draw out / stretch’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1615.20
Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)tśan⁵³ ‘stretch out’LaPolla 87: 123
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)tśan⁵³ ‘stretch out’LaPolla 87: 123

6.1Lolo-Burmese3

*Lolo-Burmese(ʔ-)dzan³ ⪤ tsan³ ‘stretch out’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 011
*Lolo-Burmeseʔ-dzan3 ⪤ *tsan3 ‘stretch out’[Source note] [G&C 11].LaPolla 87: 123
*Lolo-Burmeseʔ-džan³ ⪤ ʔ-tšan³ ‘stretch out’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 588

6.1.1Burmish6

Burmese (Written)can' ‘stretched out, lengthened (simplex)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 011
Burmese (Written)canʼ ‘stretched out, lengthened’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)chan' ‘stretch out straight, lengthen something (causative)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 011
Burmese (Written)chanʼ ‘stretch out straight, lengthen’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)châŋ v.‘stretch out’Benedict 76 WBur
Atsi [Zaiwa]lo̱ʔ⁵⁵morpheme tʃen⁵⁵ v.‘draw out / stretch’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1615.30

6.1.2.2Central Loloish3

Lahuche ‘stretch out’LaPolla 87: 123
Lahu (Lancang)tɕhe³³ v.‘stretch out (the arm)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1613.43
Lahu (Lancang)tɕhe³³ v.‘extend / elongate’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1614.43

7Karenic16

*Karen (Pwo-Sgaw)cùq v.‘stretch out’Jones 61: 68
*Karen (TP)cwánq v.‘stretch out’Jones 61: 68
*Karencwánq v‘stretch out’Jones 61: 68
*Karen (Pwo)jɔ́nq v.‘stretch out (legs)’Jones 61: 545
*Karen (Sgaw)súʔ v.‘stretch out’Jones 61: 68
*Karen (Pwo)sɔ́nq v.‘stretch out’Jones 61: 68
Pa-Ocə́n v.‘stretch out’Jones 61: 68
Pa-Ojɔ̂ŋ v.‘stretch out (legs)’Jones 61: 545
Palaychicùq v.‘stretch out’Jones 61: 68
Palaychijó v.‘stretch out (legs)’Jones 61: 545
Pwo (Bassein)jɔ̀n v.‘stretch out (legs)’Jones 61: 545
Pwo (Bassein)sɔ̀n v.‘stretch out’Jones 61: 68
Pwo (Moulmein)jɔ́nʔ v.‘stretch out (legs)’Jones 61: 545
Pwo (Moulmein)sɔ́ʔ v.‘stretch out’Jones 61: 68
Sgaw (Bassein)sù v.‘stretch out’Jones 61: 68
Sgaw (Moulmein)súʔ v.‘stretch out’Jones 61: 68

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5720, *tsyan ⪤ *dzyan ‘STRETCH OUT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5720
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: Matisoff 85 GSTC:011
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5720,
  title  = {{*tsyan ⪤ *dzyan 'STRETCH OUT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5720},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5720}
}