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STEDT #5721

t(y)a-n ⪤ tsa-n

RED

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*sʰan ⪤ *sʰen ‘RED’

Notes

There may well be an allofamic connection between this etymon and #2683 PTB *tsya(k/ŋ) RED / DARK-COLORED / BLACK.

Chinese comparandum

綪 OC *ts’iən, GSR #812t’ ‘red, dark red’; Schuessler 2007:426 *tshêns < *k-sêns; Mand. qìan.
騂 OC *si̯ĕng, GSR #821c ‘red horse; red, bay, brown’; Schuessler 2007:426 *seŋ; Mand. xīng.

Reflexes & cognates57 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burmant(s)aːy ‘red’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 616

*Tibeto-Burmant(y)a-n ‘red’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 616

*Tibeto-Burmant(y)a-n ⪤ *t(s)aay ‘red’[Source note] [G&C 150].LaPolla 87: 113

*Tibeto-Burmant(y)a-n ⪤ t(s)aːy ‘red’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 150

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinsʰan ⪤ sʰen VanBik 09 PKC: 692

1.2.1.1Northern Chin19

Kuki-Chinthi#230 PTB *s-hywəy-t ‘BLOOD’MesorootsPTani *viː ‘BLOOD’PKC *thii ‘BLOOD’PCN *a-(h)jəjʔ ‘BLOOD’PTk *ʃi ‘BLOOD’PNN *C̥-həːy ‘BLOOD’PNN *syi ‘BLOOD’PLB *swəy² ‘BLOOD’PKar *swiᴮ ‘BLOOD’Allofams1a #230 PTB *s-hywəy-t ‘BLOOD’1b #5485 PTB *suy ‘MARROW’◦san ‘blood’Haokip 98: 8.7

Sizangmīmorpheme ikmorpheme sāmorpheme san ‘red (ant)’VanBik 09 PKC: 692

Thadoăprefix-śen ‘red’Benedict 72 STC: 17n63

Thadoǎprefix◦sén ‘red’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 150

Thadoaprefix◦sén ‘red’LaPolla 87: 113

Thadosěn-I, sèn-II ‘red’VanBik 09 PKC: 692

Thadothí#230 PTB *s-hywəy-t ‘BLOOD’MesorootsPTani *viː ‘BLOOD’PKC *thii ‘BLOOD’PCN *a-(h)jəjʔ ‘BLOOD’PTk *ʃi ‘BLOOD’PNN *C̥-həːy ‘BLOOD’PNN *syi ‘BLOOD’PLB *swəy² ‘BLOOD’PKar *swiᴮ ‘BLOOD’Allofams1a #230 PTB *s-hywəy-t ‘BLOOD’1b #5485 PTB *suy ‘MARROW’◦sʌ̀n ‘blood’Thirumalai 72: 68

Tiddim-san/ˋsan v‘red’Henderson 65 TidC

Tiddimsan ‘red’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 150

Tiddimsan ‘red’LaPolla 87: 113

Tiddimsan ‘red’Benedict 72 STC: 18n63

Tiddimsi¹#230 PTB *s-hywəy-t ‘BLOOD’MesorootsPTani *viː ‘BLOOD’PKC *thii ‘BLOOD’PCN *a-(h)jəjʔ ‘BLOOD’PTk *ʃi ‘BLOOD’PNN *C̥-həːy ‘BLOOD’PNN *syi ‘BLOOD’PLB *swəy² ‘BLOOD’PKar *swiᴮ ‘BLOOD’Allofams1a #230 PTB *s-hywəy-t ‘BLOOD’1b #5485 PTB *suy ‘MARROW’ san² ‘blood ("red blood")’VanBik 09 PKC: 692

Tiddimtśan ‘red’LaPolla 87: 113

Tiddimtśhan ‘red’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 150

Tiddimtśhan ‘red’Benedict 72 STC: 159n429

Tiddimtśhɑn ‘red’Chou 72: 812t'

Tiddimtya-n ‘red’Benedict 72 STC: 159n429

Tiddimza³morpheme san² ‘red pepper’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1985

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin9

Ashosèn ‘red’VanBik 09 PKC: 692

Chinbonḁprefix◦šʰin ‘red’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 237

Cho (Mindat)aprefix hlen ‘red’VanBik 09 PKC: 692

Daaishen ‘red’VanBik 09 PKC: 692

Daaisʰɛn ‘red’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 237

Khumipsieeng ‘red, redden’VanBik 09 PKC: 692

Mkaangšʰɛn ‘red’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 237

Ngmüünsʰɛn ‘red’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 237

Nyhmoyesʰɛn ‘red’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 237

1.2.2Central Chin12

Lai (Hakha)sên-I, sěn-II ‘red’VanBik 09 PKC: 692

Lai (Falam)sěn-INV ‘red’VanBik 09 PKC: 692

Laizosén ‘red’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 150

Laizosěn ‘red’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 150

Laizosén ‘red’LaPolla 87: 113

Laizosěn ‘red’LaPolla 87: 113

Lushai [Mizo]ár#5104 PKC *hluy ‘COCK / ROOSTER’ hlúimorpheme sén n‘red cock’VanBik 09 PKC: 1104

Lushai [Mizo]sen ‘red’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]śen ‘red’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 150

Lushai [Mizo]sén ‘red, crimson, scarlet’VanBik 09 PKC: 692

Lushai [Mizo]śen ‘red’LaPolla 87: 113

Lushai [Mizo]śen ‘red’Benedict 72 STC: 17n63

1.2.3Maraic3

Lakher [Mara]sài ‘red, crimson, rosy’VanBik 09 PKC: 692

Lakher [Mara]sai ‘red’LaPolla 87: 113

Lakher [Mara]sai-lawmorpheme ‘red’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 150

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Kom Remtʰi#230 PTB *s-hywəy-t ‘BLOOD’MesorootsPTani *viː ‘BLOOD’PKC *thii ‘BLOOD’PCN *a-(h)jəjʔ ‘BLOOD’PTk *ʃi ‘BLOOD’PNN *C̥-həːy ‘BLOOD’PNN *syi ‘BLOOD’PLB *swəy² ‘BLOOD’PKar *swiᴮ ‘BLOOD’Allofams1a #230 PTB *s-hywəy-t ‘BLOOD’1b #5485 PTB *suy ‘MARROW’◦sen ‘blood’Toba 91 KRQ: 8.7

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)5

Lotha Nagae¹prefix-tʃen³ n.‘blood’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦chen ‘blood’Marrison 67 Naga

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦jen ‘blood’Murry 78: 10

Lotha NagaEprefix◦jeN ‘blood’Nienu 90 LotQ: 8.7

Lotha Naga¹eprefix³džen(ʔ) ‘blood’Weidert 87 TBTo: 260

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Sakʃá vi‘red’Huziwara 08 Sak: 333

6.1.1Burmish7

Burmese (Written)ta ‘very red, flaming red’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)ta / tya ‘red (very, flaming)’Benedict 72 STC: 18n63

Burmese (Written)ta~tya ‘flaming red, very red (intensive)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 150

Burmese (Written)ta~tya ‘red’LaPolla 87: 113

Burmese (Written)tya ‘very red’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)tya/ta ‘red (very-, flaming-)’Benedict 72 STC: 159n429

Burmese (Written)tyɑ~tɑ ‘very red / flaming red (intensv)’Chou 72: 812t'

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5721, *t(y)a-n ⪤ *tsa-n ‘RED’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5721

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

References: JAM

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5721,
  title  = {{*t(y)a-n ⪤ *tsa-n 'RED'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5721},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5721}
}