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STEDT #5790

*dzyaŋ

CORRECT / RIGHT / PROPER / OUGHT
Proto-Lolo-Burmese · provisional

Notes

Note the difference between the present reconstruction and that of Bradley 1979. The Lahu reflex is consistent with either.

Reflexes & cognates36 reflexes · 5 subgroups

6.1.1Burmish5

Bola (Luxi)tʃɔ³¹ ‘right / correct’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1045.32
Langsu (Luxi)tʃɔ³¹ ‘right / correct’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1045.31
Maru [Langsu]tʃɔ³¹ ‘right / correct’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 902.43
Atsi [Zaiwa]tʃo²¹ ‘right / correct’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1045.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]tʃo⁵⁵ ‘right / correct’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 902.42

6.1.2Loloish2

*LoloishCprefix-t(s)a(w)¹/² ‘correct’Bradley 79 PLo: 525
*LoloishCprefix-tsaw² v.‘ought’Bradley 79 PLo: 789

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish12

Nusu (Central)dzo³¹ ‘right / correct’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1045.34
Yi (Liangshan)dʐo²¹ʦɛ³³morpheme ‘correct (true); right (correct); true (correct)’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)tʂɯ⁵⁵ ‘all right; correct (true); OK; right (correct); yes’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)ʦo³³ʦo³³ ‘just right’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Liangshan)ʦo³⁴nʣɯ³³morpheme ‘exactly; just right’Ma 08 Yi: index
Yi (Mojiang)tsɯ̃⁵⁵ ‘right, just, upright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 827.26
Yi (Mojiang)tsɯ̃⁵⁵tɕho̱²¹morpheme ‘right / correct’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 902.26
Yi (Nanhua)ʑᴀ²¹morphemetʂɯ³³ŋᴀ³³morpheme ‘right / correct’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 902.24
Yi (Wuding)tʂv̩⁵⁵zɒ¹¹morpheme ‘guessed right, have’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1166.38
Yi (Xide)dʐo²¹ ‘right, just, upright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 827.21
Yi (Xide)dʐo²¹tse³³morpheme ‘right / correct’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 902.21
Yi (Xide)tʂɯ⁵⁵ ‘right / correct’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1045.35

6.1.2.2Central Loloish13

Jinuo (Youle)tʃə³⁵morphemetɕhɔ⁴² ‘correct’Gai 86
Lahu (Lancang)tɕɔ⁵³ ‘right / correct’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1045.43
Lahu (Black)tsɔ⁵³ ‘right / correct’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 902.33
Lahu (Yellow)tsɔ³ ‘should / ought to’Chang 86
Lisudzo³¹ ‘right / correct’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1045.40
Lisudzo³¹ ‘right / correct’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 902.27
Lisu (Northern)dzɔ²¹ V‘correct; right’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)dzɔ²¹dzɔ³⁵za²¹morpheme ‘appropriate; suitable; proper’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)dzɔ²¹lɔ³³morpheme tø³⁵morphemelɔ³³morpheme ‘correct’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)dzɔ²¹na³³morphemetɔ³³morpheme ‘safe; appropriate; proper’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)je³³morphemedzɔ²¹ ‘what is done is right; correct’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)pha³³morphemedzɔ³⁵ V‘just right’Bradley 94 Lisu

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish6

Hani (Dazhai)dzɔ⁵⁵pha⁵⁵morpheme ‘correct / change’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 625.31
Hani (Caiyuan)tsɤŋ⁵⁵ ‘right, just, upright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 827.30
Hani (Shuikui)tʃɛ̃⁵⁵ ‘right, just, upright’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 827.32
Hani (Shuikui)tʃɯ⁵⁵ ‘right / correct’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 902.32
Hani (Mojiang)tshɔ³¹zv̩³³morpheme ‘guessed right, have’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1166.42
Hani (Mojiang)tsɔ³³ ‘right / correct’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1045.42

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5790, *dzyaŋ ‘CORRECT / RIGHT / PROPER / OUGHT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5790
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5790,
  title  = {{*dzyaŋ 'CORRECT / RIGHT / PROPER / OUGHT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5790},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5790}
}