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STEDT #5795

*ʔcwat

PLUCK

Proto-Lolo-Burmese · provisional

Notes

This root has a strong phonosemantic similarity to #5620 PTB *tsi LEAD / PULL ALONG, but separate roots are undoubtedly involved.

Chinese comparandum

撮 OC *ts’wɑ̂t, GSR #325e ‘pinch/pick up with fingers; collect, gather’; Schuessler 2007:200 *tshôt; B & S 2011: *tsʰˁot {[tsʰ]ˁot}; Mand. cuō.

Reflexes & cognates18 reflexes · 5 subgroups

6.1Lolo-Burmese4

*Lolo-Burmeseʔprefix-tšwatᴴ ‘pluck’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 618

*Lolo-Burmeseʔcwat ‘pluck’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 033

*Lolo-Burmeseʔcwat ‘pluck[2] (e.g. fowl, stringed’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 57

*Lolo-Burmeseʔčwatᴴ ‘pluck’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 43

6.1.1Burmish3

Burmese (Written)chwat ‘pluck, gather, as flowers / fruit’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 033

Burmese (Written)chwat ‘pluck’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 43

Burmese (Written)chwat v.‘pluck’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish6

Gazhuotshɤ⁵⁵ v.‘pluck (flowers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1782.47

Nusu (Central)tse̱⁵³ v.‘pluck (flowers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1782.34

Yi (Nanhua)tshæ̱³³ v.‘pluck (flowers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1782.37

Yi (Weishan)tsha³³ v.‘pluck (flowers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1782.36

Yi (Wuding)tshɿ̄² v.‘pluck (flowers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1782.38

Yi (Xide)ɕe³³ v.‘pluck (flowers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1782.35

6.1.2.2Central Loloish6

Jinuotshɯ⁵⁵ v.‘pluck (flowers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1782.44

Lahu (Black)cɨ̂ʔ ‘pinch (between the fingers), pluck’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 033

Lahu (Black)cɨ̂ʔ ‘pluck’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 43

Lahu (Black)g̈âʔ#1606 PTB *k-rak ‘FOWL / CHICKEN’PTani *rok ‘CHICKEN’-mumorpheme cɨ̂ʔ ve#450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’Allofams1 #1821 PTB *s/g-ray ⪤ *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD’1a #449 PTB *g-ray ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1b #658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’1c #450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1d #5495 PTB *s-ray ‘PLURALIZER’ ‘pluck a chicken's feathers’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 033

Lahu (Black)ɔ̀morpheme-vêʔ#2185 PTB *b/s-wat ‘FLOWER’PLB *s-watᴴ ‘BLOOM / FLOWER’ cɨ̂ʔ-g̈ɔ̀morpheme ve#450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’Allofams1 #1821 PTB *s/g-ray ⪤ *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD’1a #449 PTB *g-ray ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1b #658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’1c #450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1d #5495 PTB *s-ray ‘PLURALIZER’ ‘pluck a flower’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 033

Yi (Sani)ɕe² v.‘pluck (flowers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1782.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3

Akhaciˆ ‘pluck’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 43

Hani (Lüchun)tsɤ̱³³ v.‘pluck (flowers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1782.41

Hani (Mojiang)tshɿ̄³³ v.‘pluck (flowers)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1782.42

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5795, *ʔcwat ‘PLUCK’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5795

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5795,
  title  = {{*ʔcwat 'PLUCK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5795},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5795}
}