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*m-dzya

EDGE / SIDE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Notes

This root has been uncovered in both Qiangic and Loloish. The nasal prefix is reflected by the voiced Lahu initial.

Reflexes & cognates22 reflexes · 5 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanm-dzya ‘edge / side’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 588

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Limbu-jaː ‘edge, blade’Michailovsky 89 Lm

3.2Qiangic17

Ersutɕhi⁵⁵ ‘edge’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 61.18
Guiqiongjɛ̃⁵⁵kɑ⁵⁵morpheme ‘edge’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 61.17
Pumi (Jiulong)ʐui¹¹mbe³⁵morpheme n‘edge / rim / margin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0718.10
Pumi (Lanping)dzə⁵⁵pe¹³morpheme n‘side’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0709.09
Pumi (Lanping)dzə⁵⁵to⁵⁵morpheme n‘edge / rim / margin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0718.09
Pumi (Qinghua)dzə⁵⁵ pe¹³morpheme ‘side’Lu 83 Pumi
Pumi (Qinghua)dzə⁵⁵pe¹³morpheme ‘side’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 55.11
Pumi (Qinghua)dzə⁵⁵to⁵⁵morpheme ‘edge’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 61.11
Pumi (Taoba)zi³⁵pe³⁵morpheme ‘edge’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 61.10
Qiang (Longxi)tɕà (piá)morpheme qómorpheme ‘knife edge’Evans 99 Qiang: 764
Qiang (Longxi)tɕà qómorpheme ‘knife edge’Evans 99 Qiang: 764
Qiang (Mawo)zi kamorpheme ‘edge’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 61.8
Queyu (Xinlong)ze¹³ʂkha⁵⁵morpheme n‘edge / rim / margin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0718.13
Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]zi⁵⁵kha⁵³morpheme ‘edge’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 61.16
Xumizɿ³³lɑ⁵⁵morpheme ‘edge’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 61.20
Zhaba (Daofu County)zʌ¹³ n‘edge / rim / margin’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0718.14

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2

Akha (Yunnan)bɛmorpheme dzé ? ‘edge’Hansson 89 AHKP: 202
Akha (Thai)bɛmorpheme-dzɛ́ ‘edge’Hansson 89 AHKP: 202

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #594, *m-dzya ‘EDGE / SIDE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/594
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p.169
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-594,
  title  = {{*m-dzya 'EDGE / SIDE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #594},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/594}
}