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STEDT #600

*m-ts(y/r)il

SPIT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*tsil ‘SPITTLE / SALIVA’PKC #564

Central Naga (Ao Group)*m-tʃə ‘SALIVA, SPITTLE / SPIT (v.)’PCN #098

Tangkhulic*cer ‘SALIVA’DRM#621

Connections

HPTB*m-ts(y)il ⪤ *m-tśril ‘spit / spittle / saliva’pp. 79, 80, 119, 124, 410, 411, 424

Reflexes & cognates76 reflexes · 17 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)6

*Tibeto-Burmanm-ts(y)il ‘spit / spittle / saliva’Mortensen 12 Tk

*Tibeto-Burmanm-ts(y)il ‘spittle’Benedict 72 STC: 231

*Tibeto-Burmanm-ts(y)il ⪤ *m-thil ‘spittle’LaPolla 87: 118

*Tibeto-Burmanm-ts(y)il ⪤ m-tśril ‘spit / spittle / saliva’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 618

*Tibeto-Burmanm-tśril ‘spittle’Chou 72: 979

*Tibeto-Burmanm-tśril ‘spittle’Benedict 72 STC: 55n184

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chintsil ‘SPITTLE / SALIVA’VanBik 09 PKC: 564

1.2.1.1Northern Chin8

Kuki-Chinchil ‘saliva’Haokip 98: 3.7.5

Kuki-Chinchil◦setmorpheme v‘spit’Haokip 98: 3.7.11

Paitechil ‘spittle’VanBik 09 PKC: 564

Sizangchil ‘spittle, saliva’VanBik 09 PKC: 564

Thadotsǐl ‘saliva, spittle’VanBik 09 PKC: 564

Tiddimčil ‘spittle / saliva’Matisoff 87 BP

Tiddimcil² sia¹morpheme v‘spit’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 179

Tiddimtsil² ‘spittle, saliva’VanBik 09 PKC: 564

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin4

Cho (Mindat)m-si ‘saliva’VanBik 09 PKC: 564

Daaim̩si ‘spit’So-Hartmann 88 Chin: 112

Khumipamorpheme-čhi ‘spittle / saliva’Matisoff 87 BP

Khumipcíi ‘spittle’VanBik 09 PKC: 564

1.2.2Central Chin7

Lai (Hakha)tsîl ‘saliva, spittle’VanBik 09 PKC: 564

Lai (Falam)tsǐl ‘saliva, spittle’VanBik 09 PKC: 564

Laizotsil ‘spittle / saliva’Matisoff 87 BP

Lushai [Mizo]chil ‘spittle / saliva’Matisoff 87 BP

Lushai [Mizo]chíl ‘spittle, saliva’VanBik 09 PKC: 564

Lushai [Mizo]tsíl ‘saliva’Weidert 87 TBTo: 616

Lushai [Mizo]tśil ‘spittle’Benedict 72 STC: 231

1.2.3Maraic2

Lakher [Mara]pāprefix-chì ‘spittle, saliva’VanBik 09 PKC: 564

Lakher [Mara]²pəprefix¹tsi ‘saliva’Weidert 87 TBTo: 616

1.2.4“Old Kuki”3

Lamkangpimorpheme-tíl ‘saliva’Weidert 87 TBTo: 616

Moyonbʌmorpheme◦cír ‘saliva’Kosha 90: 3.7.5

Moyonbʌmorpheme◦cír◦khæ̀n#539 PTB *kan ‘PHLEGM / SALIVA’ ‘saliva (dribbling from mouth)’Kosha 90: 3.7.5

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)17

*Central Nagam-tʃə ‘SALIVA, SPITTLE / SPIT (v.)’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.098

*Aom-tsə ‘SALIVA, SPITTLE’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.184

Ao (Chungli)metsü-metsü v‘spit’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)metsə ‘spittle’Benedict 72 STC: 118n327

Ao (Chungli)mə²tsə² n.‘saliva, spittle’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.184

Ao (Chungli)mə²tsə²-tuk³#6717 PCN *tjuk ‘ABANDON / LEAVE / AWAY’ v.‘spit’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Ao (Chungli)²mɯ³tsɯ³tuk#6717 PCN *tjuk ‘ABANDON / LEAVE / AWAY’ v.‘spit’Weidert 87 TBTo: 682

Ao (Mongsen: Khensa)mətsə v.‘spit’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.184

Ao (Mongsen: Khensa)mətsə-tʃuk#6717 PCN *tjuk ‘ABANDON / LEAVE / AWAY’ v.‘spit out’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.376

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)metsü-chuk#6717 PCN *tjuk ‘ABANDON / LEAVE / AWAY’ v‘spit’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)mətsə n.‘spittle’Coupe 07 Ao

Lotha Nagan̩¹-tʃə¹ n.‘saliva, spittle’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.098

Lotha Naganjü ‘saliva’Murry 78: 107

Lotha NagaNjU ‘saliva’Nienu 90 LotQ: 3.7.5

Lotha NagaNjU Nchokamorpheme v‘spit’Nienu 90 LotQ: 3.7.11

Sangtammüjü v.‘spit’Kumar 73 Sang

Sangtammüjü v‘spit’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group4

Ntenyimeshu◦kimorpheme v‘spit’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦miti v‘spit’Achumi 98: 3.7.11

Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦mti-müsüvemorpheme v‘spit’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]əprefix◦mthi ‘spittle’Benedict 72 STC: 118n327

1.3.4Tangkhulic8

*Tangkhuliccer ‘saliva’Mortensen 12 Tk: 621

Huishuʔamorpheme-tsammorpheme-tsɐr-ruk n.‘spit’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.065

Kachaiməmorpheme-cir-ðimorpheme ‘saliva’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.066

Kachaiməmorpheme-cir-ðimorpheme v.‘spit’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.073

Kachaiməmorpheme-tɕir-ðimorpheme ‘spit’Mortensen 12 Tk

Tusomməmorpheme-tsy-tsymorpheme ‘saliva’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.074

Tusomməmorpheme-tsymorpheme-tsy kʰəmorpheme-məmorpheme-sxumorpheme v.‘spit’Mortensen 12 Tk: BodyParts.082

Ukhrulməmorpheme-cor-rumorpheme ‘spit’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.4Meithei4

Meitheitin ‘saliva’Singh 91 MeiQ: 3.7.5

Meitheitin sitmorpheme◦pəsuffix v.‘spit’Singh 91 MeiQ: 3.7.11

Meitheitin◦shitmorpheme v‘spit’Marrison 67 Naga

Meitheitin◦sitmorpheme◦pasuffix v.‘spit’Abbi 85

2.1.2.1Tibetan7

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)mtɕhi masuffix ‘saliva / spittle’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 280.5

Sherpace◦makqmorpheme ‘spittle / saliva’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Sherpa:Helambu)che◦mungmorpheme ‘saliva’Bishop 89: 3.7.5

Spitichi◦makmorpheme ‘saliva’Bodh 91: 3.7.5

Tibetan (Written)mc̀ʻil-masuffix ‘spittle / saliva’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)mtśhil-masuffix ‘spittle’Benedict 72 STC: 30n95

Tibetan (Written)mtʃhil-masuffix ‘saliva, spittle’Zhang Liansheng 88: 63

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Bahingrømorpheme-tsø-kømorpheme ‘spittle / saliva’Matisoff 87 BP

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang4

Kham'tihl ‘saliva’Watters 89 KhQ: 2.A.67

Kham'tihl ‘spittle / saliva’Matisoff 87 BP

Kham'tihl-nyamorpheme v.‘spit’Watters 89 KhQ: 2.B.2.6

Khamtihl-nyāmorpheme v.‘spit’Matisoff 87 BP

3.3.1rGyalrong3

rGyalrong (NW)ptɕʰi◦ɕimorpheme v‘spit’Sun H 91 rNW: 3.7.11

rGyalrong (NW)təprefix◦mtɕʰi ‘saliva’Sun H 91 rNW: 3.7.5

rGyalrong (Northern)təprefix◦mtʃe ‘saliva’Sun H 91 rNQ: 3.7.5

4Nungic6

Rawang(thɯl³³) thɯl³³ ɕi³¹morpheme ‘spit’LaPolla 03: 1452

Anongthil ‘spittle’Benedict 72 STC: 231

Anongthil thil v.‘spit’LaPolla 87: 118

Anongthil thil v.‘spit’Benedict 72 STC: 231

Rawangthɯl³³ ‘saliva’LaPolla 03: 173

Trung [Dulong]cɯ̆l⁵⁵ ‘saliva / spittle’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 280.46

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lahu (Black)cí-khɨ̂morpheme ~ cí-ɣɨ̂morpheme ‘spittle / saliva’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #600, *m-ts(y/r)il ‘SPIT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/600

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

References: cf. STC#231, HPTB pp. 79, 80, 119, 124, 410, 411, 424

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-600,
  title  = {{*m-ts(y/r)il 'SPIT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #600},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/600}
}