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STEDT #6004

*si

RAINBOW

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

As roots for RAINBOW go, this is not the worst attested. It seems to be especially common in Loloish.

Reflexes & cognates23 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group4

Angami (Khonoma)kwe#6006 PTB *s/m-kwa ‘RAINBOW’◦si ‘rainbow’Marrison 67 Naga

Angami (Kohima)pfe#6006 PTB *s/m-kwa ‘RAINBOW’◦sei ‘rainbow’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]mile#621 PTB *m/s-lay ⪤ *s-ley ‘TONGUE’MesorootsPKC *lay ‘TONGUE’PCN *m-lej(ʔ) ‘TONGUE’PTk *lej ‘TONGUE’PKar *bleᴬ ‘TONGUE’PKar *hlajᴮ ‘LICK (v.)’Allofams1a #621 PTB *m/s-lay ⪤ *s-ley ‘TONGUE’1b #623 PTB *s/m-l(y)a-t ‘TONGUE’1c #625 PTB *s-lyam ‘TONGUE / LICK / FLAME’1d #628 PTB *s-lyaːw ‘LICK / TONGUE’1e #629 PTB *m/s/g-lyak ‘LICK / TONGUE’◦sü ‘rainbow’Marrison 67 Naga

Sema [Sumi]mili#621 PTB *m/s-lay ⪤ *s-ley ‘TONGUE’MesorootsPKC *lay ‘TONGUE’PCN *m-lej(ʔ) ‘TONGUE’PTk *lej ‘TONGUE’PKar *bleᴬ ‘TONGUE’PKar *hlajᴮ ‘LICK (v.)’Allofams1a #621 PTB *m/s-lay ⪤ *s-ley ‘TONGUE’1b #623 PTB *s/m-l(y)a-t ‘TONGUE’1c #625 PTB *s-lyam ‘TONGUE / LICK / FLAME’1d #628 PTB *s-lyaːw ‘LICK / TONGUE’1e #629 PTB *m/s/g-lyak ‘LICK / TONGUE’◦sü ‘rainbow’Achumi 98: 2.5

3.2Qiangic2

Namuyinɛ⁵⁵morphemeŋkhɛ³³morphemezɿ³³ ‘rainbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 16.19

Namuyimu⁵⁵morphemenæ³³morphemenkhæ³¹morphemezɿ³¹ n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.46

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishʃi³ ‘rainbow’Bradley 79 PLo: 322

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish6

Gazhuowa⁵³morphemema³³morphemesɤ³⁵zɿ³¹morpheme n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.47

Nusu (Southern)tʂhɔ³¹morphemedʐi⁵³ ‘rainbow’Sun J 86 Nusu

Yi (Mile)si³³mu²¹morphemesi³³morphemelɯ³³morpheme ‘rainbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 16.25

Yi (Nanhua)mɯ²¹morphemeɕi³³dᴀ³³morpheme ‘rainbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 16.24

Yi (Xide)si³³morphemesi³³ ‘rainbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 16.21

Yi (Xide)si³⁴morphemesi³³ n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.35

6.1.2.2Central Loloish9

Lahu (Lancang)ɑ³³morphememv⁵³morphemelɑ³¹#6014 PTB *s-la ‘RAINBOW’ɕi³⁵dʑɔ³³#6007 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘RAINBOW’ n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.43

Lahu (Black)áprefix-lâ#6014 PTB *s-la ‘RAINBOW’-mìmorpheme-ší-jɔ#6007 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘RAINBOW’ ~ aprefix-lâ#6014 PTB *s-la ‘RAINBOW’-mìmorpheme-ší-jɔ#6007 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘RAINBOW’ ~ aprefix-lâ#6014 PTB *s-la ‘RAINBOW’-mɛ̀morpheme-ší-jɔ#6007 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘RAINBOW’ n.‘rainbow’Matisoff 88 DL: 95

Lahu (Black)ᴀ³³morphememu⁵³morphemelᴀ³¹#6014 PTB *s-la ‘RAINBOW’si³⁵dzɔ³³#6007 PTB *dzyaŋ ‘RAINBOW’ ‘rainbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 16.33

Lisu (Central)a¹morpheme-mu⁵morpheme-yi³morpheme-shï³ ‘rainbow’Fraser 22

Lisua⁵⁵morphememo³¹morphemeʃi³³ n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.40

Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵morphememɔ²¹morpheme ʃɿ⁴⁴khɔ⁵⁵morpheme N‘rainbow’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵morphememɔ²¹morphemeʃɿ⁴⁴ N‘rainbow’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisuɑ⁵⁵morphememu³¹morphemeʃɿ⁴⁴kho⁵⁵morpheme ‘rainbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 16.27

Yi (Sani)sz̯⁴⁴m̩¹¹morphemesz̯⁴⁴n̩⁵⁵morphemevz̩³³morphemetɒ³³morphememɒ³³morpheme n‘rainbow’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0011.39

6.2Naxi2

Na (Yongning)mv˧morphemeɕi˥dʑi˩morphemeʈʰɯ˩morpheme ‘rainbow’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Naxi (Yongning)mv³³morphemeɕi⁵⁵ ‘rainbow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 16.29

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6004, *si ‘RAINBOW’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6004

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6004,
  title  = {{*si 'RAINBOW'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6004},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6004}
}