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STEDT #6079

*suːr ⪤ *swaːr

SOUR / BE ACID
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

initials,swrhymeu:r,a:r

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*thu(u)r ⪤ *tho(o)r ‘ACID / SOUR’PKC #369
Central Naga (Ao Group)*a-san ‘SOUR’PCN #167
Tangkhulic*tʰuur ‘SOUR’DRM#524

Connections

HPTB*suːr ⪤ *swaːr ‘sour / be acid’pp. 85, 384, 398, 402, 426, 449, 475, 514

Chinese comparandum

酸 OC *swɑ̂n, GSR #468e’ ‘sour’; Schuessler 2007:484 *sôn; B & S 2011: *sˁor {[s]ˁor}; Mand. suān.

Reflexes & cognates44 reflexes · 14 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burmansuːr ⪤ swaːr ‘sour / be acid’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 613
*Tibeto-Burmanswɑːr ‘sour’Chou 72: 468e
*Tibeto-Karenswɑːr ‘sour’Chou 72: 468e

1.1.2Deng1

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinthu(u)r ⪤ tho(o)r ‘ACID / SOUR’VanBik 09 PKC: 369

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

Paitethuuk ‘acid’VanBik 09 PKC: 369
Sizanghtūk hī ‘acid’VanBik 09 PKC: 369
Thadothûʔ-I, thùʔ-II be v.‘sour’VanBik 09 PKC: 369
Tiddimthuːk¹ ‘sour’VanBik 09 PKC: 369
Tiddimthuːk¹ vi‘sour’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1906

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Cho (Mindat)m-thui v‘make sour, acid (foods, drinks)’VanBik 09 PKC: 369

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)thûr ⪤ thôr-I, thǔr ⪤ thǒr-II be v.‘acid, sour’VanBik 09 PKC: 369
Lai (Falam)thúur-INV ‘sour, acid’VanBik 09 PKC: 369
Lushai [Mizo]thǔur be v.‘acid, to be sour, to be tart’VanBik 09 PKC: 369
Lushai [Mizo]thuːr vi‘acid; sour’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 3006

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]tháo ‘acid, sour, astringent’VanBik 09 PKC: 369

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)20

*Central Nagaaprefix-san be v.‘SOUR’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.167
*Aoaprefix-sən be v.‘SOUR’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.109
Ao (Chungli)-sɯ̀n be v.‘sour’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 4
Ao (Chungli)a³prefix-sən¹ be v.‘sour’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.109
Ao (Chungli)taprefix◦sen ‘sour’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)³taprefix¹sɯn v.i.‘sour’Weidert 87 TBTo: 913
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)tüprefix◦san ‘sour’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)(NZPprefix-) sə́n be v.‘sour’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagathen³- be v.‘sour’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.167
Lotha Nagaeprefix◦them ‘sour’Murry 78: 114
Lotha Nagat̯hēn̯◦àsuffix ‘sour’Acharya 75
Lotha Nagathen◦asuffix ‘sour’Marrison 67 Naga
Lotha Nagathen◦asuffix ‘sour’Murry 78: 114
Lotha Naga³ten v.i.‘sour’Weidert 87 TBTo: 913
Sangtamaprefix◦si ‘sour’Marrison 67 Naga
Sangtam¹aprefix²si v.i.‘sour’Weidert 87 TBTo: 913
Yacham-Tengsasen◦lamorpheme ‘sour’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrüaprefix◦san ‘sour’Kumar 73 Yim: 37
Yimchungrüaprefix◦sho ‘sour’Marrison 67 Naga
Yimchungrü²aprefix◦²san [¹] v.i.‘sour’Weidert 87 TBTo: 913

1.3.4Tangkhulic7

Huishukəmorpheme-tʰu ‘sour’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.146
Kachaikəmorpheme-tʰur ‘sour’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.128
Tangkhulkamorpheme◦thur ‘sour’Marrison 67 Naga
Tusomkəmorpheme-tʰɯ ‘sour’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.165
Ukhrulkəmorpheme-tʰur be v.‘sour; angry; bitter (person)’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Kanaurisurkh adj‘sour’Bailey 11

2.3.2Southern Kiranti1

Rodongsur-emorpheme ‘sour’Benedict 72 STC: 42

4Nungic1

Trung [Dulong]sulB ‘spoiled’Chou 72: 468e

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6079, *suːr ⪤ *swaːr ‘SOUR / BE ACID’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6079
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#042, HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6079,
  title  = {{*suːr ⪤ *swaːr 'SOUR / BE ACID'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6079},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6079}
}