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STEDT #6123

*dziŋ

PLANT (n.) / TREE

Reflexes & cognates105 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmandziŋ n‘plant / tree’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 588

4Nungic1

Anongsɿ⁵⁵morphemedzɯn³¹ ‘tree’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 178.44

6.1.1Burmish2

Achang (Longchuan)saŋ³¹morphemetseŋ⁵⁵ n‘tree’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0372.28
Achang (Longchuan)saŋ³¹morphemetseŋ⁵⁵ ‘tree’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 178.41

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish23

Laloʔnýmorpheme-dzí ‘China fir’Björverud 94
Nusu (Northern)she³¹morphemedzə³⁵ ‘fir’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Bijiang)shuɑʴ³⁵morphemedzə̃ʴ³⁵ ‘fir’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 181.45
Nusu (Southern)ʑu̱³¹morphemedzə³⁵ ‘fir’Sun J 86 Nusu
Yi (Mile)ŋɯ³³morphemetsɛ³³ ‘fir’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 181.25
Yi (Mile)ʂu̱⁵⁵morphemetsɛ³³ ‘pine’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 179.25
Yi (Nanhua)ŋɯ³³morphemedzɯ³³ ‘fir’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 181.24
Yi (Nanhua)ŋɯ³³morphemedzɿ³³ nveg‘fir (China)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0384.37
Yi (Nanjian)a⁵⁵morphemeʑi³³morphemelɑ³³morphemete⁵⁵morphemedzɿ⁵⁵ ‘fir’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 181.23
Yi (Weishan)ʔɲu⁵⁵morphemedzɿ⁵⁵ nveg‘fir (China)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0384.36

6.1.2.2Central Loloish65

Jinuoa³³prefixtsɯ³³ ‘tree’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 178.34
Jinuo (Youle)ɑ³³prefixtsɤ⁴⁴ ‘tree’Gai 86
Lahu (Black)(ɔ̀prefix-)cɛ̀ n.‘plant’Matisoff 88 DL: 158,484
Lisu (Central)(yi¹morpheme)-dzi³ ‘trunk (of tree)’Fraser 22
Lisu (Northern)a²¹prefixphi²¹morphemedzi³³ N‘water-hemp tree (shrub growing on riverbanks)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)a⁵⁵prefixda²¹morpheme ɕɯ⁵⁵morphemedzi³³ N‘kind of tree, Viburnum cylindricum (over 3m high with shiny feathery leaves, and black nuts like sorghum which may be used as dyestuff)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)bu²¹morphemedza⁴⁴morphemedzi³³ ‘mulberry tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)dzi²¹morphemeʃɿ⁵⁵morphemedzi³³ ‘seed-bearing hemp (female hemp plant kept for seeds)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)dzi³³ S, C‘a tree; cf. si³⁵’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)dʑe⁴⁴morphemedzi³³ ‘palm tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisue⁵⁵morphemedzɿ³³ ‘tree’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 178.27
Lisu (Northern)fu³³morphemeni³³morphemedzi³³ N‘kind of tree, Camptotheca acuminata’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Central)fu³³morphemeɲi³³morphemedzi³³ N‘kind of tree, Camptotheca acuminata’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Central)hchya²morpheme-htsa²morpheme-dzi³ ‘fig tree’Fraser 22
Lisu (Northern)hĩ³³morphemehɤ³³morphemedzi³³ ‘kind of tree (used as building material)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Central)htaw⁵morpheme-dzi³ ‘pine (sp.)’Fraser 22
Lisu (Northern)ji³³morphemesi³⁵morphemedzi³³ ‘kind of tree, oleander-leaf Rapanea’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)jæʔ²¹morphemena³³morphemedzi³³ N‘tong tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)kaʔ²¹loanwordla²¹loanworddzi³³ N‘olive tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)khɤ²¹morphemesɯ²¹morphemedzi³³ ‘fig tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)khɤ²¹morphemetʃhɿ⁵⁵morphemedzi³³ ‘tree of Syzygium cumini’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)la³³morphemekɔ³³morphemedzi³³ ‘red sandalwood tree (evergreen, reddish hard wood)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)lɤ⁴⁴morphemedzi³³ ‘cherry tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Central)lɤ⁴⁴morphemetɕhø³⁵morphemedzi³³ n‘variety of cherry tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)lɤ⁴⁴morphemetɕhɤ³⁵morphemedzi³³ n‘variety of cherry tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Central)mi³³morphemetɕø⁴⁴morphemedzi³³ N‘banyan tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)mi³³morphemetɕɤ³³morphemedzi³³ N‘banyan tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)mæ³⁵morphemedzi³³ N‘mao-tree (shrub with fine fibre, often used to make wooden bowls and ladles)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)mɤ²¹morphemenø⁵⁵morphemedzi³³ ‘camphorwood tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ni³⁵morphemebɯ³³morphemedzi³³ ‘kind of hydrangea, Hydrangea macrophylla (lit. 'disgusting tree')’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ni⁵⁵morphemedzi³³ N‘kind of pine tree, Alnus tinctoria’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)phæʔ²¹morphemedzi³³ ‘white oak tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)si²¹morphemepe⁵⁵morphemedzi³³ N‘wild jujube plant (shrub)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)tsɯ⁵⁵morphemedzi³³ ‘chestnut tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)tsɯ⁵⁵morphemema³³morphemedzi³³ ‘chestnut tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)tɕhæ³⁵morphemesi³⁵morphemedzi³³ ‘mulberry wood; mulberry tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)tɕhæ³⁵#5678 PLB *krakᴴ ‘CROSSBOW’sɤ³⁵morphemedzi³³ ‘grind-crossbow-tree (tree with hard abrasive leaves good for polishing wooden objects and crossbows)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)tɕhæʔ²¹morphemema⁵⁵morphemedzi³³ N‘kind of tree, Rhus chinensis (with edible fruit)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)tɕi⁵⁵morphemedzi³³ ‘lacquer tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)tɕi⁵⁵morphemema³³morphemedzi³³ ‘lacquer tree (that which blossoms and bears fruits)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)tɕi⁵⁵morphemephy³³morphemedzi³³ ‘lacquer tree (which blossoms but does not bear fruit)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)tʃhɿ³³morphemedza⁴⁴morphemedzi³³ ‘chinaberry tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)tʃhɿ³³morphemedza⁴⁴morphemela²¹morphemedzi³³ N‘chinaberry tree, Melia azedarach (with edible fruit)’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ŋa⁴⁴morphemedzi³³ ‘bajiao banana tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɔ³³morphemedɔʔ²¹morphemedzi³³ ‘walnut tree’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ɕɔ³³morphemepa³³morphemedzi³³ ‘China fir’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Central)ɲi⁵⁵morphemedzi³³ N‘kind of pine tree, Alnus tinctoria’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisuʃo⁴⁴morphemepɑ⁴⁴morphemedzɿ⁴⁴ ‘fir’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 181.27

8Bai5

Bai (Dali)tsö 3/4 ‘tree’Dell 81: 666
Bai (Jianchuan)ma̱³³morpheme (tsɿ²¹) v.‘climb up (a tree)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1539.48

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6123, *dziŋ ‘PLANT (n.) / TREE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6123
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: HPTB DONE; JAM-HPTB: 281
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-6123,
  title  = {{*dziŋ 'PLANT (n.) / TREE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6123},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6123}
}