STEDT
STEDT #63

*dzal

CORPSE

Reconstruction analysis

handledzalinitialdzrhymealcoverTS · L

Notes

This etymon needs further confirmation.

Chinese comparandum

OC *dzʼiɑ, GSR #5o; Mand. .
OC *dzʼi̯ɑ̆r, GSR #358r; Mand. zì.
OC *dzʼi̯ɑ̆r, GSR #358q; Mand. cī.

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.1.2Deng2

Kaman [Miju]dzɑl³⁵ ‘corpse (shi)’Sun H 80 MLD

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Limbutseː ?‘corpse , bier’Michailovsky 89 Lm

9.0.1Old Chinese3

Chinese (Old/Mid)dzʼiɑ/dzʼie̯- ‘bone with meat on’Karlgren 57 GSR: 5o
Chinese (Old/Mid)dzʼi̯ɑ̆r/dzʼie̯- ‘carcass, bones of an animal’Karlgren 57 GSR: 358r
Chinese (Old/Mid)dzʼi̯ɑ̆r/dzʼie̯~dzʼie̯- ‘bones with meat on’Karlgren 57 GSR: 358q

9.0.3Modern Chinese3

Chinese (Mandarin)tsï ‘carcass, bones of an animal’Karlgren 57 GSR: 358r
Chinese (Mandarin)tsï ‘bone with meat on’Karlgren 57 GSR: 5o
Chinese (Mandarin)tsʼï ‘bones with meat on’Karlgren 57 GSR: 358q

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #63, *dzal ‘CORPSE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/63
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: Ch. chars.; GSR 358q, 358r, 5o
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-63,
  title  = {{*dzal 'CORPSE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #63},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/63}
}