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STEDT #635

*m-dzyway

TOOTH / TUSK
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*jway¹ ‘TOOTH / TUSK’
Loloish*ʔ-cway¹ ‘TUSK’

Connections

HPTB*m-dzyway ‘tooth / tusk’p. 212

Reflexes & cognates166 reflexes · 19 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanm-dzyway ‘tooth / tusk’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 589
*Tibeto-Burmanm-jway ‘tooth / tusk’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 160

3.3rGyalrongic5

Ergong (Northern)dʒvə⁵³ ‘eyetooth / canine tooth / fang’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 3.10.3
Ergong (Northern)dʒvə⁵³ ‘tusk (of elephant, boar)’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 3.10.6
Ergong (Northern)lŋa⁵³morpheme ɕvə⁵³ ‘baby tooth’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 3.10.5
Ergong (Northern)ɕvə̱⁵³ ‘tooth’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 3.10

6.1Lolo-Burmese3

*Lolo-Burmesejway¹ ‘tooth / tusk’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 160
*Lolo-Burmeseǰway¹ ‘tooth / tusk’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 44
*Lolo-Burmesejway¹ (?) ‘tooth / tusk’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 003

6.1.1Burmish29

Achang (Lianghe)tsui⁵⁵ ‘tooth’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Longchuan)tɕoi⁵⁵ ‘tooth’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Luxi)tsui³¹ ‘tooth’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Xiandao)cui⁵⁵ xɯm⁵⁵morpheme ‘gums’Dai 89 Xian: 164
Bolatui⁵⁵ ‘tooth’Dai 89 Bola: 163
Burmese (Written)cwai ‘eyetooth, tusk’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)cway³ ‘eyetooth’Luce 85: X.62
Burmese (Written)əprefix-cwai ‘eyetooth, tusk’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)ʔəprefixcway ‘tooth (canine) / tusk’Matisoff 87 BP
Hpun (Northern)ăshwí, ăswi ‘eyetooth, tusk’Henderson 86 Hpun
Lashitsɿ³¹ ‘tooth’Dai 89 Lash: 3.10
Lashiʃə̱k⁵⁵morpheme tsɿ³¹ ‘tooth (incisor)’Dai 89 Lash: 3.10.1
Maru [Langsu]lə̆³¹prefix kha³⁵morpheme tsɔi³¹ ‘eyetooth / canine tooth’Dai 89 Lang: 3.10.3
Maru [Langsu]tsɔi³¹ ‘tooth’Dai 89 Lang: 3.10
Maru [Langsu]xək⁵⁵morpheme tsɔi³¹ ‘tooth (incisor)’Dai 89 Lang: 3.10.1
Atsi [Zaiwa]tsui⁵¹ ‘tooth’Xu 84 Zaiwa

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishʔ-cway¹ ‘tusk’Bradley 79 PLo: 96B

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish26

Lalodʑɑ⁵⁵ ‘eyetooth / canine tooth / fang’Chen 86 Yi: 3.10.3
Nasudʐɵ²¹ ‘tooth’Chen 86 Yi: 3.10
Nasudʐɵ²¹ mo̱²¹morpheme ‘molar’Chen 86 Yi: 3.10.2
Nasudʐɵ²¹ pʰe⁵⁵morpheme ‘tooth (incisor)’Chen 86 Yi: 3.10.1
Nesudʐer²¹ ‘tooth’Chen 86 Yi: 3.10
Nesudʐer²¹ ga²¹morpheme la²¹morpheme mo²¹morpheme ‘molar’Chen 86 Yi: 3.10.2
Nesudʐer²¹ pɪ̱³³morpheme ‘tooth (incisor)’Chen 86 Yi: 3.10.1
Yi (Dafang)dzə²¹ mo²¹suffix ‘tooth’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Dafang)dzə²¹mo²¹suffix ‘tooth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 244.22
Yi (Mile)tʂᴀ³³ɣɯ²¹morpheme ‘tooth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 244.25
Yi (Nanjian)ɕy²¹ ‘tooth’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Xide)dzᴇ³³-ma³³suffix ‘tooth’Chen 79 YiCh
Yi (Xide)dʐɿ³³ ‘tooth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 244.21
Yi (Xide)dʐʅ³³ ‘tooth’Chen 79 YiCh
Yi (Xide)dʐʅ³³ ‘horn’Chen 79 YiCh
Yi (Xide)dʐʅ³³ ‘tooth’Chen 85 YiJZ
Yi (Xide)dʐʅ³³ tɕʰu³⁴morpheme-tsɿ̄³³morpheme ‘white teeth’Chen 79 YiCh
Yi (Xide)dʐʅ³³-ndʑi²¹morpheme ‘root of tooth’Chen 79 YiCh
Yi (Xide)dʐʅ³⁴-tu³³morpheme ‘bucktooth’Chen 79 YiCh

6.1.2.2Central Loloish50

Lolo (Ni)tchè mɑ̄suffix ‘tooth’Luce 85: T.13
Ahitʂɑ²² kɯ³³morpheme mo³³morpheme ‘tooth (wisdom)’Luo 90: 3.10.4
Ahitʂɑ²² si⁵⁵#1214 PTB *səy ‘FRONT / BEFORE’ zo²¹morpheme ‘tooth (incisor)’Luo 90: 3.10.1
Ahitʂɑ²² tɕe̱³³morpheme mo³³suffix ‘tusk (of elephant, boar)’Luo 90: 3.10.6
Ahitʂɑ²² ɣɯ²¹morpheme ‘tooth’Luo 90: 3.10
Ahitʂʻɑ³³ tɕʻi²²morpheme ‘gums’Luo 90: 3.7.3
Jinuo (Baya/Banai)a³³prefix tʃɯ⁴⁴ ‘tooth’Dai 89 JinA: 170
Jinuo (Baka)a³³prefix tʃɯ⁴⁴ ‘tooth’Dai 89 JinB: 170
Jinuoa³³prefixtʃɯ³³ ‘tooth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 244.34
Jinuo (Buyuan)ɑ³³prefix tsi³¹ ‘tooth’Gai 86
Jinuo (Youle)ɑ³³prefix tʃɤ⁴⁴ ‘tooth’Gai 86
*Common Lahuci˯ ‘tusk / eyetooth’Bradley 79 PLo: 96B
Lahu (Black) ‘tooth / tusk’Matisoff 87 BP
Lahu (Black) ‘tooth / tusk’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 003
Lahu (Black)cɨ̀-tɔ̄morpheme ‘tooth’Matisoff 87 BP
Lahu (Black)cɨ̀-tɔ̄morpheme ‘gums’Matisoff 87 BP
Lahu (Black)tsi³¹ ‘tooth’Chang 86
Sani [Nyi]gɑ¹¹morpheme tʂʅ³³ mɑ³³suffix ‘molar’Ma 89 SanQ: 341.7
Sani [Nyi]tɕi⁴⁴morpheme tʂʅ³³ mɑ³³suffix ‘tooth (incisor)’Ma 89 SanQ: 341.6
Sani [Nyi]tʂhi²¹morphemetʂi³³ ‘tooth (incisor)’Wu 84
Sani [Nyi]tʂi³³(mɒ³³suffix) ‘tooth’Wu 84
Sani [Nyi]tʂi³³mɑ³³suffix ‘tooth’Chen 86 Yi: 3.10
Sani [Nyi]tʂi³³tsi³³morpheme ‘gums’Chen 86 Yi: 3.7.3
Sani [Nyi]tʂʅ³³ ‘tooth’Ma 89 SanQ: 341.2
Sani [Nyi]tʂʅ³³ tsɥ³³morpheme ‘gums’Ma 89 SanQ: 341.3
Sani [Nyi]tʂʅ³³ zɑ¹¹morpheme ‘tooth (incisor)’Ma 89 SanQ: 341.5
Sani [Nyi]ʂʅ⁵⁵morpheme tɕi̱⁴⁴morpheme tʂʅ³³ ‘tooth (incisor)’Wu 84: 208.1

7Karenic2

Pa-Ocwɛ́ ‘tusk, canine tooth (in cpd)’Solnit 89 PaO

8Bai8

Bai (Bijiang)tɕo³³ pɑ̱⁴⁴suffix ‘tooth’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Bijiang)tɕo³³pɑ⁴⁴suffix ‘tooth’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 244.37
Bai (Dali)tsi³³ pɑ̱⁴⁴morpheme ‘tooth’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Dali)tɕɿ² pa²morpheme ‘tooth’Dell 81: pp.150-169
Bai (Jianchuan)tsi³³ pɑ̱⁴⁴suffix ‘tooth’Xu 84 Bai
Bai (Jianchuan)tsɿ³³ pa̱⁴⁴morpheme kʰo³³morpheme ‘tooth’Zhao 90: 3.10
Bai (Jianchuan)tɕĩ⁵⁵ to̱⁴²morpheme ja̱⁴²morpheme ‘tooth (wisdom)’Zhao 90: 3.10.4

9Sinitic1

Chinese (Hanzi)牙齿 ‘tooth’also contains *s-ŋyaNagano 2013 rGyDB: 0040

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old/Mid)t̑ʼi̯əg/tśʼi: ‘tooth (front)’Karlgren 57 GSR: 961l

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #635, *m-dzyway ‘TOOTH / TUSK’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/635
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p. 212
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-635,
  title  = {{*m-dzyway 'TOOTH / TUSK'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #635},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/635}
}