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STEDT #666

*r-tswa-n

GRASS

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*a-ʒa(ʔ) ‘GRASS’PCN #016

Chinese comparandum

There are two good Chinese comparanda, one with an open syllable and one with a nasal final:

草 OC *ts’ôg, GSR #1049b-c ‘grass, plants, herbs’; B & S 2011: *tsʰˁuʔ {[tsʰ]ˁuʔ}; Mand. cǎo. S176 tshu?
荐 OC *dz’ien, GSR #432b ‘grass, herb’; B & S 2011: *N-tsˁən-s {N-tsˁə[n]-s}; Mand. jiàn.

Reflexes & cognates40 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanr-tswa-n ‘grass’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 617

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)11

*Central Nagaaprefix-ʒa(ʔ) Bruhn 14 PCN: III.016

*Aoaprefix-ʒa(ʔ) Bruhn 14 PCN: II.119

Ao (Chungli)a³prefix-jiʔ³ n.‘grass’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.119

Ao (Chungli)aprefix◦ei ‘grass’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)aprefix◦za ‘grass’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[a]prefix-za n.‘grass’Coupe 07 Ao

Lotha Nagae¹prefix-ro³-joʔ³morpheme n.‘lawn, patch of grass’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagae¹prefix-roʔ³ n.‘grass’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.016

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦ro ‘grass’Murry 78: 5

Lotha Nagaeprefix◦ro◦yomorpheme ‘grass’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtamza◦numorpheme ‘grass’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.2.1Tibetan20

Tibetan (Alike)rtsæ n‘grass’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0436.05

Tibetan (Amdo:Bla-brang)tsa ‘grass’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 218.4

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)htsæ ‘grass’Sun J 85 Amdo: 322

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)rtsa ‘grass’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 218.5

Tibetan (Balti)rtswa ‘grass’Benedict 72 STC: 49n161

Tibetan (Batang)tsa⁵³ n‘grass’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0436.03

Tibetan (Khams:Dege)tsa⁵³ ‘grass’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 218.3

Tibetan (Lhasa)tsa⁵³ ‘grass’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 218.2

Tibetan (Lhasa)tsa⁵⁵ n‘grass’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0436.02

Purikstswa ‘grass’Benedict 72 STC: 49n161

Tibetan (Spiti)sa ‘grass’Sharma, S.R. 79 Sp

Tibetan (Written)rtswa ‘grass’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)rtswa ‘grass’Sun J 85 TbGl: 322

Tibetan (Written)rtswa ‘grass’Benedict 72 STC: 158n428

Tibetan (Written)rtswa ‘grass’Benedict 72 STC: 170n455

Tibetan (Written)rtswa ‘grass’Benedict 72 STC: 49n161

Tibetan (Written)rtswa n‘grass’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0436.01

Tibetan (Written)rtswa (rtswa) ‘grass’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 218.1

Tibetan (Written)rtswɑ ‘grass’Chou 72: 432b

Tibetan (Xiahe)htsa n‘grass’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0436.04

3.2Qiangic5

Pumi (Jiulong)ʐə̃³⁵ n‘grass’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0436.10

Pumi (Taoba)ʑã³⁵ ‘grass’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 218.10

Qiang (Mawo)dʐu ‘grass’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 218.8

Qiang (Taoping)dʐo²⁴¹ ‘grass’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 218.9

Zhaba (Daofu County)tʂᴜ¹³ n‘grass’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0436.14

9.0.1Old Chinese4

Chinese (Old/Mid)dzʻwən / dzʻuən ~ dzʻiən / dzʻien ‘grass, herb’Benedict 72 STC: 49n161

Chinese (Old/Mid)tsʻôg / tsʻâu ‘grass’Benedict 72 STC: 49n161

Chinese (Old/Mid)tsʻôg/tsʻɑ̆u ‘grass’Chou 72: 1049b-c

Chinese (Old)dzɨns ‘grass / herb’Baxter 92: 1136

9.0.3Modern Chinese2

Chinese (Mandarin)cǎo ‘thatch grass’Evans 91

Chinese (Mandarin)tsaau ‘grass’Sun J 85 ChGl: 322

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #666, *r-tswa-n ‘GRASS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/666

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

References: cf. STC pp.49, 158, HPTB pp.177, 449

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-666,
  title  = {{*r-tswa-n 'GRASS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #666},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/666}
}