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STEDT #6697

*m-dzəy

CHISEL

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

initialdzrhymeaytone²

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*dzəy² ‘CHISEL’

Notes

This etymon has so far only been discovered in Loloish and Qiangic. The nasal prefix is reconstructed on the basis of Qiangic reflexes.

A number of Loloish forms in this set may actually be borrowings from Chinese, cf. Mandarin záozi 鑿.

Reflexes & cognates33 reflexes · 9 subgroups

3.1Tangut1

Tangut [Xixia]dza ‘chisel [n.; v.]’Li 97 Tangut: 4170

3.2Qiangic14

Lyuzudzuo³¹ v.‘chisel / bore (a hole)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1777.18

Lyuzudzu̵³⁵ n‘chisel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0607.18

Muyadzɐ²⁴ qho³³morphemelə̱³³morpheme v.‘chisel / bore (a hole)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1777.15

Muyandzɐ²⁴ n‘chisel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0607.15

Namuyidzu̵⁵³ n‘chisel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0607.46

Pumi (Jiulong)tsə³⁵ɣõ⁵⁵morpheme n‘chisel (round)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0607.10

Pumi (Jiulong)tɕhɯ⁵⁵ v.‘chisel / bore (a hole)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1777.10

Qiang (Mawo)dzuɑ ʁzumorpheme v.‘chisel / bore (a hole)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1777.08

Qiang (Mawo)ʁzuə n‘chisel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0607.08

Qiang (Mianchi)zò v.‘chisel’Evans 99 Qiang: 2558

Qiang (Mianchi)zò ‘chisel {b?}’Evans 99 Qiang: 852

Queyu (Xinlong)ʁzo⁵⁵ v.‘chisel / bore (a hole)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1777.13

Queyu (Xinlong)ʁzy¹³ n‘chisel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0607.13

Queyu (Xinlong)ʁzɔ⁵⁵ n‘chisel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0607.13

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGyalrong (Maerkang)kəmorpheme ndzə n‘chisel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0607.11

5Tujia1

Tujiatsai³⁵ n‘chisel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0607.49

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Yi (Wuding)dzv̩³³ n‘chisel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0607.38

6.1.2.2Central Loloish9

Lahu (Lancang)tsi⁵³ n‘chisel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0607.43

Lahu (Black)cɨ̂ n.‘chisel’Matisoff 88 DL: 507

Lisu (Northern)dze³³ V‘chisel’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisudze̱³³ v.‘chisel / bore (a hole)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1777.40

Lisu (Northern)dze³³du³³morpheme ‘chisel (tool)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisudze̱³³du³³ n‘chisel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0607.40

Lisudzɿ²¹ n.‘chisel’Matisoff 88 DL: 507

Yi (Sani)dzz̩¹¹ v.‘chisel / bore (a hole)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1777.39

Yi (Sani)dzz̩¹¹zɒ¹¹morpheme n‘chisel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0607.39

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Hani (Lüchun)dzɔ³¹ n‘chisel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0607.41

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish2

Pholaʦɔ³¹ ‘chisel’Pelkey 11 Phula: 509

Phuzaʣɯ³¹dɛ¹³morphemedɯ³³morpheme ‘chisel’Pelkey 11 Phula: 509

6.2Naxi3

Laze (Xiangjiao)dzv˩ ‘chisel’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 1218

Na (Yongning)dzi˥ ‘chisel’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Naxidzɿ³³ n‘chisel’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0607.45

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #6697, *m-dzəy ‘CHISEL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6697

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-6697,
  title  = {{*m-dzəy 'CHISEL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #6697},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/6697}
}