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STEDT #676

s/m-t(w)a ⪤ (t/d)u

HAMMER / STRIKE / SLAP

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Connections

HPTB*d-ri(y) ‘dirt / filth / ordure / stench’pp. 145, 193

Chinese comparandum

段/鍛 OC *twɑ̂n, GSR #172a-c ‘to hammer; forge, refine; strike’; Schuessler 2007:219 *tôns; B & S 2011: *tˁon-s {tˁo[n]-s}; Mand. duàn.

Reflexes & cognates40 reflexes · 11 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)5

*Tibeto-Burmans-ta ⪤ m-twa ‘hammer’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 614

*Tibeto-Burmantow n.‘hammer’Weidert 87 TBTo: 223

*Tibeto-Burmantow v.‘pound’Weidert 87 TBTo: 331

*Tibeto-Burmantow ‘hammer’Benedict 72 STC: 317

*Tibeto-Burmantow ⪤ dow ‘hammer’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 615

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lushai [Mizo]tu-bauʔsuffix ⪤ tu-bouʔsuffix ‘hammer’Benedict 72 STC: 317

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Dimasadau-busuffix ‘hammer’Benedict 72 STC: 69n214

1.7.3.1Jingpho3

Jingphosummorpheme◦du ‘hammer’Benedict 72 STC: 317

Jingphosummorpheme◦du ‘hammer’Benedict 72 STC: 69n214

Jingphothu v.‘pound’Benedict 72 STC: 317

2.1.1Western Himalayish6

Kanaurigonmorpheme-to ‘hammer (large)’Benedict 72 STC: 69n214

Kanaurisdo ‘mallet’Benedict 72 STC: 69n214

Kanauritho-rosuffix ‘hammer (small)’Benedict 72 STC: 69n214

Thebordo ‘mallet’Benedict 72 STC: 69n214

Thebortho-asuffix ‘large hammer’Benedict 72 STC: 317

Thebortho-rosuffix ⪤ tho-tśuŋsuffix ‘small hammer’Benedict 72 STC: 317

2.1.2.1Tibetan8

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)tʰɔ ‘hammer (large)’Sun J 85 Amdo: 339

Tibetan (Batang)thɑ⁵⁵ n‘hammer’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0606.03

Tibetan (Lhasa)thoː⁵⁵ n‘hammer’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0606.02

Tibetan (Written)mprefix◦tho-basuffix ⪤ tho-basuffix ‘large hammer’Benedict 72 STC: 317

Tibetan (Written)tho basuffix n‘hammer’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0606.01

Tibetan (Written)tho.basuffix ‘hammer (large)’Sun J 85 TbGl: 339

Tibetan (Written)tho.basuffix.phrugmorpheme ‘hammer (small)’Sun J 85 TbGl: 340

Tibetan (Xiahe)tho n‘hammer’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0606.04

3.2Qiangic11

Guiqiongndzi³⁵morphemeʐu⁵⁵morpheme wu³⁵morphemeta⁵⁵ v.‘hammer in (a nail)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1280.16

Guiqiongu⁵⁵morphemetɑ⁵⁵ ‘hammer (nail in)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 672.17

Muyana³³morphemetsa⁵³ v.‘hammer in (a nail)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1280.15

Muya [Minyak]ʁɯ³⁵morphemetsa⁵³ ‘hammer (nail in)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 672.15

Namuyintha⁵⁵ ‘hammer (nail in)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 672.19

Namuyimi³³morphementha³¹ v.‘hammer in (a nail)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1280.46

Pumi (Qinghua)xə¹³morphemestɑ¹³ ‘hammer (nail in)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 672.11

Pumi (Taoba)xə³⁵morphemeta³⁵ ‘hammer (nail in)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 672.10

Qiang (Longxi)tuà liúmorpheme ‘hammer’[Source note] 2d syll refers to shape.Evans 99 Qiang: 851

Qiang (Mianchi)tuà liòmorpheme ‘hammer’Evans 99 Qiang: 851

Qiang (Mianchi)tuà tɕámorpheme ‘beat, pound’[Source note] cf. ‘hammer’.Evans 99 Qiang: 1750

3.3rGyalrongic1

Ergong (Danba)ndzɛ ‘hammer (nail in)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 672.14

4Nungic2

Anongdu-masuffix ‘hammer’Benedict 72 STC: 317

Anong (Rawang)du-masuffix ‘hammer’Benedict 72 STC: 69n214

6.1.1Burmish3

Burmese (Written)thú v.‘pound’Benedict 72 STC: 317

Burmese (Written)tu ‘hammer’Benedict 72 STC: 317

Maru [Langsu]dau ‘hammer’Benedict 72 STC: 69n214

6.1.2.2Central Loloish4

Lahu (Lancang)thɑ³³ v.‘strike (the table)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1540.43

Lahu (Lancang)thɑ³³tu³³morpheme n‘hammer’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0606.43

Lahu (Lancang)thɑ³³tu³³morpheme v.‘hammer in (a nail)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1280.43

Lahu (Yellow)tha¹ ‘strike with open palm’Chang 86

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #676, *s/m-t(w)a ⪤ *(t/d)u ‘HAMMER / STRIKE / SLAP’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/676

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

References: cf. HPTB p.170

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-676,
  title  = {{*s/m-t(w)a ⪤ *(t/d)u 'HAMMER / STRIKE / SLAP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #676},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/676}
}