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STEDT #69

*(d)ziːt ⪤ *(t)siːt

SPLIT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*m-dziːtᴸ ⪤ *m-tsiːtᴴ ‘SPLIT’

Notes

It seems likely that this root is allofamically related to #5550 PLB *m-dzy(u/i)t TEAR / RIP.

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burman(d)ziːt ⪤ (t)siːt ‘split’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 588

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Lotha Nagachüt v‘divide’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho3

Jingphošìt ‘split lengthwise’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 343
Jingphoʃit³¹ v.‘split up (bamboo strips)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1555.19
Jingphoʔəšìt ‘be stripped’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 88

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)zed ‘broken off, damaged, injured’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 88

6.1Lolo-Burmese4

*Lolo-BurmeseC-tšit ormorpheme ʔ-džit ‘split’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 88(a)
*Lolo-Burmesem-dziːtᴸ ⪤ m-tsiːtᴴ ‘split’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 588

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)cit ‘split; divide into several parts’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)əprefix-cit n.‘quarter, division’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2Loloish1

PNLNtsitᴸ ‘split’Chen 86 CS: 172.

6.1.2.2Central Loloish5

Lahu (Lancang)dzi²¹ v.‘split up (bamboo strips)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1555.43
Lahu (Lancang)dzi²¹ v.‘split up (bamboo pole)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1557.43
Lahu (Black)jêʔ ‘split longitudinally’Matisoff 88 DL: 572
Lahu (Black)jîʔ ‘split lengthwise’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 343
Lahu (Black)jîʔ ‘split longitudinally’HPTB (p.351, note i): “TSR has Lahu jîʔ, but DL:572 correctly gives jêʔ as the basic form.”Matisoff 72 LTSR: 88(b)

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Bisutšhìt ‘split’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 88(a)

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #69, *(d)ziːt ⪤ *(t)siːt ‘SPLIT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/69
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p.350
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-69,
  title  = {{*(d)ziːt ⪤ *(t)siːt 'SPLIT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #69},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/69}
}