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STEDT #7185

*s-bi

OLD

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Lolo-Burmese*ʔ-bi² ‘OLD (of things)’JAM

Reflexes & cognates31 reflexes · 8 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

Galo`aprefix◦bɨɨ adj.‘old’GLDC 09 Galo

1.7.1.3Koch1

Atongpi◦chammorpheme adj2‘old (of things)’van Breugel 08 Atong

3.2Qiangic8

Qiang (Mawo)pɤ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.8

Qiang (Mianchi)(à)prefix peì ‘old (of people) (perf. asp.)’Evans 99 Qiang: 1508

Qiang (Mianchi)miàmorpheme-peí ‘old woman [female-age(v.)]’Evans 99 Qiang: 214

Qiang (Mianchi)mùmorpheme-peí ‘old man [person-age(v.)]’Evans 99 Qiang: 213

Qiang (Mianchi)peì ‘old (of person)’Evans 99 Qiang: 2132

Qiang (Taoping)pə³³ ‘old (of people)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 857.9

Queyu (Yajiang) [Zhaba]ȵẽ⁵⁵morphemepi³³ ‘old (things)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 867.16

Queyu (Xinlong)ȵur¹³morphemepe⁵⁵ ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.13

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGBenzhenkəmorpheme-nbiʔ ‘old (object)’Sun J 97 rGB

5Tujia5

Tujia (Northern)a2prefixpei1 vi.‘become old’Brassett 04 Tujia

Tujia (Northern)a²prefixpei¹ v‘become old’Brassett 06 Tujia: 6.3

Tujia (Northern)a³⁵prefixphɨe³⁵ ‘old (of things)’Tian 86

Tujiaa³⁵prefixphɯe⁵⁵ ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.49

Tujiaa³⁵prefixphɯe⁵⁵ ‘old (things)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 867.38

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishʔ-bi² ‘old (thing)’Bradley 79 PLo: 537A

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish2

Yi (Liangshan)a³⁴#2436 PTB *ma ‘(NEGATIVE)’PCN *maʔ ‘NO (REFUSAL)’bi³³ ‘defective; old (not new); poor (quality)’Ma 08 Yi: index

Yi (Xide)ɑ³⁴prefixbi³³ ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.35

6.1.2.2Central Loloish13

Kucongpi35 ‘old (of things)’Dai 09 Kucong

Lahu (Lancang)ɔ³¹prefixpi¹¹ ‘used / old’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1051.43

Lahu (Black)ɔ³¹prefixpi³¹ ‘old (things)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 867.33

Lahu (Yellow)pi² ‘old (thing)’Chang 86

Lisu (Northern)be²¹ V‘old; worn out’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)be²¹je³³morpheme V‘old; out of fashion’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Central)bē⁵ ‘old (things)’Fraser 22

Lisue⁵⁵prefixlu⁴⁴morpheme; e⁵⁵prefixbe³¹ ‘old (things)’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 867.27

Lisu (Northern)hĩ³³#1612 PTB *k-y(i/u)m ‘HOUSE’PKC *ʔim ‘HOUSE’PCN *a-jam ‘HOUSE / VILLAGE’PTk *ʃim ‘HOUSE’TGTM *ᴮdim ‘HOUSE’PLB *yim¹ ‘HOUSE’PL *yim¹ ‘HOUSE’PKar *hyi[m] ‘HOUSE’be²¹ ‘old house’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ji⁵⁵morphemebe²¹ V‘old’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ji⁵⁵morphemebe²¹ ji⁵⁵morphemetʃhɿ²¹morpheme ‘old and worn out; rotten; tattered’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ji⁵⁵morphemebe²¹ ji⁵⁵morphemeɕwa²¹morphemela²¹morpheme ‘extremely tattered; old and worn out’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ji⁵⁵morphemebe²¹ ji⁵⁵morphemeʃu²¹morphemelu²¹morpheme ‘old and worn out’Bradley 94 Lisu

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #7185, *s-bi ‘OLD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7185

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

References: JAM

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-7185,
  title  = {{*s-bi 'OLD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #7185},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/7185}
}