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*ts(y)ow

LIVE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

Lahu co ‘one’s life; period of time’ looks superficially like the present root, but is actually a borrowing from Tai (cf. Shan soo, Siamese chûa, White Tai čoo. See DL:478.

Reflexes & cognates66 reflexes · 12 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

2.1.2Bodic2

Motuo Menbatsho wasuffix n‘life / livelihood’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0683.07
Cuona Menbatsho⁵⁵wa⁵³suffix n‘life / livelihood’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0683.06

2.1.2.1Tibetan9

Tibetan (Alike)mtsho wæsuffix n‘life / livelihood’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0683.05
Tibetan (Batang)tshᴜ⁵⁵wɑ⁵³suffix n‘life / livelihood’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0683.03
Tibetan (Khams:Dege)so⁵⁵wa⁵³morpheme ‘alive’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 781.3
Tibetan (Lhasa)tsho⁵⁵wa⁵⁵suffix n‘life / livelihood’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0683.02
Tibetan (Written)'thso◦basuffix ‘life’Marrison 67 Naga
Tibetan (Written)ḥtsho-basuffix ‘live’Matisoff PC
Tibetan (Written)ɦtsho basuffix n‘life / livelihood’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0683.01
Tibetan (Xiahe)tsho wasuffix n‘life / livelihood’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0683.04

2.1.4Tamangish4

Chantyalso-wasuffix ‘alive / be living’Noonan 92: 1.12

3.2Qiangic14

Guiqiongsu̵³³ su̵⁵⁵ ‘alive / be living’Sun H 91 GuiQ
Guiqiongsu̵³³su̵⁵⁵ ‘alive’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 781.17
Guiqiongsu⁵⁵su⁵⁵ ‘living (adj.)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1087.16
Muya [Minyak]zɯ³⁵zɯ³⁵ ‘alive / be living’Sun H 91 MuyQ: 1.12
Muya [Minyak]zɯ³⁵zɯ³⁵ ‘alive’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 781.15
Qiang (Yadu)tɕɑmorpheme χsu ‘alive’Dai 89 Qian: 1546
Qiang (Yadu)təprefix◦χsu̥ ‘alive’Dai 89 Qian: 2003
Qiang (Yadu)χsu tumorpheme ‘beat (pulse)’Dai 89 Qian: 2407
Xumisuɛ³³ suɛ⁵⁵ ‘alive / be living’Sun H 91 ShiQ
Xumisuɛ³³suɛ⁵⁵ ‘alive’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 781.20

3.3rGyalrongic2

Ergong (Danba)wsɯ wsɯ ‘alive / be living’Sun H 91 ErDQ: 1.12
Ergong (Daofu)ʔshə shə ‘alive / be living’Dai 89 Daof: 1.12

3.3.1rGyalrong4

rGyalrongkəprefix sə so ‘alive / be living’Dai 89 Jiar: 1.12
rGyalrong (Northern)kəprefix◦su◦su ‘alive / be living’Sun H 91 rNQ: 1.12
rGyalrong (Eastern)kəprefix◦sə◦so ‘alive / be living’Sun H 91 rEQ: 1.12
rGyalrong (NW)kəprefix◦sə◦su ‘alive / be living’Sun H 91 rNW: 1.12

6.1.1Burmish5

Achang (Longchuan)ta³¹morphemetʂo³¹kuai⁵⁵morpheme clf‘lifetime’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0915.28
Achang (Xiandao)a³¹prefix co⁵⁵ ‘life’Dai 89 Xian: 193
Achang (Xiandao)a³¹prefix tʂo³¹ ‘life-span’Dai 89 Xian: 194
Achang (Xiandao)a³¹morphemeco⁵⁵ n‘life’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0163.29
Achang (Xiandao)a³¹morphemetʂo³¹ n‘life span’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0164.29

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish5

Nesuʂu⁵⁵ ‘alive / be living’Chen 86 Yi: 1.12
Yi (Mile)i³³prefixso³³ ‘alive’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 781.25
Yi (Xide)a²¹prefixsɿ³³morphemesu³³ ‘alive’The two Xide forms a²¹sɿ³³ su³³ and dʑo³³-dʑu³⁴ may be explained in terms of the presence or absence of the medial *-y-.Sun H 91 ZMYY: 781.21
Yi (Xide)dʑo³³morpheme-dʑu³⁴ ‘life’Chen 79 YiCh

6.1.2.2Central Loloish8

Ahii³³prefix so³³ ‘alive / be living’Luo 90: 1.12
Jinuo (Baya/Banai)a⁴⁴prefix tʃo⁴⁴ ‘life-span’Dai 89 JinA: 202
Jinuoa⁴⁴prefixtʃo⁴⁴ n‘life span’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0164.44
Lisu (Northern)zæʔ²¹ma³³morpheme ɲɔ⁵⁵morpheme ‘short life’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)zɤ⁴⁴ N‘generation; life span; C generation’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)zɤ⁴⁴dʑɔ⁴⁴morpheme ‘longevity; long life’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Nujiang)zɯ³³ ‘lifespan’Xu 86 Lisu
Lisuzɯ³³ n‘life span’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0164.40

6.2Naxi11

Na (Yongning)zɯ˧ ‘life, existence’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)zɯ˧ ‘life (entire life)’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Na (Yongning)zɯ˧zɯ˧ ‘life, existence’Michaud 06 NaLaze
Naxisɿ²¹ ‘living (adj.)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1087.45
Naxisɿ⁵⁵ v.‘alive, become / active’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1396.45
Naxizɿ³³ n‘life span’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0164.45
Naxizɿ³³ clf‘lifetime’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0915.45

8Bai1

Bai (Jianchuan)tsɯ³³ ‘alive / be living’Zhao 90: 1.12

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #80, *ts(y)ow ‘LIVE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/80
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-80,
  title  = {{*ts(y)ow 'LIVE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #80},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/80}
}