9.0 Shape, Size, Color, Measure, Number, Time, Space > 9.9 Numbers and numeric expression

#2277 PTB *ʔit ⪤ *yat ONE (provisional)

STC p. 94 sets up PTB *ʔit on the basis of only two forms, Kanauri id and WB ac, identifying it (p. 162) as cognate to OC *ʔi̯ĕt.

To these we now add Chepang yat, motivating the allofamic reconstruction with ‑i‑‑ya‑ variation, a pattern attested in several other roots (cf. #33 PTB *s‑myak*s‑mik EYE, #2610 PTB *s‑rik*s‑ryak PHEASANT / PARTRIDGE, etc.).

The Chinese form has been borrowed into Tai in compound numerals (e.g., Siamese sìp‑ʔèt ‘eleven, rɔ́ɔj‑ʔèt ‘one hundred and one’).

Several TB languages of Nepal have disyllabic forms for ONE where the first syllable has a superficial resemblance to this etymon, but these all seem to be borrowings from Nepali ek. See Matisoff 1995:126-7.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
772582277168ʔjitone*Sino-Tibetan10Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)0Coblin 86WSC-SH1140
197152277174itone*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Chou 72ACST394a-d0
5363722277182itone*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Benedict 72 STCSTCp.940
51469622772012ʔitone*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB5830
33758222771788īoneKanauri202.1.1Western Himalayish0Bailey 11BAI19110
3374572277,7121788i gŭdʻhandful (one)Kanauri202.1.1Western Himalayish0Bailey 11BAI19110
3381932277,m1788ī myāonce / once upon a time / one dayKanauri202.1.1Western Himalayish0Bailey 11BAI19110
197112277728idoneKanauri202.1.1Western Himalayish0Chou 72ACST394a-d0
5363702277736idoneKanauri202.1.1Western Himalayish0Benedict 72 STCSTCp.940
33758322771788idʻoneKanauri202.1.1Western Himalayish0Bailey 11BAI19110
3375852277,m1788ī◦myāone day / once upon a timeKanauri202.1.1Western Himalayish0Bailey 11BAI19110
338259m,m,m,22771788nis̱ẖ/nī nizɔ̄ idʻforty-oneKanauri202.1.1Western Himalayish0Bailey 11BAI19110
338284m,22771788nizɔ̄ idʻtwenty-oneKanauri202.1.1Western Himalayish0Bailey 11BAI19110
338513m,22771788pöṇizɔ̄ idʻeighty-oneKanauri202.1.1Western Himalayish0Bailey 11BAI19110
338847m,m,22771788s̱ẖŭm nizɔ̄ idʻsixty-oneKanauri202.1.1Western Himalayish0Bailey 11BAI19110
181742277,m1262it◦ʃaonePattani [Manchati]202.1.1Western Himalayish0Sharma, D.D. 82 THDS-Patt0
48519822771977ya(ʔ)-onenmb.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
4851902277,m1977ya.jyaŋone (emphatic)nm.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
4851912277,m1977ya.jyoone thing, personnm.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
48521422771977yatonenm.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
636472277,m449yat-joʔoneChepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 72 CVocSIL-Chep1.110
4852282277,m1977yat. taŋone directionn.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
4852262277,m1977yat.cakone personnm.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
2686972277,m441yāt.joʔoneChepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Hale 73 CSDAH-CSDPN01.0110
4852272277,m1977yat.jyaŋone (emphatic)nm.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
4852292277,m1977yat.nisone or two, somenm.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
4375622277406acunit, oneBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 76 WBurPKB-WBRD0
5363712277409atsone, unitBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 72 STCSTCp.940
203002277480i̯ĕtoneChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Chou 72ACST394a-d0
60280922772210ʔit {[ʔ]i[t]}oneChinese (Old)539.0.1Old Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201133930
60280822772210ʔit {ʔi[t]}oneChinese (Old)539.0.1Old Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201133920
2954762277471ʔjitoneChinese (Old)539.0.1Old Chinese0Baxter 92WHB-OC11550
59873422772209'jitoneChinese (Middle)549.0.2Middle Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201133920
59873522772209'jitoneChinese (Middle)549.0.2Middle Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201133930

Chinese comparandum

一 OC *ʔi̯ĕt, GSR #394a-d ‘one’; Coblin 86:114 ST *ʔjit > OC *ʔjit; Schuessler 2007:563 *ʔit; B & S 2011: *ʔit {ʔi[t]}; Mand. .