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#1439 PTB *di FAT

This root closely resembles #48 PTB *tsil FAT (n.) / GREASE / OIL, but Magar si‑di (where the first syllable is assigned to tsil) seems to indicate that two separate roots are involved.

rn	analysis	lgid	reflex	gloss	gfn	language	grpid	grpno	grp	genetic	citation	srcabbr	srcid	rn
19394	1439,1631	963	ti◦tchhü	oil		Lotha Naga	63	1.3.1	Central Naga (Ao Group)	1	Marrison 67 Naga	GEM-CNL	511	0
115555	1439,m	644	tIː◦wo	fat / oil / grease		Hayu	30	2.3.4	Western Kiranti	1	Matisoff 87 BP	JAM-Ety		0
120691	1439,m	641	tɩː◦wo	fat, grease	n	Hayu	30	2.3.4	Western Kiranti	1	Michailovsky 89 H2	BM-Hay	84.257	0
485556	m,60,1439	1977	raw.sa.ti	oil (sp.), of mustard plant	n.	Chepang	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Caughley 00 Chepang	RC-DOC		0
486538	m,60,1439	1977	raw.sa.tiʔ	stale (mustard) oil	n.	Chepang	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Caughley 00 Chepang	RC-DOC		0
485454	m,60,1439	1977	rəw.sa.ti	oil from first pressing	n.	Chepang	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Caughley 00 Chepang	RC-DOC		0
486537	m,60,1439	1977	rəw.sa.tiʔ	oil from first pressing	n.	Chepang	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Caughley 00 Chepang	RC-DOC		0
486535	60,1439	1977	sa.tiʔ	oil	n.	Chepang	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Caughley 00 Chepang	RC-DOC		0
63643	60,1439	449	sa◦ti	oil		Chepang	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Caughley 72 CVoc	SIL-Chep	7.A.9	0
128058	60,1439	452	sa◦ti	oil / grease (for cooking)		Chepang (Eastern)	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Caughley 90 CheQ	RC-ChepQ	8.3.2	0
6206	48,1439	991	si◦di	fat (of body)		Magar	28	2.4	Kham-Magar-Chepang	1	Weidert 87 TBTo	AW-TBT	728	0
37529	1439	1316	zdi	fat		Qiang (Mawo)	34	3.2	Qiangic	1	Sun J 86 Mawo	JS-Mawo		1
144779	1439,m	480	di̯u/i̯u	fat on belly; intestines; fat		Chinese (Old/Mid)	53	9.0.1	Old Chinese	0	Chou 72	ACST		0
169285	1439,m	481	di̯u/i̯u	fat on belly, intestines, fat		Chinese (Old/Mid)	53	9.0.1	Old Chinese	0	Karlgren 57 GSR	GSR	126e	0
20360	1439	480	di̯ər/i\|	fat (over the stomach)		Chinese (Old/Mid)	53	9.0.1	Old Chinese	0	Chou 72	ACST	551	0

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This form bares a suspicious resemblance to Qiang (Mawo) zda, which has been assigned to #1450 PTB *s‑da FAT. However, since the Qiangic languages have a strong tendency to develop the high front vowel i from PTB *a, a phenomenon which has been referred to as “brightening”, these two Mawo forms may actually one and the same etymon.