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#1601 PTB *dzi PENIS

This etymon seems solid enough, though it has a rather strange distribution, occurring in scattered languages of the Himalayish, Lolo-Burmese (including Jinuo), and Asakian groups, as well as in the unclassified Tujia. There is not yet enough evidence to decide whether to reconstruct either a *voiced or *voiceless initial, or both *voiced and *voiceless allofams.

This root looks as if it might stand in an allofamic relationship with #641 PTB *ti‑k PENIS. Note, however, that the reflexes of #641 PTB *ti‑k and the present root are quite different in Nesu and Sani.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
164286p,1601,3001354ă◦tji²◦tu⁴testiclesSak (Bawtala)401.7.3.2Asakian1Luce 85GHL-PPBL.1490
1205191601,3425641tsɩː°◦pɩurine, penisnHayu302.3.4Western Kiranti1Michailovsky 89 H2BM-Hay72.1.109,0
12727616011611zi²¹penisTujia415Tujia1Chen 86 TuBQCK-TujBQ10.3.10
12742116011612ʑi³⁵penisTujia415Tujia1Chen 86 TuMQCK-TujMQ10.3.10
965916011148dzi²¹penisNasu466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Chen 86 YiCK-YiQ10.3.10
986616011164dzi²¹penisNesu466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Chen 86 YiCK-YiQ10.3.10
2837401601,3631194dze²¹ȵe³³male pubic hairNosu466.1.2.1Northern Loloish1Chen 86 YiCK-YiQ10.3.60
284181p,1601210a⁵⁵ɕi²¹penisAhi476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Chen 86 YiCK-YiQ10.3.10
475761601216dzi³³penisAhi476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Luo 90LMZ-AhiQ10.3.10
47577p,1601216ɑ⁵⁵ ɕi²¹glans penisAhi476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Luo 90LMZ-AhiQ10.3.20
47578p,1601,m,m216ɑ⁵⁵ ɕi²¹ i³³ tɕi²²foreskinAhi476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Luo 90LMZ-AhiQ10.3.30
142181601,1624698tʃʰɤ⁵⁵ lɤ³¹penisJinuo (Baya/Banai)476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Dai 89 JinADQ-JinA1440
13198816011379dzi³³penisSani [Nyi]476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Wu 84YHJC-Sani0
1703316011365dzɿ³³penisSani [Nyi]476.1.2.2Central Loloish1Ma 89 SanQMXL-SaniQ351.50