1.0 The Body > 1.8 Secretions and Somatophonics > 1.8.8 Emotional Somatophonics > 1.8.8.4 Whistle

#3418 PTB *s-yu(s/y) WHISTLE (provisional)

This etymon evidently has an onomatopoetic component.

Chepang has developed a velar suffix in some forms.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
5151323418,34182012hyu ⪤ huywhistle*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB5940
4957333418,55921979`hu◦siwhistlevt.Galo731.1.1.1Western Tani1Rɨbaa,Post,et al. 09GLDC-GED0
106863418,m,s1040huy khoŋ◦bəwhistleMeithei131.4Meithei1Singh 91 MeiQCYS-Meithei11.50
1283403418,s378yus◦pawhistleBunan202.1.1Western Himalayish0Sharma, S.R. 91 BuSBN-BunQ11.50
48735234181977huyk-whistle (as in whistle speech when hunting), blow sharply between lips (as when carrying)vi.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
644443418,s449huyk-sawhistleChepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 72 CVocSIL-Chep11.B.1.40
2631073418,s441huyk.sāwhistlevChepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Hale 73 CSDAH-CSDPN11b1.040
48004134181977khuyk-whistlevi.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
47896034181977ʔus-whistle to call, or when puffedvi.Chepang282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 00 ChepangRC-DOC0
1281333418,s452huyk◦naʔwhistlevChepang (Eastern)282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 90 CheQRC-ChepQ11.50
1280763418,m452huyk◦naʔblow (mouth)Chepang (Eastern)282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 90 CheQRC-ChepQ9.2.30
1281343418,s452khuyk◦naʔwhistlevChepang (Eastern)282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 90 CheQRC-ChepQ11.50
1281323418,s452ʔus◦naʔwhistlevChepang (Eastern)282.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1Caughley 90 CheQRC-ChepQ11.50
1669363418413whistlev.Bwe507Karenic1Henderson 97 KarEJAH-BKD0
1640073418415wɪ²whistlev.Bwe (Western)507Karenic1Luce 85GHL-PPBJ.2310
1640083418588hwɪ²whistlev.Geba507Karenic1Luce 85GHL-PPBJ.2310
49939534181981ʍé̤whistleVintrKayan (Pekon)507Karenic1Manson 10 KayanKM-Kayan0
31105234181235hjúwhistlevPa-O507Karenic1Solnit 89 PaODBS-PaO0
16400934181233hyu¹whistlev.Pa-O (Northern)507Karenic1Luce 85GHL-PPBJ.2310
16400334181280yu¹whistlev.Pwo (Tenasserim)507Karenic1Luce 85GHL-PPBJ.2310
16400434181273yu⁴whistlev.Pwo (Delta)507Karenic1Luce 85GHL-PPBJ.2310

Chinese comparandum

嘯 OC *siôg, GSR #1028f-g ‘croon, whistle, wail’; Schuessler 2007:536 *siûh; B & S 2011: *sˁiw‑s {sˁiw(k)‑s}; Mand. xiào.
簫 OC *siôg, GSR #1028h ‘flute’; Schuessler 2007:536 *siâu; B & S 2011: *sˁiw; Mand. xiāo.
蕭 OC *siôg, GSR #1028i ‘neigh’; B & S 2011: *sˁiw; Mand. xiāo.