Brassett et al. 2006: 206. Cf. also: ɕi̯ɛ21-ʆi24 'all' [ibid.], ɕiŋ24-kʰi55 'all' [ibid.], yi24-si55 'all' [Brassett et al. 2006: 49, 207]. The difference between these quantitative pronouns is not quite clear. Additionally, the particle tu̯ɔ21 is used with interrogative pronouns to form meanings like 'anyone', 'anything' [Brassett et al. 2006: 49].
Brassett et al. 2006: 168. The main part of the word is the same as 'skin' q.v. Also attested in an extended variant: kʰa21=mɔŋ21=tʰa24-pʰa21, where kʰa21=mɔŋ21 = 'tree' q.v.
Duogu Tujia:
Not attested.
Dianfang Tujia:
Not attested.
Boluo (Luxi) Tujia:
Not attested.
Tanxi Tujia:
Not attested.
Number:4
Word:belly
Tasha (Qixin) Tujia:mɤ21-cʰi21-kʰɤ551
Brassett et al. 2006: 171. A compound formation, derived from mɤ21 'stomach' [ibid.].
Duogu Tujia:mɨe211
Zhang 2006: 422.
Dianfang Tujia:mɨe211
Tian 1986: 175. Also attested in expanded variants: mɨe21-cʰi21-kʰɨe55, mɨe21-ko21 id.
Brassett et al. 2006: 156. Same word as 'to eat' q.v.; dubious, since the word is only attested in one example in this meaning (but a good one: "I was bitten by a dog").
Duogu Tujia:ka241
Zhang 2006: 436. Same word as 'to eat' q.v.
Dianfang Tujia:
Not attested.
Boluo (Luxi) Tujia:go131
Zhang 2006: 436.
Tanxi Tujia:
Not attested.
Common Tujia notes:
Cf. Longshan ka35 [Zhang Weiquan 2006: 336] = same word as 'to eat' q.v.
Number:8
Word:black
Tasha (Qixin) Tujia:laŋ24-ka551
Brassett et al. 2006: 198. Verbal meaning: 'to be black'.
Brassett et al. 2006: 186. This is probably the transitive verb, opposed to the intransitive ta21 [Brassett et al. 2006: 165] (based on the location of these items in Brassett's classified vocabulary). Cf. also wu24 'to burn' [Brassett et al. 2006: 187].
Brassett et al. 2006: 170. Attested in even more complex formations: ɕi̯ɛ24-mi55-tʰi21-kʰu̯ɔ24-tʰa1 'fingernail' (where ɕi̯ɛ24-mi55-tʰi21 = 'finger'), ɕi21-mi55-tʰi21-kʰu̯ɔ24-tʰa1 'toenail' (where ɕi21-mi55-tʰi21 = 'toe').
Duogu Tujia:kʰo53-tʰa531
Zhang 2006: 423.
Dianfang Tujia:kʰo55-tʰa551
Tian 1986: 175. The actual attested form is even 'longer', referring specifically to 'finger-nail': ɕe35=mi55=tʰi=21=kʰo53-tʰa53, where the first three syllables = 'finger'.
Boluo (Luxi) Tujia:ʓie53=mũ21=ko21-lo211
Zhang 2006: 423.
Tanxi Tujia:ʓe55=mo55=kʰo211
Tian 1986: 175.
Common Tujia notes:
Cf. also Longshan ɕie35=mi55=tʰi21=kʰo55-tʰa55, Luxi ʓie55=mo21=kʰo21 [Chen 2006: 189].
Number:14
Word:cloud
Tasha (Qixin) Tujia:me24=la55-ɔŋ211
Brassett et al. 2006: 164. Meaning glossed as plural ('clouds'). The first morpheme is me24 'sky' [ibid.].
Duogu Tujia:
Not attested.
Dianfang Tujia:mɨe35=la55-ɣũ211
Tian 1986: 165. The first morpheme is mɨe35 'sky' [ibid.].
Boluo (Luxi) Tujia:yẽ21-doʉ33-1
Zhang 2006: 400. Borrowed from Chinese (雲頭 yùn-tóu).
Tanxi Tujia:yüẽ33-1
Tian 1986: 165. Borrowed from Chinese (雲 yùn).
Common Tujia notes:
Cf. also Longshan me35=lan53-uen21 [Zhang Weiquan 2006: 364]; Longshan mɯe35=la55-ɣoŋ21, Luxi yin21-dɯ21-bo33 [Chen 2006: 176]. The meaning 'cloud' in Northern Tujia is always expressed by the bisyllabic compound *la1-ɣɔŋ3, whose individual parts are semantically obscure. In all known Southern Tujia dialects, the original word has been replaced by Chinese borrowings.
Number:15
Word:cold
Tasha (Qixin) Tujia:sa211
Brassett et al. 2006: 164. The meaning is glossed as verbal: 'to be cold'. Cf. also wu24-ɕʰi55 'cold one' [Brassett et al. 2006: 199].
Cf. also Longshan xa53-le21 [Zhang Weiquan 2006: 78]; Longshan xa55-lie21, Luxi cʰie55 [Chen 2006: 180]. There is no certified Common Tujia equivalent: all Northern dialects have the disyllabic formation *xa5a-li̯e3 (individual meanings of the two syllables are unknown), and all Southern dialects have *cʰe5a. It is quite possible, although not a certainty, that the Northern forms really go back to a monosyllabic borrowing from a Hmong source (if North Tujia *xali̯ɛ < *xle < *ɬe, cf. Qiandong Hmong ɬa, etc.). If so, the Southern forms may be more archaic.
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