Essays on Writing and Language in Honor - Sino-Platonic Papers

Schriiffesrsch@fl: Essayr in Honor of John DeFrmzcis
dynastic ancestor meaning "progenitor". Were it not for the tenuous
nature of Ex. 48, one might surmise that the *s- reflex belonged to the
"Shang" dialect and the *?- reflex to another dialect, conceivably that
of the Zhou, but however intriguing, the evidence simply is not
sufficiently solid.
(54.) khyil-Chu
Chu-khyil
(coil) *puddle'
" 9 'kwi1, kwiw,
kwe / kiwei 'hole, hollow.
concaveyb
(55.) skyil '(LO bend),
dam up water'
skyil-ding 'small hole j& *skwil. skwiw. 'concave,
(W) filled with %e 13iwei puddle'
. -
water'
(56J rkyil 'to bend'
skyil- 'sitting cmsc 3. *skwyil:, 'cross beam in
khrung legged' swjin: / sjuen: bell frame
skil-ldir 'handle, ring (support for
(w) for carrying' hanging bell)'
35: Note the doublet here.
(57.) T hkhyil *to wind. 4% 'kwyil, kwyiw, 'compass,
twist, (Das:) kwje / kjwie 4 circle'
to whirl'
$9 'kwyil, '1.f. potter's
kwjin / kjiuen 4 wheel'
-LE 36:
(67;) T ma1 'rest, tranquility % .?'snol:,
('s-?) of mind' hnwaj: / thufi: 'tranquil'
mnal 'sleep' (1i:hnarx)
nyal 'lie down. sleep' -6% *snpl, 'to comfort.
snyol 'lay down. to bed' snhj / swi give repose lo'
fehis last example shows a morphological relationship,
not a doublet. This type is easier to identify than
is t he dialect doublet.