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STEDT #103

*bal

TIRED / THIRSTY

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlebalinitialbrhymealcoverP · L

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*ɓaa ‘TIRED / EXHAUSTED’PKC #53

Connections

HPTB*bal ‘tired’pp. 386, 404, 406, 427

Notes

Note the interesting semantic association between TIRED and THIRSTY.

Jingpho has a doublet bá ⪤ bàn, with the latter directly reflecting the *-l.

This root is very likely allofamic with #4054 PTB *baŋ TIRED / EXHAUSTED, but it seems best to keep them separate for now.

Chinese comparandum

S412

Reflexes & cognates17 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmanbal ‘tired’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 584

*Tibeto-Burmanbal ‘tired’Benedict 72 STC: 29

*Tibeto-Burmanbal (*B) ‘tired’Coblin 86: 150

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinɓaa ‘TIRED / EXHAUSTED’VanBik 09 PKC: 53

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lai (Hakha)bǎa-I, baat-II ‘tired, exhausted’VanBik 09 PKC: 53

4Nungic3

Rawang(thi³¹morpheme) bɑl⁵³ [bɑ⁵³morpheme le³³]morpheme ‘thirsty’LaPolla 03: 1358

Trung [Dulong]bɑl⁵⁵ ‘thirsty’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 898.46

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)bɑl⁵⁵ ‘thirsty’Sun H 82 Dul

6.1.1Burmish6

Burmese (Written)pân ‘tired’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 176

Burmese (Written)pân ‘tired’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)pàn ‘tired’Benedict 72 STC: 15n54(b)

Burmese (Written)pàn ‘tired, weary’Benedict 72 STC: 29

Burmese (Written)pàn ‘tired, weary’Coblin 86: 150

Burmese (Written)paŋ#4054 PTB *baŋ ‘TIRED / EXHAUSTED’PKC *ɓaaŋ ‘TIRED / EXHAUSTED’ pân ‘tired, exhausted’VanBik 09 PKC: 54

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #103, *bal ‘TIRED / THIRSTY’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/103

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: STC#029, HPTB

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-103,
  title  = {{*bal 'TIRED / THIRSTY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #103},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/103}
}