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STEDT #140

*(k/g)li-n

SLEEP

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handleGlininitial(k/g)lrhymei-nsuffixncoverK · VN

Notes

This somewhat speculative root requires further confirmation.

Reflexes & cognates15 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Kom Reməprefix◦kə◦jemorpheme ‘sleep / be asleep’Toba 91 KRQ: 1.16

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern NagaC̥-kʰli v.‘sleep’French 83: 552

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang9

Changñek#682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’MesorootsPTani *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik ‘EYE’PKC *mik-kuu-I, -kuk-II ‘SLEEPY’PCN *mjak ⪤ *hmik ‘EYE’PTk *mik ‘EYE’PTk *mit ‘EYE’TGTM *ᴮʰmiː(ŋ) ‘EYE’Allofams1 #33 PTB *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik ‘EYE’1a #682 PTB *s-mik ‘EYE’1b #681 PTB *s-myak ‘EYE’ atmorpheme ši v.‘sleep’French 83: 552

Konyakshi ‘sleep’Marrison 67 Naga

Konyakši v.‘sleep, lie down’French 83: 552

Konyakši umorpheme lou#142 PTB *m-sow ‘ARISE / AWAKE / AWAKEN’PKC *thaw-I, thoʔ-II ‘RISE / GET UP / STAND UP’PCN *m-su ‘LIFT / AWAKEN’PTk *tʰow ‘AWAKEN’ ‘awake’French 83: 453

Phomlem#3299 PTB *g-laːm ‘LIE DOWN’PNN *laːm ‘LIE DOWN’PKir *glem- ‘LIE DOWN’ ši v.‘lie down’French 83: 552

Phomshi ‘sleep’Marrison 67 Naga

Phomši v.‘sleep’French 83: 552

Phomʃi³¹ ‘sleep’Burling 98 Phom

6.1.1Burmish5

Burmese (Standard Spoken)ceìn ‘sleep’< PLB voiced initial.Okell 71

Burmese (Inscriptional)kin ‘sleep’Okell 71

Burmese (Written)kîn ‘sleep, as a Buddh’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)kyîn ‘sleep ( resp. ) ; remain dormant’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)kyin: ‘sleep’Okell 71

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #140, *(k/g)li-n ‘SLEEP’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/140

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

References: PNN *khli (WTF 552)

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-140,
  title  = {{*(k/g)li-n 'SLEEP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #140},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/140}
}