STEDT #1647

lyap ⪤ rap

COPULATE / LOVE

Reconstruction analysis

handlelyapinitiall(y)rhymeap/mcoverL · NT

Notes

This etymon is attested in the NE Indian Areal Group and Himalayish, with a possible cognate in Loloish (Bisu). The initial shows variation between l- and r-. This root seems to be quite distinct from #3472 PTB *la COPULATE / LOVE, below. The final -t in the Tangkhul forms is unexplained. See TBRS 151.

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.1.2Deng1

Darang [Taraon]lyeb-gaːmorpheme ‘copulate’Matisoff 87 BP

1.3.4Tangkhulic2

Tangkhulkhaprefix◦ŋamorpheme◦rāt ‘copulate’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulrat ‘copulate’Bhat 69 TNV: 86

1.5Mikir [Karbi]3

Mikir [Karbi]domorpheme◦rap◦rap ‘copulate’The basic meaning of Karbi rap is ‘to befriend; to be together’. It occurs as an auxiliary after other verbs (e.g. do ‘be; exist’, i ‘sleep’), meaning ‘to V together’.Matisoff 87 BP

Mikir [Karbi]i#127 PTB *s-y(i/u)p ‘SLEEP’PTani *jup ‘SLEEP’PKC *ʔip-I, ʔiʔ-II ‘SLEEP’PCN *jap ‘SLEEP’PTk *jip ‘SLEEP / LIE DOWN’PLB *s/ʔ-yipᴸ ‘PUT TO SLEEP’PLB *yipᴸ ⪤ *yupᴸ ‘SLEEP’◦rap-chom#3430 PTB *tsyum ‘VAGINA / COPULATE’ ‘copulate’Matisoff 87 BP

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Pattani [Manchati]sem#66 PTB *s(y)am-s ‘BREATH / LUNG / SPIRIT / VOICE / HEART’ lep◦imorpheme v.‘love’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang4

Chepangrāp-sā#3477 PTB *saw ‘LOVE’ v‘love’Hale 73 CSD: 10b1.52

Chepangrap-sa#3477 PTB *saw ‘LOVE’ ‘love’Caughley 72 CVoc: 10.B.1.52

Magarro-kemorpheme n‘love’Hale 73 CSD: 10a.01

Magarro-kemorpheme v‘love’Hale 73 CSD: 10b1.52

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Bisuaŋ#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’◦làp◦ʔmbã#1359 PTB *m-ba(k/ŋ) ‘COPULATE / LOVE / WOMB’ ‘genitals’Beaudouin 88 Bisu: 14

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1647, *lyap ⪤ *rap ‘COPULATE / LOVE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1647

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1647,
  title  = {{*lyap ⪤ *rap 'COPULATE / LOVE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1647},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1647}
}