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STEDT #1754

*ka

WORD / SPEECH / LANGUAGE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*ka ‘word / speech / language’p. 174
See also8.8

Reflexes & cognates46 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)5

*Tibeto-Burmanka ‘word / speech / language’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 594
*Tibeto-Burmanka ‘word / speech’Matisoff 83 TIL: 48
*Tibeto-Burmanka ‘word, speech’LaPolla 87: 8

1.7.3.1Jingpho16

Jingphoga ‘language’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingphogà ⪤ əprefix◦gà ‘word, speech’Benedict 72 STC: 9
Jingphogà~səmorpheme◦gà ‘word, speech’LaPolla 87: 8
Jingphoka³¹ ‘speech’Liu 84
Jingphoka³¹ n‘speech / words’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0651.19
Jingphoka³¹ ‘language’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 511.47
Jingpholai³¹morphemeka̱³³ ‘word / character’Liu 84
Jingpholai³¹morphemeka̱³³ n‘character / word’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0643.19
Jingpholai³¹morphemeka̱³³ ‘word / character’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 495.47
Jingphomungmorpheme◦ga ‘word’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingphoshamorpheme◦ga ‘speak’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingphośəprefix◦gà ‘speak’Benedict 72 STC: 9
Jingpho¹ga ‘language’Weidert 87 TBTo: 234
Jingpho¹ka ‘language’Weidert 87 TBTo: 234
Jingpho¹šəmorpheme²ga ‘speak / say’Weidert 87 TBTo: 234

2.1.2.1Tibetan4

Tibetan (Written)bprefix◦ka ‘word, speech’Matisoff 83 TIL: 48
Tibetan (Written)bprefix◦ka ‘word, speech’Benedict 72 STC: 9
Tibetan (Written)bprefix◦ka~skadmorpheme ‘word, speech’LaPolla 87: 8

2.1.4Tamangish1

Tamang (Risiangku)²kat ‘voice’also contains *ᴮkatMazaudon 78 Tam: 29

4Nungic14

Nung(thi⁵⁵morpheme) khɑ³¹ clf‘sentence (of speech)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0862.21
Anongkha ‘word, speech’LaPolla 87: 8
Anongkha ‘speech, language’Benedict 72 STC: 9
Rawangkha³¹ ‘word’LaPolla 03: 716
Rawangkhɑ³¹ ‘speech, words’LaPolla 03: 715
Rawangkhɑ³¹ CL‘CL sentence (of speech)’LaPolla 03: 913
Nungkhɑ⁵⁵ n‘speech / words’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0651.21
Anongkhɑ⁵⁵ ‘language’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 511.44
Dulongkɑ⁵⁵ n‘speech / words’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0651.20
Dulongkɑ⁵⁵ clf‘sentence (of speech)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0862.20
Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)ka⁵⁵ ‘word, speech’LaPolla 87: 8
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)ka⁵⁵ ‘word, speech’LaPolla 87: 8

6.1.1Burmish11

Burmese (Written)caprefix-kâ ‘word’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)caprefix◦kā: ‘language’Marrison 67 Naga
Burmese (Written)caprefix◦kā: ‘word’Marrison 67 Naga
Burmese (Written)cəprefix◦ka ‘word / speech’Matisoff 83 TIL: 48
Burmese (Written)sɑ¹morphemekɑ³ n‘speech / words’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0651.26
Burmese (Written)tsamorpheme-ka ‘word / speech’Weidert 87 TBTo: 234
Burmese (Written)tsamorpheme-ka ‘word, speech’LaPolla 87: 8
Burmese (Written)tsamorpheme-ka ‘word, speech’Benedict 72 STC: 9
Marmacəmorpheme◦gá ‘language’Huziwara 08 Sak: 183
Atsi [Zaiwa]lai²¹morphemeka̱⁵⁵ n‘character / word’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0643.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]lai²¹morphemeka̱⁵⁵ ‘word / character’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 495.42

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1754, *ka ‘WORD / SPEECH / LANGUAGE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1754
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p. 174, STC pp. 18,21,187 STC#9
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1754,
  title  = {{*ka 'WORD / SPEECH / LANGUAGE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1754},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1754}
}