*p(y)əy

BROKEN DOWN / DESTROYED

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlepyəyinitialp(y)rhymeəycoverP · W

Connections

HPTB*s-pyak ‘destroyed / ruined’p. 323

Notes

Further confirmation of this root would be welcome.

Reflexes & cognates3 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphophyì be v.‘neglected and thus destroyed’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 163

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)phê be v.‘broken down in strength / ability, by hard labor or severe punishment’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 163

Burmese (Written)phê be v.‘broken down in strength by labor or punishment’Benedict 76 WBur

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #176, *p(y)əy ‘BROKEN DOWN / DESTROYED’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/176

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-176,
  title  = {{*p(y)əy 'BROKEN DOWN / DESTROYED'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #176},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/176}
}