*ha

BREATHE

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This weakly attested root seems to have an onomatopoetic component, and awaits further confirmation. It bears a strong resemblance to #1817 PTB *g-haŋ GASP / PANT, and might well be combined with it in the future.

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.1.2Deng4

Idumananamorpheme si#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’◦ha◦lamorpheme ‘pant’Pulu 78

Idusi#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’-ha-gamorpheme ‘breathe’Anonymous 62 Idu

Idusi#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’◦ha◦lamorpheme ‘breath’Pulu 78

Idusi#32 PTB *m-sak ‘BREATH(E) / LIFE’PCN *sak ‘BREATH’◦ha◦lamorpheme◦gamorpheme ‘breathe’Pulu 78

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]uprefix◦ha ‘breath / life’Matisoff 87 BP

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1816, *ha ‘BREATHE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1816

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

References: ("KMR")

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-1816,
  title  = {{*ha 'BREATHE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1816},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1816}
}