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STEDT #1820

*C-prik

BE / BE ABLE
Proto-Lolo-Burmese · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

handleBrekprefixC/ʔinitial(p/b)rrhymeekcoverP · T

Connections

HPTB*C-pretᴸ ‘be / be able’pp. 374, 376

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 4 subgroups

6.1Lolo-Burmese4

*Lolo-Burmesebrek ‘be / exist / be able’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 68(c)
*Lolo-BurmeseC-pretᴸ ‘be / be able’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 607
*Lolo-Burmese{C}-prek ‘be / exist / be able’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 68(a)
*Lolo-Burmeseʔbrek ‘be / exist / be able’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 68(b)

6.1.2.2Central Loloish6

Kucongpiɛ55 ‘can (i.e., write)’Dai 09 Kucong
Lahu (Black)phɛ̀ʔ be v.‘be / be able’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 68(a)
Lahu (Black)pɨ́ be v.‘able to do / be skillful at doing’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 68(b)
Lahu (Yellow)phɛ⁵ ‘can / be able to’Chang 86
Lisuhpye6 be v.‘able / succeed in doing’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 68(a)

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Akhapyeu v.‘be; exist’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 68(b)

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1820, *C-prik ‘BE / BE ABLE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1820
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: TSR #68
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1820,
  title  = {{*C-prik 'BE / BE ABLE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1820},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1820}
}