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STEDT #1821

*s/g-ray ⪤ *way

BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

Allofams
HPTB*ray ⪤ *way ‘copula / nominalizer / subordinator’pp. 35, 47, 209, 221, 482, 510

Notes

This etymon was the main focus of Matisoff 1985 (GSTC).

Clearly related to this complex etymon is #2608 PTB *s-ri-t ⪤ *s-rut BE / EXIST / COPULA, though we are listing it separately for convenience’s sake.

No attested reflexes are linked to this etymon.

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #1821, *s/g-ray ⪤ *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1821
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PAF; GSTC, HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1821,
  title  = {{*s/g-ray ⪤ *way 'BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1821},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1821}
}