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STEDT #19

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WITHERED / RESIDUE / CORPSE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

handlerawprefixsinitialrrhymeawcoverL · W

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*raw ‘DRY / WITHER’PKC #933

Connections

HPTB*raw ‘withered / residue / corpse’p. 225

HPTB*ŋrəw ‘dark / faded / withered’p. 184

Chinese comparandum

老 OC *lôg, GSR #1055a ‘old’; B & S 2011: *C-rˁuʔ; Mand. lǎo. S345

Reflexes & cognates40 reflexes · 16 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanraw ‘withered / residue / corpse’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 610

*Tibeto-Burmanraw ‘dry / dead / old / carcass’Benedict 72 STC: 268

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinraw ‘DRY / WITHER’VanBik 09 PKC: 933

1.2.1.1Northern Chin4

Thadogóo-I, got-II ‘dry, withered (from liquid to dry)’VanBik 09 PKC: 933

Tiddimgoː² >morpheme got³ ‘dry, dry up, become hardened’VanBik 09 PKC: 933

Tiddimgoː² >morpheme got³ v‘dry up; become hardened; become seasoned’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 361

Tiddimgoː²/got³ ‘dry up...’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)ràw-I, rǎw-II ‘dry, wither’VanBik 09 PKC: 933

Lai (Falam)rǎw-I, ràw-II ‘dry’VanBik 09 PKC: 933

Lushai [Mizo]ro adj‘dry’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]ró be v.‘dry, to be dead’VanBik 09 PKC: 933

Lushai [Mizo]ro be v.‘dry’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2853

Lushai [Mizo]rou ‘dry, dead’Benedict 72 STC: 268

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]aprefix◦ru ‘carcass / corpse’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

*Northern Nagarəw ‘old(of persons)’French 83: 528

1.7.3.1Jingpho4

Jingphokhprefix◦raw adj‘dry’Marrison 67 Naga

Jingphokhprefix◦ʒoʔ⁵⁵ ‘dry (inside of object)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1028.19

Jingphokəprefix◦rāu⪤gəprefix◦rāu ‘dry over a fire’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 3

Jingphokprefix◦rāu ‘dry up, be overdry’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 3

2.1.1Western Himalayish2

Bunanḍunḍomorpheme-rò ‘carcass / dead animal’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 1.15

Bunanrò ‘corpse / dead body’Sharma, S.R. 91 Bu: 1.14

2.1.2Bodic6

Baimarɐ⁵³ ‘corpse / dead body’Sun H 91 Baim: 1.14

Tsangla (Central)ro ‘dead body’Egli-Roduner: 31 9a

Tsangla (Motuo)ro ‘corpse’Sun H 80 MLD

Tsangla (Motuo)ro¹³ ‘corpse’Zhang Jichuan 86

Tsangla (Tilang)ro ‘corpse’Zhang Jichuan 86

Tshona (Mama)rɔ¹³ ‘corpse’Sun H 80 MLD

2.1.2.1Tibetan7

Tibetan (Amdo:Zeku)ro ‘corpse’Sun J 85 Amdo: 159

Tibetan (Batang)khᴇ⁵⁵#3301 PTB *kay ‘DIE’PTani *-ka ~ *-ke ‘DEAD (resultative verbal particle)’ zo⁵³ ‘carcass / dead animal’Dai 89 Bata: 1.15

Tibetan (Batang)zo⁵³ ‘corpse / dead body’Dai 89 Bata: 1.14

Spitirò ‘corpse / dead body’Bodh 91: 1.14

Tibetan (Written)ro ‘carcass / corpse; residue, sediment’Matisoff 87 BP

Tibetan (Written)ro ‘corpse’Sun J 85 TbGl: 159

Tibetan (Written)ro ‘corpse, carcass; residue, sediment’Benedict 72 STC: 268

2.1.3Lepcha2

Lepchahryu ‘dry, dead (as a leaf)’Matisoff 87 BP

Lepchahryu vs.‘dry, dead (as leaf)’Benedict 72 STC: 268

2.1.4Tamangish1

Tamang (Risiangku)⁴ro n‘corpse’Mazaudon 91 TamQ: 1.14

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Thulungryo◦masuffix ‘body’Matisoff 87 BP

3.2Qiangic2

Pumi (Qinghua)ʐɯ¹³ ‘corpse’Lu 83 Pumi

Qiang (Mianchi)ʐí ‘dry’Evans 99 Qiang: 1476

3.3rGyalrongic2

Ergong (Daofu)rə dɔ#1862 PTB *ri-dak ‘ANIMAL’ ʔruə ‘carcass / dead animal’Dai 89 Daof: 1.15

Ergong (Daofu)ʔruə ‘corpse / dead body’Dai 89 Daof: 1.14

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)rau ‘very old, near withering (as leaves)’Benedict 72 STC: 268

Burmese (Written)ro ‘very old, near withering, as leaves ( more than raŋ' ) ( cf. lyo )’Benedict 76 WBur

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #19, *s-raw ‘WITHERED / RESIDUE / CORPSE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/19

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

References: cf. STC#268, HPTB p.225

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-19,
  title  = {{*s-raw 'WITHERED / RESIDUE / CORPSE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #19},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/19}
}