STEDT #2137
*g/m/s-lay
CHANGE / EXCHANGE / BUY / BARTER
Reconstruction analysis
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Intermediate reconstructions
Northern Naga/Konyakian*lyay ‘CHANGE / EXCHANGE’
Northern Naga/Konyakian*rey ‘BUY’
Qiangic*lyay ‘EXCHANGE’
Connections
Allofams
- 1 #376 *g/m/s-lay ⪤ *r/s-ley ⪤ *b-rey ‘CHANGE / EXCHANGE / BARTER / BUY’
- 1a #2137 *g/m/s-lay ‘CHANGE / EXCHANGE / BUY / BARTER’
- 1b #369 *r/s-ley ‘CHANGE / EXCHANGE / BUY / BARTER’
- 1c #2606 *b-rey ‘BUY / BARTER’
HPTB*g/m/s-lay ⪤ *r-ley ‘change / exchange / buy / barter’pp. 49, 208, 216, 217, 511
Chinese comparandum
移 OC *diɑ, GSR #3q ‘change, alter’; Schuessler 2007:566 *lai; B & S 2011: *laj; Mand. yí.
易 OC *di̯ĕk, GSR #850a-e ‘change; exchange’; Schuessler 2007:566 *lek; B & S 2011: *lek; Mand. yì.
賜 OC *si̯ĕg, GSR #850t ‘give’; Schuessler 2007:199 *sekh < *slekh; B & S 2011: *s-lek-s ; Mand. cì.
Comment: Schuessler (2007:566) considers 移 yí ‘change, alter’ to be an etymon distinct from an etymon 移 yí ‘move’ in Chinese.
Reflexes & cognates95 reflexes · 22 subgroups
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4
*Tibeto-Burmang/m/s-lay ⪤ r-ley#369 PTB *r/s-ley ‘CHANGE / EXCHANGE / BUY / BARTER’MesorootsPCN *a-hlej ‘BUY’Allofams1 #376 PTB *g/m/s-lay ⪤ *r/s-ley ⪤ *b-rey ‘CHANGE / EXCHANGE / BARTER / BUY’1a #2137 PTB *g/m/s-lay ‘CHANGE / EXCHANGE / BUY / BARTER’1b #369 PTB *r/s-ley ‘CHANGE / EXCHANGE / BUY / BARTER’1c #2606 PTB *b-rey ‘BUY / BARTER’ ‘change / exchange / buy / barter’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 599
1.2Kuki-Chin1
1.2.1.1Northern Chin12
1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2
1.2.2Central Chin3
1.2.3Maraic1
1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group2
1.3.3Zeme Group1
1.3.4Tangkhulic5
1.7.1.1Bodo10
Bodogu#593 PTB *kur ⪤ *kwar ‘SKIN’PTk *kor ‘BARK’PNN *C̬-kʰuar ‘SKIN’◦slay v‘change the color of skin (children)’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodogu#593 PTB *kur ⪤ *kwar ‘SKIN’PTk *kor ‘BARK’PNN *C̬-kʰuar ‘SKIN’◦slay v‘leave off slough (snake); change the color of the’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodogu#593 PTB *kur ⪤ *kwar ‘SKIN’PTk *kor ‘BARK’PNN *C̬-kʰuar ‘SKIN’◦slay ‘slough (snake), change color of skin’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 069
1.7.1.2Garo4
1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian2
Both of these allofams are reconstructed by French. Strictly speaking, *lyay goes better with the current allofam, while *rey seems closest to #2606 PTB *b-rey BUY / BARTER.
1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte3
1.7.3.1Jingpho9
2.1.4Tamangish6
3.2Qiangic14
4Nungic5
6.1Lolo-Burmese1
6.1.1Burmish12
Burmese (Written)hlâi-phaimorpheme v.‘id.( empty ( contents of one vessel into another ) ) ; to exchange’Benedict 76 WBur
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish5
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish3
7Karenic1
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #2137,
*g/m/s-lay ‘CHANGE / EXCHANGE / BUY / BARTER’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2137Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC #283, STC p.64, HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2137,
title = {{*g/m/s-lay 'CHANGE / EXCHANGE / BUY / BARTER'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2137},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2137}
}