*daw

DEFY / INTERFERE / BE AT ENMITY WITH / RISK / GUESS

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handledawinitialdrhymeawcoverT · W

Connections

HPTB*daw ‘risk / defy / hostile’p. 225

Notes

The semantics of this etymon are rather complicated, but all supporting forms seem valid.

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 5 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmandaw ‘risk / defy / hostile’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 586

*Tibeto-Burmandaw ‘defy / interfere / be at enmity with’Benedict 72 STC: 267

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lushai [Mizo]dou be v.‘at enmity with, also to prop up’Benedict 72 STC: 267

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphotau v.‘have premonitions, anticipate, foresee’Benedict 72 STC: 267

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)sdo-basuffix v.‘risk, hazard, venture; to bear up against, bid defiance’Benedict 72 STC: 267

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)tau ‘guess, presume’Benedict 72 STC: 267

Burmese (Written)taù ‘resent an insinuation, interfere in a quarrel’Benedict 72 STC: 267

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2193, *daw ‘DEFY / INTERFERE / BE AT ENMITY WITH / RISK / GUESS’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2193

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

References: STC p.63

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2193,
  title  = {{*daw 'DEFY / INTERFERE / BE AT ENMITY WITH / RISK / GUESS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2193},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2193}
}