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STEDT #2234

*gaːr

DANCE / SING / LEAP / STRIDE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlegaːrinitialgrhymeaːrcoverK · L

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*khən ‘SONG’PCN #171

Connections

Allofams

1 #482 *gaːr ⪤ *ga ‘DANCE / SING / LEAP / STRIDE’
1a #2234 *gaːr ‘DANCE / SING / LEAP / STRIDE’
1b #521 *ga ‘DANCE / LEAP / STRIDE’

HPTB*gan ‘run / dance / kick’p. 519

HPTB*gaːr ⪤ *s-ga ‘dance / sing / leap / stride’pp. 392, 401, 425, 427

Chinese comparandum

歌 OC *kɑ̂, GSR #1q ‘sing, song’; Schuessler 2007:252 *kâi; B & S 2011: *kˁaj {[k]ˁaj}; Mand. gē.

Reflexes & cognates26 reflexes · 12 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmangaːr ‘dance’Matisoff 83 TIL: 4

*Tibeto-Burmangaːr ‘dance, leap, stride’Benedict 72 STC: 11

*Tibeto-Burmangaːr ⪤ s-ga#521 PTB *ga ‘DANCE / LEAP / STRIDE’MesorootsPLB *ga³ ⪤ *ʔga² ‘SING / DANCE / PLAY’Allofams1 #482 PTB *gaːr ⪤ *ga ‘DANCE / SING / LEAP / STRIDE’1a #2234 PTB *gaːr ‘DANCE / SING / LEAP / STRIDE’1b #521 PTB *ga ‘DANCE / LEAP / STRIDE’ ‘dance / sing / leap / stride’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 590

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lushai [Mizo]kaːr v.‘step, pace, stride’Benedict 72 STC: 11

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)10

*Central Nagakhən ‘SONG’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.171

Ao (Chungli)ken ‘song’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)ken-aprefix◦tenmorpheme ‘sing’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)kən¹ n.‘song’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.171

Ao (Chungli)kən¹tən²morpheme-la²#5493 PTB *la(ː) ‘FEMALE / DAUGHTER’PKC *laa ‘FEMALE (adolescent stage)’PCN *la ‘FEMALE, WOMAN’PTk *la ‘DAUGHTER’PNN *C̥-glaᴮ ‘FEMALE’ n.‘singer (female)’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

Lotha Nagao¹prefix-khen³ n.‘song (of a human)’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.171

Lotha Nagaoprefix◦khen ‘song’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtamkhi ‘song’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrükhün ‘song’Marrison 67 Naga

Yimchungrükhün-thsümorpheme ‘sing’Marrison 67 Naga

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]kan v‘dance’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garo (Bangladesh)kal•-asuffix vt‘play’Burling 03 Garo: 8.81-II:idx

1.7.3.1Jingpho3

Jingphogan ⪤ kəprefix◦gan ⪤ khan ‘leap, bound, canter’Benedict 72 STC: 11

Jingphokhān ‘leap / dance’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 173

Jingphokəprefix◦gān ‘leap / dance’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 173

2.1.1Western Himalayish1

Pattani [Manchati]gər◦pʰimorpheme v.‘dance’Sharma, D.D. 82 TH

2.1.2.1Tibetan2

Tibetan (Written)gar ‘dance’Matisoff 83 TIL: 4

Tibetan (Written)gar n.‘dance’Benedict 72 STC: 11

3.2Qiangic1

Namuyigæ³¹ ‘sing’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1184.46

6.2Naxi3

Laze (Xiangjiao)gwɤ˩ v.‘sing’Michaud 06 NaLaze: 2435

Na (Yongning)gwɤ˩ v.‘sing’Michaud 06 NaLaze

Naxi (Yongning)guə¹³ ‘sing’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 683.29

7Karenic3

Karena³¹prefixka̱⁵⁵ n‘dance’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0657.50

Karenka̱⁵⁵ v.‘dance’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1677.50

Kayan (Pekon)ká̤ V‘dance’Manson 10 Kayan

9.0.1Old Chinese1

Chinese (Old)kaj ‘sing’Baxter 92: 1047

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2234, *gaːr ‘DANCE / SING / LEAP / STRIDE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2234

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

References: cf. STC#011, HPTB pp.392, 401, 425, 427

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2234,
  title  = {{*gaːr 'DANCE / SING / LEAP / STRIDE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2234},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2234}
}