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STEDT #2397

*s-lay ⪤ *ley

PASS / EXCEED
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*lay ⪤ *hlay ‘EXCEED / SURPLUS’PKC #1016

Connections

HPTB*s-lay ⪤ *ley ‘pass / exceed’pp. 208, 216, 511

Reflexes & cognates18 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmanlay ‘pass / exceed’Benedict 72 STC: 301
*Tibeto-Burmans-lay ⪤ ley ‘pass / exceed’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 599
*Tibeto-Burmans-lay ⪤ s-ley ‘pass / exceed’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 058

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinlay ⪤ hlay ‘EXCEED / SURPLUS’VanBik 09 PKC: 1016

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)lei be v.‘in excess, surplus’VanBik 09 PKC: 1016

1.2.2Central Chin5

Lai (Falam)hláy ‘more than ten, over ten’VanBik 09 PKC: 1016
Lai (Hakha)hlây-I, hlǎy-II ‘exceed, over, surplus’VanBik 09 PKC: 1016
Lushai [Mizo]hlěi ‘more than ten; over ten’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 058
Lushai [Mizo]hlěi ‘more than ten, over ten’VanBik 09 PKC: 1016
Lushai [Mizo]hlēi-hlēi ‘more still, even more, in particular’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 058

1.2.3Maraic2

Lakher [Mara]hlei ‘more than others; beyond, more than; special’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 058
Lakher [Mara]hléi ‘more than others, beyond’VanBik 09 PKC: 1016

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]le ‘over, excess, profit’Benedict 72 STC: 301

1.7.1.1Bodo3

Dimasalai◦langmorpheme v‘pass by’Marrison 67 Naga: 187

1.7.1.2Garo4

Garo (Bangladesh)re•-pingmorpheme-grikmorpheme-amorpheme vi‘pass’Burling 03 Garo: 9.317-II:idx
Garo (Bangladesh)re•-sekmorpheme-amorpheme vt‘pass’Burling 03 Garo: 9.317-II:idx

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingpholăi ⪤ śəlai ‘pass, exceed’prefixBenedict 72 STC: 301

4Nungic1

Anonglɛ ⪤ səlɛ ‘pass’prefixBenedict 72 STC: 301

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2397, *s-lay ⪤ *ley ‘PASS / EXCEED’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2397
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#301, HPTB pp. 208, 216, 511
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2397,
  title  = {{*s-lay ⪤ *ley 'PASS / EXCEED'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2397},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2397}
}