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STEDT #2400

*laːy

DIG / HOE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*laay ⪤ *hlaay ‘DIG / DELVE / HOE (v.)’PKC #1009

Connections

HPTB*laːy ‘dig up’p. 210

Notes

This root resembles #5762 PTB *lu ⪤ *lwa DIG, but must be kept separate.

Reflexes & cognates20 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmanlaːy ‘dig’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 063

*Tibeto-Burmanlaːy ‘dig up’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 599

*Tibeto-Burmanlaːy ‘dig / hoe’Benedict 72 STC: 288

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinlaay ⪤ hlaay ‘DIG / DELVE / HOE (v.)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1009

1.2.1.1Northern Chin5

Thadolàay-I, lày-II ‘dig’VanBik 09 PKC: 1009

Thadolʌ̀i ‘dig’Thirumalai 72: 10

Thadolʌ̀i ‘dig’Thirumalai 72: 19

Thadolʌ́i ‘dig’Thirumalai 72: 54

Tiddimlaːi³ > laiʔ³ ‘clear weeds’VanBik 09 PKC: 1009

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)hlâay-I, hlǎay-II ‘dig, operate (e.g. surgery)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1009

Lai (Falam)làay-I, láyʔ-II ‘dig, delve, hoe’VanBik 09 PKC: 1009

Lushai [Mizo]lai ‘dig’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]lai ‘dig, hoe’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 063

Lushai [Mizo]lai ‘dig, hoe’Benedict 72 STC: 288

Lushai [Mizo]lài-I, làih-II v‘dig, to delve, to hoe, to excavate, to mine’VanBik 09 PKC: 1009

1.7.3.1Jingpho3

Jingpholāi ‘dig up’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 063

Jingpholai ‘dig up’Benedict 72 STC: 288

Jingpholai³³ v.‘dig out with finger’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1482.19

3.3rGyalrongic1

Daofumbərprefix le ‘dig’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1150.12

3.3.1rGyalrong5

rGyalrong (Maerkang Caodeng (B))ka22prefix lwe44 vt‘dig’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1130

rGyalrong (Maerkang Caodeng (B))ka22prefix ra44#5762 PTB *lu ⪤ *lwa ‘DIG’ lwe44 vt‘dig (a hole)’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1128

Caodengkɐprefix-lweʔ ‘dig’Sun J 97 Cao

rGyalrong (Maerkang Caodeng (A))kəprefix◦ra#5762 PTB *lu ⪤ *lwa ‘DIG’◦'lwe vt‘dig (a hole)’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1128

rGyalrong (Ganzi Danba Dandong)na'nprefix◦le vt‘dig (a hole)’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 1128

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2400, *laːy ‘DIG / HOE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2400

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

References: cf. STC#288, HPTB p.210

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2400,
  title  = {{*laːy 'DIG / HOE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2400},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2400}
}