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STEDT #2413

*m-ləy

BOAT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlem-liprefixminitiallrhymeəycoverL · VNLW

Intermediate reconstructions

Karenic*klejᴬ ‘BOAT’TL#28

Connections

HPTB*m-ləy ‘boat’p. 192

Reflexes & cognates60 reflexes · 15 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

1NE Indian Areal Group1

*Kuki-Nagam-liy ORmorpheme b-liy n.‘boat’Benedict 72 STC: 474

1.2Kuki-Chin1

Khoibuma-li ‘boat’Brown 37 Indo

1.3“Naga” Areal Group3

Maringli ‘boat’Brown 37 Indo
Maringmali ‘boat’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Ntenyijahamorpheme◦zhü ‘boat’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group6

Marammali ‘boat’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte2

1.7.3.1Jingpho6

Jingpholi³³ ‘boat’Liu 84
Jingpholi³³ n‘boat / ship’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0602.19

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishʔprefix-li¹ ‘boat’Bradley 79 PLo: 398A

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish4

Yi (Nanhua)li̱³³thu²¹morpheme n‘boat / ship’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0602.37

6.1.2.2Central Loloish11

Lisude³¹morphemeli³³ n‘raft’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0603.40
Lisuli³³ n‘boat / ship’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0602.40
Lisuli³³ ‘boat’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 481.27
Lisu (Northern)li⁴⁴ N, C‘boat’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)li⁴⁴khwa⁴⁴morpheme ‘boat tax; boat fare’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)li⁴⁴ku⁵⁵morpheme ‘row a boat’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)li⁴⁴za²¹morpheme ‘small boat’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)li⁴⁴ɣɔ³³morpheme ‘row a boat’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Northern)ŋwa⁵⁵morphemeli³³ ‘fishing boat’Bradley 94 Lisu

6.2Naxi2

Naxilɯ²¹ n‘boat / ship’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0602.45

7Karenic12

*Karenklejᴬ ‘boat’[Source note] *kl- has become phr- and pl- in N.Pa-O and S.Pa-O. respectively.Luangthongkum 13: 28
Bwekhli³³ ‘boat’Luangthongkum 13: 28
Kayahklə³³ ‘boat’Luangthongkum 13: 28
Kayawkli⁵⁵ ‘boat’Luangthongkum 13: 28

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2413, *m-ləy ‘BOAT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2413
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#474, HPTB p.192
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2413,
  title  = {{*m-ləy 'BOAT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2413},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2413}
}