STEDT #2414
*s-ləy
FLEA
Reconstruction analysis
handleliyprefixsinitiallrhymeəycoverL · VLWS
Intermediate reconstructions
Lolo-Burmese*ʔ-liy² ‘FLEA’
Connections
HPTB*s-ləy ‘flea’pp. 48, 50, 69, 192
Reflexes & cognates87 reflexes · 21 subgroups
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)5
1.1.1Tani1
1.1.1.1Western Tani7
1.1.1.2Eastern Tani4
1.2.1.1Northern Chin3
1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2
1.2.2Central Chin3
1.2.3Maraic1
1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)11
1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1
1.5Mikir [Karbi]1
1.7.3.1Jingpho1
Jingphokhə#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’◦ləwi ⪤ khə#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’◦lai ‘flea’The prefix-like first element in this form is a reduction of #1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n DOG.Benedict 72 STC: 440
2.1.2.1Tibetan1
3.2Qiangic16
3.3rGyalrongic2
4Nungic1
6.1Lolo-Burmese1
6.1.1Burmish21
Achang (Lianghe)khuɑ³¹#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’lɑi³¹ ‘flea’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Luxi)khui⁵⁵#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’lɯ⁵⁵ ‘flea’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Xiandao)fu³¹#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’lai³¹ n‘flea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0355.29
Bola (Luxi)khə̆³¹#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’lu̱i³⁵ n‘flea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0355.32
Burmese (Written)khwè#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’-hlè ‘flea’Weidert 87 TBTo: 246
Burmese (Written)khwê#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’-hlê ‘flea’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 94
Burmese (Written)khwê#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’-hlê ‘flea’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 254
Burmese (Written)khwê#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’-hlê ‘flea ( cf. khwê 'dog' )’Benedict 76 WBur
Langsu (Luxi)khə̆³¹#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’la̱³⁵ n‘flea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0355.31
Leqi (Luxi)khuk⁵⁵#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’le̱i⁵⁵ n‘flea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0355.33
Maru [Langsu]khə̆³¹#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’la̱³⁵ ‘flea’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 161.43
Atsi [Zaiwa]khĕ⁵⁵#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’la̱i²¹ n‘flea’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0355.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]khĕ⁵⁵#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’la̱i²¹; vaʔ²¹morphemekhĕ⁵⁵#1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’PTani *kwiː ‘DOG’PKC *ʔuy ‘DOG’PCN *khjəj ‘DOG’PTk *hwɨ ‘DOG’PNN *kuəy (kreːŋ) ‘DOG’PLB *kʷəy² ‘DOG’PKar *thwíʔ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮ ‘DOG’PKar *thwiᴮmiᴬ ‘FOX, WOLF’ ‘flea’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 161.42
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish4
7Karenic11
The initial velar in the Karenic forms seems to be a reduction of the general root #1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n DOG, even though the modern Karenic word for DOG has acquired a different initial, *thwiᴮ.
*Karenkliᴬ/kliɁᴰ ‘flea’[Source note] S.Pa-O, Pwo and some varieties of Sgaw have tone A, while CK has tone D.Luangthongkum 13: 119
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #2414,
*s-ləy ‘FLEA’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2414Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#440, HPTB pp.48, 50, 69, 192
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2414,
title = {{*s-ləy 'FLEA'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2414},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2414}
}