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STEDT #2417

*low

FIELD
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*law ‘FARM / FIELD’PKC #1017
Central Naga (Ao Group)*hlu ‘FIELD / GROUND’PCN #088
Tangkhulic*low ‘FIELD’DRM#418

Connections

HPTB*low ‘field’pp. 48, 226

Notes

This etymon, which seems confined to the NE Indian areal group, is quite distinct from the much more widespread #2453 PTB *m-l(e/ə)y EARTH / COUNTRY / GROUND / MUD / SOIL.

Reflexes & cognates52 reflexes · 13 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinlaw ‘FARM / FIELD’VanBik 09 PKC: 1017

1.2.1.1Northern Chin8

Sizanglō tulmorpheme ‘field’VanBik 09 PKC: 1017
Thadolóu ‘field’Thirumalai 72: 14
Thadolôw ‘field’VanBik 09 PKC: 1017
Tiddimlou¹ ‘field’VanBik 09 PKC: 1017
Tiddimlou¹ gi¹morpheme ‘boundary in a field’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 984
Tiddimlou¹ noːl¹morpheme ‘edge of a field’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 986
Tiddimˊlou n‘taungya / field’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin3

Ashoalö n‘farm’VanBik 09 PKC: 1017
Khumilaaw n‘farm’VanBik 09 PKC: 1017

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)lâw ‘farm, field’VanBik 09 PKC: 1017
Lai (Falam)láw ‘farm, field’VanBik 09 PKC: 1017
Lushai [Mizo]lǒ n‘farm, a cultivated field, a Lushai cultivation’VanBik 09 PKC: 1017

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]lyú ~ láo n‘farm, a cultivation’VanBik 09 PKC: 1017

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Beteloi n.‘field’Benedict 72 STC: 66

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

Maringlau ‘field’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group3

Khezhaeprefix◦lo ‘field’Marrison 67 Naga
Sema [Sumi]aprefix◦lu ‘field’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group9

Liangmeichamorpheme◦lu ‘field’Marrison 67 Naga
Maramaprefix◦lo ‘field’Marrison 67 Naga
Puironlau ‘field’Marrison 67 Naga
Zemeheprefix◦lu ‘field’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.4Tangkhulic9

Huishusəmorpheme-low ‘field, irrigated paddy field, rice field’Mortensen 12 Tk: Plants.148
Kachaiʔamorpheme-le ‘rice field / paddy field’Mortensen 12 Tk: Plants.148
Ukhrulluj ‘field’Mortensen 12 Tk
Ukhrulŋəmorpheme-ramorpheme-luj ‘rice field (in the valley)’Mortensen 12 Tk
Ukhrulʔaprefix-haŋmorpheme◦luj ‘rice field (swidden)’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.4Meithei1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2417, *low ‘FIELD’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2417
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("PKN") cf. STC p.66, HPTB pp.48, 226
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2417,
  title  = {{*low 'FIELD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2417},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2417}
}