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STEDT #2418

*low

LONG / TALL
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlelowinitiallrhymeowcoverL · W

Intermediate reconstructions

Northern Naga/Konyakian*low ‘LONG / TALL’WTF-PNN: 515

Connections

HPTB*low ‘long’p. 224

Reflexes & cognates31 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

1.7.1Bodo-Garo1

1.7.1.1Bodo5

Dimasagamorpheme◦lao adj‘long’Marrison 67 Naga
Dimasagaprefix◦lau ⪤ lau-basuffix ‘long’Benedict 72 STC: 279
Dimasalao◦bamorpheme adj‘long’Marrison 67 Naga
Kokborokkəmorpheme=lauʔ ‘long’Tripuri 88
Kokboroklauʔ be v.‘long’Tripuri 88

1.7.1.2Garo3

Garo (Bangladesh)ro•-rekmorpheme-amorpheme vi‘long’Burling 03 Garo: 2.312-II:idx

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1

Several Naga languages have this morpheme as the second syllable in compounds meaning SWORD where the first syllable means KNIFE.

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte6

Nocteamorpheme◦lo adj‘long’Marrison 67 Naga
Nocteamorpheme◦lo ‘tall’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangsa¹lu(ʔ) v.i.‘tall’Weidert 87 TBTo: 231
Tangsa (Yogli)amorpheme◦lu adj‘long’Marrison 67 Naga
Tangsa (Yogli)amorpheme◦lu ‘tall’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang10

Changlo◦bümorpheme adj‘long’Marrison 67 Naga
Changlo◦bümorpheme ‘tall’Marrison 67 Naga
Changlʌ́u v.i.‘tall’Weidert 87 TBTo: 231
Konyaklao◦pumorpheme adj‘long’Marrison 67 Naga
Phomlu³³ ‘long (time, roads)’Burling 98 Phom
Phomlu◦angmorpheme◦pümorpheme ‘far’Marrison 67 Naga
Phomlu◦angmorpheme◦pümorpheme adj‘long’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho6

Jingphogamorpheme◦lu adj‘long’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingphogəmorpheme◦lù ‘long’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 123
Jingphogəprefix◦lu ‘long’Benedict 72 STC: 279
Jingphokă³¹morphemelu³¹ adj‘long’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0972.19
Jingphokă³¹morphemelu³¹ ‘long’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 809.47
Jingphokă¹morphemelu³¹ ‘long’Liu 84

6.1.1Burmish1

Burmese (Written)lu ‘disproportionately tall’Benedict 72 STC: 279

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2418, *low ‘LONG / TALL’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2418
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#279
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2418,
  title  = {{*low 'LONG / TALL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2418},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2418}
}