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STEDT #2427

*lwaːy

BUFFALO
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Northern Chin*looy ‘BUFFALO’PKC #996 ("PNC")
Tangkhulic*loj ‘WATER BUFFALO’DRM#431

Connections

HPTB*lwaːy ‘buffalo’p. 213

Reflexes & cognates73 reflexes · 12 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)5

1.2.1.1Northern Chin9

Siyinloai ‘buffalo’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 075
Siyinloai ‘buffalo’LaPolla 87: 130
Siyinloai ‘buffalo’Benedict 72 STC: 208
Sizanglaw-ī ‘buffalo’VanBik 09 PKC: 996
Thadolóoy ‘buffalo’VanBik 09 PKC: 996
Tiddim-lɔːi n‘buffalo’Henderson 65 TidC
Tiddimloːi² ‘buffalo’VanBik 09 PKC: 996
Tiddimloːi² ‘buffalo’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 995

1.3“Naga” Areal Group2

Maringlui ‘buffalo’Marrison 67 Naga

1.3.3Zeme Group3

Liangmeiaprefix◦lui ‘buffalo’Marrison 67 Naga
Maramaprefix◦lui ‘buffalo’Marrison 67 Naga
Puironsamorpheme◦loi ‘buffalo’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian2

*Northern NagaCprefix-luaːy ‘buffalo’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 075
*Northern NagaC̥prefix-luaːy ‘buffalo’French 83: 464

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1

Tangsa³loi ‘buffalo’Weidert 87 TBTo: 239

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Wancholui ‘buffalo’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho12

Jingphosă³³morphemeloi³³ ‘water buffalo’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 110.47
Jingphowă³morphemeloi³³ ‘water buffalo’Liu 84
Jingphowă³³morphemeloi³³ n‘buffalo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0256.19
Jingphowumorpheme◦loi ‘buffalo’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingpho²umorpheme²loi ‘buffalo’Weidert 87 TBTo: 239
Jingphoʔūmorpheme-lōi ‘buffalo’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 075
Jingphoʔūmorpheme-lōi ‘buffalo’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 262

4Nungic7

Nungɑ³¹morphemeli³¹ n‘buffalo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0256.21
Anongɑ³¹morphemelu³¹nuŋ⁵⁵morphemeŋuɑ³¹morpheme ‘water buffalo’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 110.44
Rawangəmorpheme◦lɛ³¹ ‘water buffalo’LaPolla 03: 298

6.1.1Burmish24

Burmese (Written)kywaiprefix (<klwai) ‘buffalo’Benedict 72 STC: 208
Burmese (Written)kprefix◦jwɑi³ n‘buffalo’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0256.26
Burmese (Written)kprefix◦jwɑi³ ‘water buffalo’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 110.39
Burmese (Written)kprefix◦lwài ‘buffalo’Weidert 87 TBTo: 239
Burmese (Inscriptional)kprefix◦lwai ‘buffalo’Okell 71
Burmese (Written)kprefix◦ywài ‘buffalo’Weidert 87 TBTo: 239
Burmese (Written)kprefix◦ywai ‘buffalo’Marrison 67 Naga
Burmese (Written)kprefix◦ywai ‘buffalo’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 075
Burmese (Written)kprefix◦ywai ‘buffalo’Okell 71
Burmese (Written)kprefix◦ywâi ‘buffalo’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)kprefix◦ywai ‘buffalo’LaPolla 87: 130
Burmese (Written)kprefix◦ywai (<*k- ‘buffalo’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 262

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2427, *lwaːy ‘BUFFALO’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2427
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#208, HPTB p.213
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2427,
  title  = {{*lwaːy 'BUFFALO'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2427},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2427}
}