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STEDT #2567

*pra

GOOD

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*phraa-I, phrat-II ‘GOOD’PKC #1338

Tangkhulic*pʰra ‘GOOD’DRM#643

Reflexes & cognates97 reflexes · 10 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanpra ‘good’Benedict 72 STC: 129

1.1.2Deng72

Darang [Taraon]ã:llya:yemmorpheme pra:◦ímmorpheme ‘worst’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]ã:lya:yemmorpheme pra: ‘best’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]ã:lya:yemmorpheme pra:-wemorpheme shimorpheme-a:morpheme ‘beloved (most)’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]ba:morpheme-pra:-ímmorpheme ‘invalid’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]ekhingmorpheme-pra: ‘better’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]hwẽmorpheme-pra: ‘beautiful’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]hwẽmorpheme-pra:-ímmorpheme ‘awkward’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]hwẽmorpheme-pra:-ímmorpheme ‘ugly’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]ka:mmorpheme kapa:imorpheme pra:◦ímmorpheme ‘ill-fated’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]ka:mmorpheme◦pra:◦ímmorpheme ‘crime’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]khala:imorpheme pra: ‘fertile’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]khala:imorpheme pra: ‘land (fertile)’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]khínmorpheme-ímmorpheme pra◦ímmorpheme ‘spirits causing all sorts of evil’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]khingmorpheme pra:◦ímmorpheme ‘worse’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]khínímmorpheme pra:◦ímmorpheme ‘spirits (malevolent)’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]ma:morpheme-pra: ‘elect’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]memorpheme dõmorpheme ekhingmorpheme pra: ‘distinguished’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]nya:rã:morpheme gõmorpheme pra: ‘recover (from illness)’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]nya:rã:morpheme pra:◦jimorpheme ‘treatment (of disease)’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra: ‘beneficient’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra: ‘good’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra: ‘well’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra: a:pa:gmorpheme adj‘clean’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra: a:pagmorpheme ‘neat’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra: hũimorpheme ‘choose’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra: ka:pomorpheme ‘care’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra: ka:pomorpheme-a:morpheme ‘careful’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra: ka:thumorpheme ‘choose’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra: ma:dangmorpheme ta:lyomorpheme ‘congratulate’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra: ta:huimorpheme ‘preach’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:-ba:morpheme-somorpheme ‘well-made’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:-ba:morpheme-ya:morpheme ‘well made’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:-ímmorpheme ‘bad’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:-ímmorpheme ‘wicked’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:-ímmorpheme jiya:morpheme ʼmemorpheme ‘culprit’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:-ímmorpheme-jimorpheme ‘commit (crime)’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:-jimorpheme ‘cure’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:-jimorpheme ‘heal’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:-la:morpheme ‘recommend’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:-ma:da:ngmorpheme ‘charming’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:-wemorpheme ‘fond’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:-wemorpheme shimorpheme-a:morpheme ‘beloved’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:-wemorpheme-ímmorpheme v‘condemn’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:◦cha:morpheme ‘bless’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:◦chomorpheme ‘care’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:◦chomorpheme-wa:morpheme ‘well-made’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:◦ímmorpheme wemorpheme ‘bore (to feel tired)’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:◦ímmorpheme wemorpheme ‘remorse’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:◦ímmorpheme wetumorpheme ‘regret’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:◦ímmorpheme-rã:morpheme ‘ill (unwell)’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:◦la:ha:ngmorpheme ‘admire’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:◦ma:da:ngmorpheme ‘beautiful’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:◦sha:morpheme-bomorpheme ‘entreat’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:◦wemorpheme ‘love’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:◦wemorpheme-a:morpheme adj‘loved’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pra:◦webomorpheme ‘appease’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]pɹɑ⁵⁵ ‘good’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1052.22

Darang [Taraon]pɹɑ⁵⁵ ‘good’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 860.49

Darang [Taraon]pɹɑ⁵⁵jim⁵⁵morpheme ‘bad’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1053.22

Darang [Taraon]pɹɑ⁵⁵jim⁵⁵morpheme ‘bad’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 861.49

Darang [Taraon]ta:kimorpheme-pra: ‘polite’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]ta:shya:morpheme-pra: ‘omen (good)’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]ta:shya:morpheme-pra:◦ímmorpheme ‘omen (bad)’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]takímorpheme pra: ‘honest’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]takímorpheme pra:◦ímmorpheme ‘peevish (of speech)’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]tha:morpheme-pra: ‘delicious’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]tha:morpheme-pra: ‘tasteful (tasty)’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]tyang#6 PTB *tyaŋ ‘BODY’ pra: ‘healthy’Anonymous xx Tar

Darang [Taraon]tyang#6 PTB *tyaŋ ‘BODY’-pra:◦ímmorpheme ‘worst’Anonymous xx Tar

Digaropra ‘good’Benedict 72 STC: 129

Idupɹɑ⁵⁵ ‘good’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 860.50

Yidupɹɑ⁵⁵ ‘good’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1052.25

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinphraa-I, phrat-II VanBik 09 PKC: 1338

1.2.1.1Northern Chin8

Sizangaprefix hpā ‘good’VanBik 09 PKC: 1338

Thadophàa-I, phàt-II ‘good’VanBik 09 PKC: 1338

Thadoəprefix◦pha ‘good’Benedict 72 STC: 129

Thadoʌ̄prefix◦phá ‘good’Thirumalai 72: 65

Tiddimphaː³ > phat³ be v.‘good’VanBik 09 PKC: 1338

Tiddimphaː³ > phat³ vi‘good’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1438

Tiddimphaː³/phat³ ‘good’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

Tiddimˋphaː/ˍphat v‘good’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Ashopʻoi be v.‘good’VanBik 09 PKC: 1338

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Falam)ṭhàa-INV be v.‘good, nice’VanBik 09 PKC: 1338

Lai (Hakha)thrǎa-I, thrat-II ‘good, nice’VanBik 09 PKC: 1338

Lushai [Mizo]t̥ha ‘good’Marrison 67 Naga

Lushai [Mizo]ṭha ‘good’Benedict 72 STC: 129

Lushai [Mizo]ṭhà-I, ṭhàt-II be v.‘good, nice, well, right, correct’VanBik 09 PKC: 1338

Lushai [Mizo]t̥ha◦lomorpheme ‘bad’Marrison 67 Naga

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]phā be v.‘good’VanBik 09 PKC: 1338

1.3.4Tangkhulic6

*Tangkhulicpʰra ‘good’Mortensen 12 Tk: 643

Tangkhulkaprefix◦pha ‘good’Marrison 67 Naga

Tangkhulphá ‘good’Bhat 69 TNV: 90

Tusomkəmorpheme-pʰri ‘beautiful’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.190

Ukhrulkəmorpheme-pʰa be v.‘good’Mortensen 12 Tk

Ukhrulpʰa ‘good’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.4Meithei3

Meitheiaprefix◦pha◦bamorpheme ‘good’Marrison 67 Naga

Meitheipha◦jabamorpheme ‘beautiful’Marrison 67 Naga

Meitheiəpprefix◦pʰə◦bamorpheme ‘good’Abbi 85

2Himalayish1

Thangmiəprefix◦pra ‘good’Benedict 72 STC: 129

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2567, *pra ‘GOOD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2567

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: STC#129

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2567,
  title  = {{*pra 'GOOD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2567},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2567}
}