*pryaw-k

SOFT / BOILED

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlepryoinitialpryrhymeocoverP · V

Connections

HPTB*pryo-k ‘soft / boiled’pp. 205, 481

Notes

As noted in HPTB:205, the final glottal stop in Jingpho was not indicated in Hanson (1906), and thus did not make it into STC. See Dai et al. 1983:679, 773. This glottal stop is the motivation for adding an allofam with a final *-k to the reconstruction.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 3 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanpryo ‘soft / boiled’Benedict 72 STC: 250

*Tibeto-Burmanpryo-k ‘soft / boiled’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 607

1.7.3.1Jingpho4

Jingphopyo vs.‘boiled and thus soft, tender’Benedict 72 STC: 250

Jingphopyóʔ ‘boiled and soft; tender’Dai 83 Jing: 679

Jingphośəmorpheme◦pyo v.‘boil’Benedict 72 STC: 250

Jingphošəmorpheme◦pyóʔ v.‘boil’Dai 83 Jing: 773

6.1.1Burmish3

Burmese (Written)phraù v.‘parboil’Benedict 72 STC: 250

Burmese (Written)praú ‘soft, tender’Benedict 72 STC: 250

Burmese (Written)prau ⪤ pyau ‘quite ripe, very soft’Benedict 72 STC: 250

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2577, *pryaw-k ‘SOFT / BOILED’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2577

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

References: cf. STC#250, HPTB pp. 205, 481

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2577,
  title  = {{*pryaw-k 'SOFT / BOILED'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2577},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2577}
}