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STEDT #2583
*pəw
PRICE
Reconstruction analysis
handlepuwinitialprhymeuw=pəwcoverP · WT
Intermediate reconstructions
Connections
HPTB*pəw ‘price’p. 184
Notes
The putative semantic connection between Kuki-Chin DEBT / REVENGE and PRICE rests on the idea of exacting a cost for a perceived injury.
Chinese comparandum
寶 OC *pôg, GSR #1059a ‘precious, treasure’; Coblin 86:155 ST *pəɣw > OC *pəgwx; Schuessler 2007:158 *pûʔ; B & S 2011: *pˁuʔ; Mand bǎo.
Reflexes & cognates222 reflexes · 19 subgroups
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)5
1.2Kuki-Chin1
1.2.1.1Northern Chin2
1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1
1.2.2Central Chin1
1.2.3Maraic1
1.7.3.1Jingpho10
3.1Tangut2
3.2Qiangic38
Ersuma³³#2436 PTB *ma ‘(NEGATIVE)’PCN *maʔ ‘NO (REFUSAL)’phɛ⁵⁵khuɑ⁵⁵morpheme ‘cheap’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 877.18
Ersuphɛ⁵⁵khuɑ⁵⁵#5472 PTB *kak ‘EXPENSIVE / AT ITS PEAK’PL *kakᴴ ‘EXPENSIVE / AT ITS PEAK’ ‘expensive’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 876.18
Guiqiongphu⁵⁵mɑ³³#2426 PTB *lwa(ː)y ‘EASY’PCN *m-laj ‘EASY’PTk *plaj ‘EASY / CHEAP’tɑ⁵⁵morpheme ‘cheap’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 877.17
Lyuzumæ³³#2436 PTB *ma ‘(NEGATIVE)’PCN *maʔ ‘NO (REFUSAL)’phe⁵³khuæ³¹morpheme ‘cheap’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1055.18
Lyuzuphe³¹khuæ⁵³#5472 PTB *kak ‘EXPENSIVE / AT ITS PEAK’PL *kakᴴ ‘EXPENSIVE / AT ITS PEAK’ ‘expensive’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1054.18
Namuyimɛ⁵⁵#2436 PTB *ma ‘(NEGATIVE)’PCN *maʔ ‘NO (REFUSAL)’phu⁵⁵dʐɛ³⁵morpheme ‘cheap’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 877.19
Qiang (Mawo)phə ma#2436 PTB *ma ‘(NEGATIVE)’PCN *maʔ ‘NO (REFUSAL)’ lamorpheme ‘cheap’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 877.8
Qiang (Taoping)mi⁵⁵#2436 PTB *ma ‘(NEGATIVE)’PCN *maʔ ‘NO (REFUSAL)’phə⁵⁵ly⁵⁵morpheme ‘cheap’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 877.9
3.3.1rGyalrong6
4Nungic12
Rawangmɑ³¹#2436 PTB *ma ‘(NEGATIVE)’PCN *maʔ ‘NO (REFUSAL)’ phɯ⁵³ wɛ³³morpheme ‘cheap’LaPolla 03: 1082
6.1Lolo-Burmese1
6.1.1Burmish20
Achang (Lianghe)ɑ³¹prefixkhuŋ³¹#5828 PTB *(g/k)uːŋ ‘PRICE / BUSINESS / WORK’phɑu⁵⁵ ‘wages’Dai 85 AcJZ
6.1.2Loloish3
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish45
Gazhuoma³¹#2436 PTB *ma ‘(NEGATIVE)’PCN *maʔ ‘NO (REFUSAL)’phv³¹kha⁵⁵morpheme ‘cheap’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1055.47
6.1.2.2Central Loloish38
Lisu (Northern)mi²¹#2455 PTB *mow ‘WORK / MOVE’je³³morpheme wa²¹morphemephu²¹ ‘work for pay; wages’Bradley 94 Lisu
Lisu (Central)mjø²¹#2455 PTB *mow ‘WORK / MOVE’je³³morpheme wa²¹morphemephu²¹ ‘work for pay; wages’Bradley 94 Lisu
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish14
6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish13
Hlepho Phowama³³#2436 PTB *ma ‘(NEGATIVE)’PCN *maʔ ‘NO (REFUSAL)’pʰɸɯ³³ʨʰɛ²¹morpheme ‘cheap’Pelkey 11 Phula: 1034
6.2Naxi18
Laze (Xiangjiao)ʁɑ˧morphemepʰv˧ ‘salary, price paid for the work done by a worker’[Source note] “strength”+”price” (“the price of labor”)Michaud 06 NaLaze: 1184
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #2583,
*pəw ‘PRICE’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2583Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#041, HPTB p. 184
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2583,
title = {{*pəw 'PRICE'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2583},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2583}
}