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STEDT #2608

s-ri-t ⪤ s-rut

BE / EXIST / COPULA

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleriprefixsinitialrrhymeicoverL · V

Intermediate reconstructions

Central Naga (Ao Group)*li ‘BE, EXIST, LIVE (COPULA) / HAVE’PCN #065

Chinese comparandum

體 OC *t’liər, GSR #597i ‘body’; Schuessler 2007:494 *rhîʔ; B & S 2011: *r̥ˁijʔ; Mand. tǐ.

Comment: Cf. all comparanda for #71 PTB *s-riŋ ⪤ *s-r(y)aŋ LIVE / ALIVE / GREEN / RAW / GIVE BIRTH.

Reflexes & cognates32 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)4

*Tibeto-Burmans-ri be v.‘be / exist’Benedict 72 STC: 264

*Tibeto-Burmans-ri(y)-t ‘copula / be / existence’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 611

*Tibeto-Burmans-riːt ⪤ s-rut ‘copula / be case’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 005-A

*Tibeto-Burmans-rut ‘copula / be the case’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 611

1.1.1.1Western Tani1

Apatanilji be v.‘be’Sun J 93 Tani

1.1.2Deng1

Darang [Taraon]li-samorpheme v‘live (be alive)’Anonymous xx Tar

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)18

*Central Nagali ‘BE, EXIST, LIVE (COPULA) / HAVE’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.065

*Aoaprefix-li ‘LIVE, BE, EXIST’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.348

Ao (Chungli)-lī v.‘live’Temsunungsang 09 Ao: 2

Ao (Chungli)a²prefix-li² v.‘be, live (copula)’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.348

Ao (Chungli)aprefix◦li ‘be’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Chungli)taprefix◦küm#7678 PCN *a-kam ‘LIFE’-aprefix◦li ‘live (to be alive)’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)li ‘be’Marrison 67 Naga

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)[a]prefix-jim#1612 PTB *k-y(i/u)m ‘HOUSE’PKC *ʔim ‘HOUSE’PCN *a-jam ‘HOUSE / VILLAGE’PTk *ʃim ‘HOUSE’TGTM *ᴮdim ‘HOUSE’PLB *yim¹ ‘HOUSE’PL *yim¹ ‘HOUSE’PKar *hyi[m] ‘HOUSE’ ku#7621 PCN *ku ‘INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN / LOCATIVE’ li-(ə)ɹsuffix n.‘villager ('village' + LOC + 'stay' +ANOM)’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)kı̀morpheme-li-(ə)ɹsuffix n.‘servant ('house' + 'stay' + ANOM)’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)li v.‘be, exist, stay’Coupe 07 Ao

Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)li v.‘stay [stayed]’Coupe 07 Ao

Lotha Nagali¹- v.‘have / exist, be’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.065

Lotha Nagali◦asuffix ‘exist’Murry 78: 41

Lotha Nagali◦asuffix ‘have’Murry 78: 54

Sangtamli ‘live (to be alive)’Marrison 67 Naga

Sangtamli◦chosuffix v.‘live’Kumar 73 Sang

Yimchungrülah ‘reside’Kumar 73 Yim: 74

Yimchungrülah ‘be’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.2.1Tibetan2

Tibetan (Written)srid-pamorpheme ‘existence’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 005-A

Tibetan (Written)srid-pa ‘existence’Benedict 72 STC: 264

6.1.1Burmish9

Burmese (Written)hri be v.‘be’Benedict 72 STC: 264

Burmese (Written)hri' be v.‘be, be there’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 005-A

Burmese (Written)hri¹ ‘exist / be present’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 748.39

Burmese (Written)hriʼ v.‘be’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)hut be v.‘so, be true’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 005-A

Burmese (Written)hut ‘true’Benedict 76 WBur

Burmese (Written)hut ‘be the case’Benedict 72 STC: 33n107

Burmese (Written)hut⁴ v.‘be’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1628.26

Burmese (Written)ʔəmorpheme◦hut ‘truth, right’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 005-A

6.1.2.2Central Loloish3

Lahuhêʔ ‘be the case’Benedict 72 STC: 33n107

Lahu (Black)hêʔ be v.‘the case, be so (usually occuring negated)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 005-A

Lahu (Black)ɔ̀#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’-hêʔ ‘true omen, portent; symbol, sign’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 005-A

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2608, *s-ri-t ⪤ *s-rut ‘BE / EXIST / COPULA’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2608

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

References: STC#264

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2608,
  title  = {{*s-ri-t ⪤ *s-rut 'BE / EXIST / COPULA'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2608},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2608}
}