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STEDT #2616

*b-rəy

DRAW / MARK / BOUNDARY
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleriyinitialrrhymeiy~rəycoverL · LW

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*rii ‘LINE / BORDER / LIMIT’PKC #955
Central Naga (Ao Group)*a-rəjʔ ‘BOUNDARY, BORDER’PCN #109
Tamangish*ᴬbri,ᴬbriː ‘WRITE’

Connections

Allofams
HPTB*b-rəy ⪤ *b-ris ⪤ *rit ⪤ *riːn ‘draw / write / count’pp. 132, 441

Chinese comparandum

理 OC *li̯əg, GSR #978d ‘to cut (jade), to mark out (field boundaries), regulate, etc.’; B & S 2011: *rəʔ {([m]ə.)rəʔ}; Mand lǐ.

Also cf. 聿 yù and 筆 bǐ, comparanda for both #107 PTB *b-ris DRAW / PICTURE and #110 PTB *rit DRAW / BOUNDARY.

Reflexes & cognates88 reflexes · 21 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani3

Apataniaprefix-rí ‘boundary’Sun J 93 Tani
Galo`aprefix◦rə n.‘boundary’GLDC 09 Galo
Taginaprefix◦ri ‘village boundary’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Padam-Mishing [Abor-Miri]ri-shumorpheme ‘joint’Matisoff 87 BP

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinrii ‘LINE / BORDER / LIMIT’VanBik 09 PKC: 955

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Thadogámmorpheme gîi ‘border’VanBik 09 PKC: 955
Tiddimlu¹morpheme giː¹ ‘parting line in hair’VanBik 09 PKC: 955
Tiddimlu¹morpheme giː¹ ‘parting line in hair’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1007

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)ngprefix-gü ‘border, boundary, frontier-line’VanBik 09 PKC: 955

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lai (Hakha)rìi ‘line, border, boundary’VanBik 09 PKC: 955
Lai (Falam)ríi ‘line, border, boundary’VanBik 09 PKC: 955
Lushai [Mizo]rǐ ‘boundary, border, limit’VanBik 09 PKC: 955

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]ràmorpheme-rí n‘borders of a country’VanBik 09 PKC: 955

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Sorbungtʰəmorpheme◦rìi ‘boundary’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: Implements.023

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)12

*Central Nagaaprefix-rəjʔ ‘BOUNDARY, BORDER’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.109
*Aoaprefix-ɹəʔ ‘BOUNDARY, BORDER’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.319
Ao (Chungli)a◦ɹ³tsə¹ n.‘boundary, border’prefix · morphemeBruhn 14 PCN: II.319
Ao (Chungli)³aprefix³r¹tsɯsuffix ‘boundary’Weidert 87 TBTo: 316
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)aprefix◦ɹʔ n.‘boundary, border’Coupe 07 Ao
Lotha Nagae¹prefix-rəʔ³ n.‘boundary, border’Bruhn 14 PCN: III.109
Lotha Nagaeprefix◦rü ‘boundary’Murry 78: 11
Lotha Nagaeprefix◦rü◦imorpheme ‘border’Murry 78: 11
Lotha Nagaēprefix◦rə̀ ‘demarkation of the boundary’Acharya 75
Lotha Naga¹eprefix³rɯ(ʔ) ‘boundary’Weidert 87 TBTo: 316
Yimchungrüaprefix◦re◦tungmorpheme ‘boundary (of field)’Kumar 73 Yim: 82

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group2

Rengma (Northern)¹aprefix¹ɣɯ ‘boundary’Weidert 87 TBTo: 316
Rengma (Southern)¹tʌprefix³rəi ‘boundary’Weidert 87 TBTo: 316

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Zeme¹heprefix⁴rai ‘boundary’Weidert 87 TBTo: 316

1.3.4Tangkhulic2

Tangkhulri ‘boundary’Bhat 69 TNV: 85
Tangkhulrúy ‘border’Bhat 69 TNV: 85

1.7.1.1Bodo2

Dimasahaprefix-ri ‘boundary’LaPolla 87: 181
Dimasahaprefix-ri ‘boundary’Benedict 72 STC: 429

1.7.1.2Garo4

Garoaprefix-ri ‘boundary’LaPolla 87: 181
Garoaprefix-ri ‘boundary’Benedict 72 STC: 429
Garoaprefix◦ri ‘boundary’Weidert 87 TBTo: 316
Garoeprefix◦ri ‘boundary’Weidert 87 TBTo: 316

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphoməriʔ v.‘mark, line, rule’LaPolla 87: 181
Jingphoməriʔ v.‘mark, line, rule’From HPTB (p.132): “Jg. mərì (footnote 116: This Jg. form is mis-cited as məriʔ in STC #429.)”Benedict 72 STC: 429

2.1.4Tamangish15

*TGTMᴬbri,ᴬbriː ‘write’Mazaudon 94 These: 726
Gurungprih◦bāsuffix v‘write’Hale 73 CSD: 10b2.02
Gurungprih◦bāsuffix v‘draw (opposite of 'erase')’Hale 73 CSD: 10b2.26
Gurung (Ghachok)prih◦basuffix ‘write’Glover 72 GuVo: 10.B.2.2
Gurung³pri- ‘write / draw’Mazaudon 94 These: 728
Manang (Gyaru)briː¹ basuffix V‘write’Nagano 84 Man: 186-06
Tamang (Sahu)prih-pāsuffix v‘write’Hale 73 CSD: 10b2.02
Tamang (Sahu)prih-pāsuffix v‘draw (opposite of 'erase')’Hale 73 CSD: 10b2.26
Tamang (Sahu)prih-pasuffix v.‘write’Taylor 72 TmVo: 21.B.2
Tamang (Sahu)prih-pasuffix v.‘draw’Taylor 72 TmVo: 21.B.26
Tamang (Sahu)³pri ‘write / to compose / to draw’Mazaudon 94 These: 726

6.1.1Burmish10

Burmese (Written)cāmorpheme◦re: ‘write’Marrison 67 Naga
Burmese (Written)rê ‘write, delineate, paint’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 250
Burmese (Written)rê ‘write; delineate, paint’Benedict 76 WBur
Burmese (Written)rè ‘write, paint, delineate’LaPolla 87: 181
Burmese (Written)rè ‘write, paint, delineate’Benedict 72 STC: 429
Burmese (Written)re:◦sā:morpheme ‘write’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2616, *b-rəy ‘DRAW / MARK / BOUNDARY’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2616
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#429, HPTB p.441
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2616,
  title  = {{*b-rəy 'DRAW / MARK / BOUNDARY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2616},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2616}
}