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STEDT #2688

*tal

ARROW / BOW (weapon)
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handletalinitialtrhymealcoverT · L

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*thal ‘ARROW’PKC #374

Connections

HPTB (PLB)*ʔ-da¹ ‘bow’p. 163
HPTB*tal ‘arrow / bow’pp. 387, 404, 422

Chinese comparandum

Benedict (STC 169n452) suggests a connection with GSR 560a-d.

Reflexes & cognates23 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmantal ‘arrow / bow’Chou 72: 560a-d

1.1“North Assam”1

Sulung [Puroik]me³³morphemetak³³ ‘arrow’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 428.52

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinthal ‘ARROW’VanBik 09 PKC: 374

1.2.1.1Northern Chin7

Paitethal tang ‘arrow’VanBik 09 PKC: 374
Sizanghtal tang ‘arrow’VanBik 09 PKC: 374
Thadothâl ‘arrow’VanBik 09 PKC: 374
Tiddimthal n‘bow (weapon)’Benedict 72 STC: 182n479
Tiddimthal¹ (tang¹morpheme) ‘arrow’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1861
Tiddimthal¹ tang¹ ‘arrow’VanBik 09 PKC: 374
Tiddimˊthal n‘bow’Henderson 65 TidC

1.2.2Central Chin6

Lushai [Mizo]thǎl n‘arrow, a dart’VanBik 09 PKC: 374

1.7.1.4Deori1

Deori/Deurithal n‘bough’See Benedict 1940 #72. The semantic connection resides perhaps in the way branches may bend down like bows.Benedict 72 STC: 169n452

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2688, *tal ‘ARROW / BOW (weapon)’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2688
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC p.168, HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2688,
  title  = {{*tal 'ARROW / BOW (weapon)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2688},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2688}
}