*yaːr

SPREAD / EXTEND / SAIL

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handleyaːrinitialyrhymeaːr=yaːrcoverL · LW

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*yaar ‘SPREAD / HANG’PKC #1237

Connections

HPTB*yaːr ‘spread / extend / sail’pp. 393, 403, 426

Reflexes & cognates12 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanyaːr ‘spread / extend / sail’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 620

*Tibeto-Burmanyɑʻr~yɑ̂r ‘spread / extend / sail’Chou 72: 371g

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinyaar ‘SPREAD / HANG’VanBik 09 PKC: 1237

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Tiddimzaːk² ‘spread a trap or blanket’VanBik 09 PKC: 1237

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)yai ‘hang something in the sun’VanBik 09 PKC: 1237

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)zâar-I, zǎar-II ‘spread, hang things in the sun’VanBik 09 PKC: 1237

Lai (Falam)zǎar-I, zàar-II ‘spread, hang things in the sun’VanBik 09 PKC: 1237

Lushai [Mizo]za:r ‘hang up (cloth), spread (sail)’Benedict 72 STC: 138n371

Lushai [Mizo]záar v‘spread or spread out (as wings, canopy, cloth, etc.), to hang up (as clothes on a line)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1237

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]zàw ‘spread, hang’VanBik 09 PKC: 1237

1.7.3.1Jingpho4

Jingphoyàn ‘spread (wide) / stretch out’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 015

Jingphoyàn ‘unrolled, unwound, spread out (as a bundle)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 015

Jingphoyan ‘unrolled, extended, spread out’Benedict 72 STC: 138n371

Jingphoəprefix◦yan ‘extended, continuous’Benedict 72 STC: 138n371

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)gprefix-yor-mosuffix ‘sail’Benedict 72 STC: 138n371

7Karenic2

*Karenya ‘sail’Benedict 72 STC: 138n371

*Karenyɑ ‘expand / hoist (sail); sail (=sthg extended)’Chou 72: 371g

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2791, *yaːr ‘SPREAD / EXTEND / SAIL’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2791

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

References: cf. STC pp. 138, 146, 167, 173, 191; HPTB pp. 393, 403, 426

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2791,
  title  = {{*yaːr 'SPREAD / EXTEND / SAIL'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2791},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2791}
}