Reconstruction analysis
handlelaprefixginitiallrhymeacoverL · V
Intermediate reconstructions
Notes
The velar prefix is reflected directly in Khumi, Barish (Kokborok, Meche, Bodo), and Karenic (Bwe, Sgaw). The Loloish forms with voiceless laterals perhaps point to a variant with the s- prefix.
The front vowels in several scattered forms (Karenic, Nosu, Ergong) point perhaps to a variant with a palatal suffix, *la-y (see Matisoff 1995 “Sino-Tibetan palatal suffixes revisited”).
Reflexes & cognates93 reflexes · 17 subgroups
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1
1.2Kuki-Chin2
1.2.1.1Northern Chin5
1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin6
1.2.2Central Chin12
1.2.3Maraic12
1.6Mru2
1.7.1.1Bodo3
2.1.2Bodic1
2.1.2.1Tibetan1
2.1.4Tamangish1
2.2Newar2
2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang6
3.3rGyalrongic1
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish7
6.1.2.2Central Loloish5
Lahuɔ̀#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’-lâ-šī#1019 PTB *sey ‘FRUIT / ROSE / ROUND OBJECT’PTani *ze ‘FRUIT’PKC *thay ‘FRUIT’PKC *ʔaar-θii ⪤ *-sii ‘STAR’PCN *a-sej ‘FRUIT / SEED’PTk *tʰej ‘FRUIT’PKar *saᴮ ‘FRUIT’ ‘kidney’Matisoff 78 VSTB: (3)
Lahu (Black)ɔ̀#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’-lâ̱-šī#1019 PTB *sey ‘FRUIT / ROSE / ROUND OBJECT’PTani *ze ‘FRUIT’PKC *thay ‘FRUIT’PKC *ʔaar-θii ⪤ *-sii ‘STAR’PCN *a-sej ‘FRUIT / SEED’PTk *tʰej ‘FRUIT’PKar *saᴮ ‘FRUIT’ ‘kidney’Matisoff 87 BP
Lahu (Black)ɔ̀#5450 PTB *ʔa(ŋ/k)- ‘NOUN PREFIX’-lâ-šī#1019 PTB *sey ‘FRUIT / ROSE / ROUND OBJECT’PTani *ze ‘FRUIT’PKC *thay ‘FRUIT’PKC *ʔaar-θii ⪤ *-sii ‘STAR’PCN *a-sej ‘FRUIT / SEED’PTk *tʰej ‘FRUIT’PKar *saᴮ ‘FRUIT’~ɔ̀-lə̂-šī ‘kidney’Matisoff 87 BP
7Karenic35
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #2812,
*g-la ‘SPLEEN / KIDNEY’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2812Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: check s-la SWOLLEN SPLEEN
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2812,
title = {{*g-la 'SPLEEN / KIDNEY'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2812},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2812}
}