*nay

LANGUID / LEISURELY

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

Further confirmation of this apparently quite valid root would be welcome.

Reflexes & cognates5 reflexes · 4 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmannay ‘languid / leisurely’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 113

*Tibeto-Burmannay ‘languid / leisurely’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 604

1.2.3Maraic3

Lakher [Mara]nai-nymorpheme ‘not exert self in word and speech’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 113

Lakher [Mara]nai-pimorpheme ‘slowly, leisurely’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 113

Lakher [Mara]nai-somorpheme-somorpheme ‘loiter; be slow; take things easily’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 113

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphonāi ‘languid, lethargic’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 113

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGBenzhenkəmorpheme-ɲi ‘leisurely’Sun J 97 rGB

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #283, *nay ‘LANGUID / LEISURELY’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/283

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

References: cf. HPTB p.209, GSTC #113

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-283,
  title  = {{*nay 'LANGUID / LEISURELY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #283},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/283}
}