*s-(r/y/w)ay

BOLD / HEROIC

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This root shows a tripartite variation in medial glide.

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 6 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmans-ray ⪤ s-yay ⪤ s-way ‘bold / heroic’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 110

*Tibeto-Burmans-ray ⪤ s-yay ⪤ s-way ‘bold / heroic’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 610

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lushai [Mizo]huāi ‘bold, daring’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 110

1.3.4Tangkhulic3

Tangkhulkhəprefix◦yay be v.‘hero’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 110

Tangkhulyay ‘hero’Bhat 69 TNV: 90

Ukhrulkʰəprefix-jaj ‘be a hero’Mortensen 12 Tk

1.7.3.1Jingpho3

Jingphošəmorpheme◦rē ‘hero, leader, captain’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 110

Jingphošəmorpheme◦rē ‘hero, leader, captain’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 240

Jingphoyē ‘daring’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 110

6.1.1Burmish1

Burmese (Written)rai ‘bold, courageous’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 110

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lisuni²morpheme wu⁵ ‘bold / heroic’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 110

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #319, *s-(r/y/w)ay ‘BOLD / HEROIC’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/319

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

References: HPTB p.209, GSTC #110

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-319,
  title  = {{*s-(r/y/w)ay 'BOLD / HEROIC'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #319},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/319}
}