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STEDT #3383

*m/s-ka-y

GO / STRIDE / SPAN
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · exemplary

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*ka ‘span / divaricate’p. 24
HPTB (PLB)*kaŋ² ‘spread / stretch out’p. 266

Notes

This etymon somewhat resembles #1278 PTB *s-ka(ː)k FORK / BRANCH / CROTCH, but should be kept separate for now.

Lahu gà ‘arrive’ reflects the nasal prefix, while Lahu qay ‘go’ reflects the palatal suffix.

Chinese comparandum

騎 OC *g’iɑ̂, GSR #1u ‘ride’; Schuessler 2007:275-6 *gai; B & S 2011: *C.ɡaj {[C.ɡ](r)aj} ~ [Cə.ɡ](r)aj; Mand. qí.

絝/袴/褲/ OC *k’wo, GSR #43h-i ‘trousers’; Schuessler 2007:337 *khwâh; Mand. kù.
跨 OC *kw’ɑ̊, GSR #43d ‘step over, pass over’; Schuessler 2007: *khwrâh; Mand. kuà.
過 OC *kwɑ̂, GSR #18e ‘pass over; go across/beyond’; Schuessler 2007:269 *kôih ~ *kwâih; B & S 2011: *kʷˁaj; Mand. guò.

Reflexes & cognates19 reflexes · 11 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmanka ‘span / divaricate’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 594
*Tibeto-Burmanka ‘open / divaricate / spread’Benedict 72 STC: 469
*Tibeto-Burmanm/s-ka-y ‘go / stride’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 594

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lushai [Mizo]ka vi‘open (as the legs)’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2500
Lushai [Mizo]ka v.‘open (as the legs)’Benedict 72 STC: 469

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]ka◦lamorpheme ‘crotch’Matisoff 87 BP

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphosummorpheme◦kha vs.‘wide open; spread, extend’Benedict 72 STC: 469

2.2Newar1

Newarkɔ: ‘crotch / fork of legs’Shakya 89: 5.9

3.2Qiangic5

Qiang (Longxi)dàmorpheme gà v.t.‘open’Evans 99 Qiang: 1788
Qiang (Longxi)dàmorpheme qà ‘open (umbrella)’Evans 99 Qiang: 1714
Qiang (Longxi)dàmorpheme qà v.t.‘open’Evans 99 Qiang: 1788
Xumilɛ³³morphemeqa⁵⁵ v.‘dislocate (a joint)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1696.17

3.3rGyalrongic1

Ergong (Northern)qal⁵³morpheme qa³³ ‘crotch / fork of legs’Sun H 91 ErNQ: 5.9

3.3.1rGyalrong1

rGyalrongtaprefix ŋgamorpheme la#3341 PTB *b-la ‘GROIN / CROTCH’◦kʰa ‘crotch / fork of legs’Dai 89 Jiar: 5.9

6.1.1Burmish1

Burmese (Written)kà ‘divaricate, be stretched apart, expanded, widened’Benedict 72 STC: 469

6.1.2.2Central Loloish5

Lahu (Lancang)gɑ³¹o³¹morpheme v.‘arrive’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1262.43
Lahu (Yellow)ga² ‘arrive’Chang 86

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3383, *m/s-ka-y ‘GO / STRIDE / SPAN’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3383
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#469, HPTB p. 484
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3383,
  title  = {{*m/s-ka-y 'GO / STRIDE / SPAN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3383},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3383}
}