*la

COPULATE / LOVE

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This root was set up in TBRS 154, but several of the supporting forms from Tamangic were spurious (p.c., M. Mazaudon, 2014). For the correct analysis of Gurung (Ghachok) mrĩ la baq ‘copulate’, see #5752 TGTM *mriŋ WIFE.

The only remaining support for this etymon is furnished by Tangkhul and Dumi, but these two forms are also subject to reevaluation.

This shaky root seems quite distinct from #1647 PTB *lyap ⪤ *rap COPULATE / LOVE.

Reflexes & cognates2 reflexes · 2 subgroups

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Tangkhulkhaprefix◦lā ‘copulate’Matisoff 87 BP

2.3.3Central Kiranti1

Dumila◦limorpheme◦khamorpheme ‘love’Driem 93 Dumi

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3472, *la ‘COPULATE / LOVE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3472

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

References: not related to 1624 *la 'male'; distinct from 1647

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3472,
  title  = {{*la 'COPULATE / LOVE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3472},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3472}
}