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STEDT #3477

*saw

LOVE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Notes

This promising root, of limited distribution, has been found in the NE Indian Areal Group, with an apparent cognate in Himalayish (Chepang). Some reflexes have -a, others have a back vowel (-u or -o); the rhyme is reconstructed as *-aw on the testimony of Dimasa.

Reflexes & cognates9 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]jinmorpheme◦so v‘love’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Dimasakhamorpheme◦sao v‘love’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Changsa◦noumorpheme v‘love’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3477, *saw ‘LOVE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3477
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: ("KMR")
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-3477,
  title  = {{*saw 'LOVE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3477},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3477}
}