*ʔal

RIGHT (CORRECT) / GOOD

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*ʔal ‘right (correct) / good’p. 406

Notes

This root has so far been found only in the NE Indian areal group.

Reflexes & cognates24 reflexes · 4 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanʔal ‘right (correct) / good’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 583

1.1.1.1Western Tani22

Galoal-mamorpheme-namorpheme ‘bad’Das Gupta 63 Gal

Galoal-namorpheme ‘good’Das Gupta 63 Gal

Galoal-namorpheme ‘right (correct)’Das Gupta 63 Gal

Galoal◦əmorpheme adj.‘good’GLDC 09 Galo

Galoal◦əmorpheme n.‘good’This entry was extracted from the index. Full definition: “alə n. good thing; merit.”GLDC 09 Galo

Galoal◦ɤmorpheme ‘good’Das Gupta 63 Gal

Galoal◦ɤmorpheme-bɤmorpheme pɯpemorpheme-cimorpheme-likmorpheme-namsuffix v‘good omen’Das Gupta 63 Gal

Galoal◦ɤmorpheme-rumorpheme-mamorpheme-namorpheme ‘worst’Das Gupta 63 Gal

Miri, Hillal ‘right’Simon 76 Miri

Miri, Hillal-mamorpheme [morpheme-ne] ‘unwell, bad, dangerous’Simon 76 Miri

Miri, Hillal-nam be v.‘glad, well, good’morpheme · morphemeSimon 76 Miri

Nishingal-pamorpheme ‘good’Das Gupta 69 Daf

Nishingal◦emorpheme-jamorpheme-pamorpheme ‘good (very)’Das Gupta 69 Daf

Nishingal◦emorpheme-ma#6449 PTani *maŋ ‘NEGATOR’ ‘bad ('not good')’Das Gupta 69 Daf

Nishingal◦esmorpheme ‘good’Das Gupta 69 Daf

Taginal◦ɤmorpheme ‘good’Das Gupta 83 Tag

Taginal◦ɤmorpheme-ma#6449 PTani *maŋ ‘NEGATOR’ ‘bad / not good’Das Gupta 83 Tag

Taginal◦ɤmorpheme-mà#6449 PTani *maŋ ‘NEGATOR’ nɤmorpheme ‘rude / not good’Das Gupta 83 Tag

Taginal◦ɤmorpheme-ma#6449 PTani *maŋ ‘NEGATOR’-nɤmorpheme ‘cruel / not good’Das Gupta 83 Tag

Taginal◦ɤmorpheme-nemorpheme ‘modest / good’Das Gupta 83 Tag

Taginal◦ɤmorpheme◦mamorpheme◦bɤmorpheme rimorpheme-namsuffix ‘crime / bad work’Das Gupta 83 Tag

Taginal◦ɤmorpheme◦nɤmorpheme ‘fresh / good’Das Gupta 83 Tag

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

Sema [Sumi]al◦lomorpheme ‘right (correct)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1

Tangsa (Moshang)aprefix◦hal ‘good’Marrison 67 Naga

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3543, *ʔal ‘RIGHT (CORRECT) / GOOD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3543

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

References: cf. JAM-LITB 7.1, HPTB p. 406

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3543,
  title  = {{*ʔal 'RIGHT (CORRECT) / GOOD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3543},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3543}
}