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STEDT #3564

*d-ra-t

CUT / SLASH

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*d-ra-t ‘cut’p. 145

Notes

This etymon bears some resemblance to #2615 PTB *riːt REAP / SCRAPE / SHAVE / CUT / SEVER, but should be kept distinct.

Chinese comparandum

剌 OC *lɑ̂t, GSR #272a ‘wicked; cut, hurt’; Schuessler 2007:342 *rât; B & S 2011: *rˁat (~*C.rˁat ?); Mand. là.
割 OC *kɑ̂t, GSR #314d-e ‘cut, harm’; Schuessler 2007:252 *kât; B & S 2011: *Cə-kˁat; Mand. gē.
害 OC *g’ɑ̂d, GSR #314a-b ‘injure; harm’; Schuessler 2007:252 *gâts; B & S 2011: *m-kˁat-s; Mand. hài.
犗 OC *kɑd, GSR #314c ‘castrate’; Schuessler 2007:252 *krâts; B & S 2011: *kˁrat-s; Mand. jiè.

Reflexes & cognates25 reflexes · 11 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmand-ra-t ‘cut’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 609

*Tibeto-Burmanra ‘cut’Benedict 72 STC: 458

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

Ao (Chungli)a³prefix-ɹu¹ v.‘reap’Bruhn 14 SuppCN

1.7.1.1Bodo4

Dimasara ‘cut, chop’LaPolla 87: 169

Dimasara ‘cut, reap, pine away’Benedict 72 STC: 458

Kokborokra ‘saw, slice, cut’Tripuri 88

Kokborokra-šɔmorpheme ‘slice through’Tripuri 88

1.7.1.2Garo3

Garora ⪤ rat ‘cut’Benedict 72 STC: 458

Garora~rat ‘cut, chop’LaPolla 87: 169

Garo (Bangladesh)rat-amorpheme vt‘cut; cut by slicing’Burling 03 Garo: 9.573-II:idx

2.1.2.1Tibetan4

Tibetan (Written)dra v‘cut (with knife)’Marrison 67 Naga

Tibetan (Written)dra ‘cut (paper, cloth)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1167.01

Tibetan (Written)dra-bamorpheme ‘cut, clip, lop, dress, prune’LaPolla 87: 169

Tibetan (Written)dra-bamorpheme ‘cut, clip, lop, dress, prune, pare’Benedict 72 STC: 458

Trung [Dulong] (Dulonghe)a³¹morpheme xraat⁵⁵ ‘cut, chop’LaPolla 87: 169

Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)a³¹morpheme xrat⁵⁵ ‘cut, chop’LaPolla 87: 169

6.1.1Burmish3

Burmese (Written)hrá ‘wound by a slight cut’LaPolla 87: 169

Burmese (Written)hrá n.‘wound by a slight cut’Benedict 72 STC: 458

Burmese (Written)hraʼ ‘wound by a slight cut’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Yi (Nanjian)ɣɯ̱²¹ ‘cut’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 601.23

7Karenic2

Kayan (Pekon)rè Vtr‘cut with scissors’Manson 10 Kayan

Kayan (Pekon)tʰà#6365 PTB *l-tsyak ‘IRON / IRON INSTRUMENT’PKar *thaɁᴰ ‘IRON’PKar *th(á/a)ʔ ‘IRON / NEEDLE’◦rè N‘scissors [lit. iron-cut]’Manson 10 Kayan

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #3564, *d-ra-t ‘CUT / SLASH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3564

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

References: cf. STC#458, HPTB p.145

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-3564,
  title  = {{*d-ra-t 'CUT / SLASH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #3564},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/3564}
}