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STEDT #4135

*pay

CARRY (close to the body) / BE PREGNANT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*paay ⪤ *pooy ‘ CONCEIVE / CARRY (close to the body)’

Notes

This root is well established in Kuki-Chin and Jingpho-Asakian.

Reflexes & cognates17 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinpaay ⪤ pooy ‘CONCEIVE / CARRY (close to the body)’VanBik 09 PKC: 135

1.2.1.1Northern Chin3

Thadopáay-I, pày-II ‘carry something on the side of the body’VanBik 09 PKC: 135
Tiddimpaːi² v‘conceive, to carry something on one's body covered by something (e.g. carry in a pocket or under the shirt)’VanBik 09 PKC: 135
Tiddimpaːi¹ v‘conceive; carry something on one's body covered by’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1350

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)pâay ⪤ pôoy-I, pǎay ⪤ pǒoy-II v‘conceive, be pregnant (i.e. carry child)’VanBik 09 PKC: 135
Lai (Falam)páay-I pàay-II ‘conceive, carry (close to body)’VanBik 09 PKC: 135
Lushai [Mizo]pǎi v‘conceive, to have in one's inside or below the skin’VanBik 09 PKC: 135
Lushai [Mizo]pai v‘conceive; have one's inside or below the skin’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 2762

1.7.3.1Jingpho5

Jingphophai³³ ‘carry on shoulder’Liu 84
Jingphophai³³ v.‘shoulder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1473.19
Jingphophai³³ v.‘lift up / carry’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1659.19
Jingphophai³³ v.‘carry (sthg.) with a pole on t’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1676.19
Jingphophai³³ ‘carry on shoulder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 593.47

1.7.3.2Asakian5

Gananpʻe² v.‘carry on shoulder’Luce 85: L.259
Kadu (Kantu)pʻɛ³ v.‘carry on shoulder’Luce 85: L.259
Sakphé ‘carry on shoulder’Huziwara 08 Sak: 207-1
Sak (Bawtala)pʻe³ v.‘carry on shoulder’Luce 85: L.259
Sak (Bawtala)pʻe¹ v.‘carry on shoulder’Luce 85: L.259

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4135, *pay ‘CARRY (close to the body) / BE PREGNANT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4135
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. PKC #135
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-4135,
  title  = {{*pay 'CARRY (close to the body) / BE PREGNANT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4135},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4135}
}