*phaʔ

SPREAD / STRETCH

Chinese comparandum

敷 OC *p’i̯wo, GSR #102t’ ‘spread out; widely, extensively’; Schuessler 2007:173 *pha; B & S 2011: *pʰa {pʰ(r)a}; Mand. fū.
布 OC *pwo, GSR #102j-l ‘spread (mat); display; announce; disperse’; Schuessler 2007:173 *pâh; B & S 2011: *pˁa-s; Mand. bù.
博 OC *pɑ̂k, GSR #771a-c ‘wide; ample’; Schuessler 2007:173 *pâk; B & S 2011: *pˁak; Mand. bó.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinphaʔ VanBik 09 PKC: 356

1.2.1.1Northern Chin4

Thadophàa-I, phàt-II ‘spread out cloth (e.g. on floor, bed, table)’VanBik 09 PKC: 356

Tiddimpha?³ v‘spread a flat object [e.g. a mattress]’Bhaskararao 96 CDB: 1429

Tiddimphaʔ³ ‘spread a flat object (e.g. a mattress)’VanBik 09 PKC: 356

Tiddimphaʔ³ ‘spread a flat object ...’Bhaskararao 94 TCV

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)phah v‘spread’VanBik 09 PKC: 356

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)phaʔ-INV ‘spread, stretch out (as a blanket on the ground)’VanBik 09 PKC: 356

Lushai [Mizo]phàh v‘spread (as cloth, etc), to place flat on the ground’VanBik 09 PKC: 356

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #4356, *phaʔ ‘SPREAD / STRETCH’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4356

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

References: PKC #356

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-4356,
  title  = {{*phaʔ 'SPREAD / STRETCH'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #4356},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/4356}
}