*lal

CHIEF / BOSS / LORD

Proto-Kuki-Chin · provisional

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinlal VanBik 09 PKC: 1002

1.2.1.1Northern Chin2

Paitelal ‘chief, lord, aristocrat’VanBik 09 PKC: 1002

Thadolal ‘boss’VanBik 09 PKC: 1002

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Asholán ‘chief’VanBik 09 PKC: 1002

1.2.2Central Chin3

Lai (Hakha)lâl ‘chief, lord (only in names, e.g. Lal Ceu, meaning "shining chief")’VanBik 09 PKC: 1002

Lai (Falam)lǎl ‘chief, lord’VanBik 09 PKC: 1002

Lushai [Mizo]lál n‘chief, or chieftainess, a sovereign, a monarch, a rajah or ranee’VanBik 09 PKC: 1002

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5002, *lal ‘CHIEF / BOSS / LORD’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5002

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

References: PKC #1002

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5002,
  title  = {{*lal 'CHIEF / BOSS / LORD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5002},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5002}
}