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STEDT #5019

*lay

FIELD (paddy)
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Notes

It is possible that the Kuki-Chin forms are loans from Burmese.

There is a similar-looking Tai root: cf. Siamese râj.

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 4 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin2

Cho (Mindat)lai ‘paddy field’VanBik 09 PKC: 1019
Khumiliee ‘paddy field’VanBik 09 PKC: 1019

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)lây ‘paddy field’VanBik 09 PKC: 1019
Lushai [Mizo]lěi lèt v‘engage in wet-rice cultivation’VanBik 09 PKC: 1019

6.1.1Burmish2

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5019, *lay ‘FIELD (paddy)’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5019
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PKC #1019
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5019,
  title  = {{*lay 'FIELD (paddy)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5019},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5019}
}