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STEDT #5384

*(g/k)ay

PLANT
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Northern Naga/Konyakian*C-ga(ː)y ‘SOW’

Notes

Jingpho has a doublet khái and gat, with the latter showing a suffix -t. The same suffixal element occurs in Nocte khet and a khiet.

Reflexes & cognates19 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

*Tibeto-Burmangay ⪤ kay v‘plant’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 590
*Tibeto-Burmankay ⪤ *gay ‘plant’LaPolla 87: 10
*Tibeto-Burmankay ⪤ gay v.‘plant’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 114

1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1

1.3.3Zeme Group2

Liangmeimarukmorpheme-khai v‘sow’Marrison 67 Naga
Liangmeimarukmorpheme-khai v.‘sow’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 114

1.7.1.1Bodo8

Bodogáy v‘plant’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodogáy ‘plant’LaPolla 87: 10
Bodogay◦ráymorpheme v‘plant carefully’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodogay◦sóngmorpheme ‘transplant; erect the first housepost’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 114
Bodogay◦sóŋmorpheme v‘transplant’Bhat 68 Boro

1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian3

*Northern NagaC̬-gay v.‘sow’French 83: 555
*Northern NagaC̬-gaːy v.‘sow’French 83: 555

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Changkie v‘sow’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho7

Jingphokhái ‘plant seed’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 114
Jingphokhai⁵⁵ v‘plant’Liu 84
Jingphokhai⁵⁵ ‘plant’LaPolla 87: 10
Jingphokhai⁵⁵ v.‘plant (trees)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1774.19
Jingphokhai⁵⁵ v.‘plant / raise (wheat)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1801.19
Jingphokhai⁵⁵ v‘plant’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 598.47

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5384, *(g/k)ay ‘PLANT’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5384
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: p. 209
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5384,
  title  = {{*(g/k)ay 'PLANT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5384},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5384}
}