*toy

PROPITIATE / APPEASE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This etymon was reconstructed as “*toy or *tway“ in GSTC #122.

Reflexes & cognates2 reflexes · 3 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmantoy ormorpheme tway ‘propitiate / appease’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 229

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lushai [Mizo]ˋthoi ‘offer a sacrifice / utter an incantation for one who is ill’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 122

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphotòi ‘propitiate (as certain kinds of spirits)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 122

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5441, *toy ‘PROPITIATE / APPEASE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5441

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

References: cf. HPTB p. 229

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5441,
  title  = {{*toy 'PROPITIATE / APPEASE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5441},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5441}
}