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STEDT #5446

*hla

SONG
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*hlaa ‘SONG’PKC #1122
Tangkhulic*hla ‘SONG’DRM#755

Notes

This root seems to be confined to the NE Indian Areal group.

Reflexes & cognates19 reflexes · 6 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin6

Sizanglā ‘song, melody’VanBik 09 PKC: 1122
Thadolá ‘hymn / song’Thirumalai 72: 60
Thadollá ‘song’Thirumalai 72: 67
Tiddimla¹ ‘song, melody’VanBik 09 PKC: 1122

1.2.2Central Chin5

Lai (Hakha)hlâa ‘song, hymn’VanBik 09 PKC: 1122
Lushai [Mizo]hlǎa n‘song, a hymn, a poem, poetry, vocal music, chant, psalm, sonnet’VanBik 09 PKC: 1122

1.2.3Maraic1

Lakher [Mara]hlá ‘song, chant, hymn’VanBik 09 PKC: 1122

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

1.3.4Tangkhulic7

Huishuʔamorpheme-le-se-kʰe ‘sing’Mortensen 12 Tk: Verbs.085
Ukhrulla-semmorpheme ‘poem; laa 'song' + ?’Mortensen 12 Tk

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5446, *hla ‘SONG’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5446
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5446,
  title  = {{*hla 'SONG'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5446},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5446}
}