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STEDT #5458

*gra

LONG (TIME)
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This etymology, so far supported only in WB and OC, is due to Gong (2001:26).

Chinese comparandum

遐 OC *gʼå, GSR #33j ‘far, distant, long (time)’; B & S 2011: *gˤra {[g]ˤra}; Mand. xiá.

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

1.7.3.2Asakian1

Sakkrɨ́ vi‘long’Huziwara 08 Sak: 328

6.1.1Burmish1

Burmese (Written)kra be v.‘long ( in doing, in time )’Benedict 76 WBur

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish2

Nusu (Bijiang)khɹɯ³⁵ ‘classifier for long objects’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 953.45
Nusu (Northern)kɹə̱³⁵ ‘long’Sun J 86 Nusu

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)gʼå ‘far, distant’Karlgren 57 GSR: 33j
Chinese (Old)gˤra {[g]ˤra} ‘distant’BaxterSagart 2011: 3022

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5458, *gra ‘LONG (TIME)’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5458
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5458,
  title  = {{*gra 'LONG (TIME)'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5458},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5458}
}