*s/ʔ-(l/r)way

DIVERT / PUSH ASIDE

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reflexes & cognates8 reflexes · 4 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmans/ʔ-lway ⪤ s/ʔ-rway ‘divert / cast off / push aside’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 101

*Tibeto-Burmans/ʔ-lway ⪤ s/ʔ-rway ‘divert / push aside’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 600

1.5Mikir [Karbi]1

Mikir [Karbi]sēy ‘make a way by parting (e.g. grass); dispel; clear (as the sky)’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 101

6.1.1Burmish6

Burmese (Written)hlwâi n.‘go out of one's way, turn aside; outlet by side of reservoir’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 101

Burmese (Written)hrâi ‘make an opening in a crowd by scattering ion both sides’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 101

Burmese (Written)lwâi be v.‘out of the way; vary’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 101

Burmese (Written)ywai be v.‘drawn aside, distorted, awry’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 101

Burmese (Written)ʔəlwâi ‘contrariwise’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 101

Burmese (Written)ʔəywai ‘contrariwise’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 101

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lahu (Black)hē~hī ‘cast off (as a snake's skin); push aside (as over-hanging plants from one's path)’The very low tone of the Lahu reflex points to a PLB Tone 2 etymon with *glottalized initial.Matisoff 85 GSTC: 101

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #550, *s/ʔ-(l/r)way ‘DIVERT / PUSH ASIDE’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/550

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

References: HPTB p.214

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-550,
  title  = {{*s/ʔ-(l/r)way 'DIVERT / PUSH ASIDE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #550},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/550}
}