*ray

THINGS / STUFF

Notes

This root is part of a large word family revolving around a copular morpheme #1821 PTB *s/g-ray ⪤ *way BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD. See GSTC pp. 54-64.

Reflexes & cognates1 reflex · 2 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanray n‘things / stuff’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 209, 212

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lahu (Black)têmorpheme g̈ɨ̀ ‘large number / mass / bunch’Matisoff 88 DL: 1150

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5553, *ray ‘THINGS / STUFF’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5553

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

References: cf. HPTB pp. 209, 212

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5553,
  title  = {{*ray 'THINGS / STUFF'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5553},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5553}
}