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STEDT #5692

*m-prey

PLAY
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This etymon is attested in Chepang and abundantly in rGyalrongic. In Chepang, it appears without a nasal prefix, while in rGyalrongic, it is prefixed in virtually all dialects. (This etymology is due to Liberty Lidz.)

Reflexes & cognates42 reflexes · 2 subgroups

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang3

Chepangpray.sāmorpheme v‘play (an instrument)’Hale 73 CSD: 11b1.07
Chepangprəyh- vi.‘flap limb, move or perform with fingers, swim, play flute’Caughley 00 Chepang
Chepangprəyh-samorpheme ‘play instrument’Caughley 72 CVoc: 11.B.1.7

3.3.1rGyalrong39

rGyalrong (Jinchuan Dusong)də³morphemenə³morphemembre⁵ ‘play’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0938
rGyalrong (Jinchuan Cengda)də³morphemenə⁵morphemembre³ ‘play’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0938
rGyalrongkaprefix mbri ‘play’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 680.12
rGyalrong (Maerkang Bola (B))kǝ22prefix nǝm33morpheme bri33 ‘play’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0938
rGyalrong (Maerkang)kɑprefix mbri v.‘play / amuse oneself’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1703.11
rGyalrong (Jinchuan Wanlin Xilizhai)kə³prefix◦nə⁵morpheme◦mbrej³ ‘play’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0938
rGyalrong (Jinchuan Kalajiao)kəprefix◦nəmorpheme◦'mbre ‘play’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0938
rGyalrong (Maerkang Zhuokeji Xisuo)kəprefix◦nəmorpheme◦'ᵐbre ‘play’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0938
rGyalrong (Jinchuan Manai Genza)ta³prefix◦nə³morpheme◦mbre⁵ ‘play’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0938
rGyalrong (Baoxing Qiaoqi Leilecun Duoguozu)tə22prefix◦mbri44 ka22morphemepa22morpheme ‘play’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0938
rGyalrong (Jinchuan Hedong)tə³prefix◦nə³morpheme◦mbre³⁵ ‘play’Nagano 2013 rGyDB: 0938

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5692, *m-prey ‘PLAY’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5692
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: LL
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5692,
  title  = {{*m-prey 'PLAY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5692},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5692}
}