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STEDT #5700

*pil

FOLD
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Intermediate reconstructions

Tani*pil ‘FOLD (v.t.)’JS-HCST: 231
Kuki-Chin*ɓil ‘FOLD’PKC #28

Notes

The Lepcha cognate bíl makes it possible to reconstruct this root at the PTB level.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 7 subgroups

1.1.1Tani1

*Tanipil v.t.‘fold’Sun J 93 HCST: 163

1.1.1.1Western Tani2

Apatani(pumorpheme-ljemorpheme) per v‘fold’Sun J 93 Tani
Apatanipumorpheme-ljemorpheme per v.t.‘fold’[Source note] rhyme!Sun J 93 HCST

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani1

Mishing [Miri]pir v.t.‘fold’Sun J 93 HCST

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Ashokʻutmorpheme- byaw ‘worship’VanBik 09 PKC: 28

1.2.2Central Chin2

Lai (Hakha)bîl-I, bǐl-II v‘fold (e.g. a sheet)’VanBik 09 PKC: 28
Lai (Falam)bíl-I, bìl-II v‘fold (e.g. a sheet)’VanBik 09 PKC: 28

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchabíl v.‘fold of cloth or paper’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5700, *pil ‘FOLD’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5700
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5700,
  title  = {{*pil 'FOLD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5700},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5700}
}