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STEDT #5722

*wəy

LOAD
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This etymon bears a strong resemblance to the better attested #5445 PTB *wa(n/t) LOAD / BURDEN / TRANSPORT, although the Lahu form is not derivable from *-an.

Reflexes & cognates3 reflexes · 2 subgroups

6.1.2.2Central Loloish2

Lahu (Lancang)vɯ³¹ clf‘load (of firewood) on the back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0876.43

7Karenic1

Karenwi̱⁵⁵ clf‘load (of firewood) on the back’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0876.50

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5722, *wəy ‘LOAD’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5722
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: JAM
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5722,
  title  = {{*wəy 'LOAD'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5722},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5722}
}