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*nay

COPULA / BE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reflexes & cognates26 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.3“Naga” Areal Group1

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)1

1.3.3Zeme Group1

2.1.2Bodic3

Tshona (Wenlang)ȵi³⁵ ‘exist / be present’Lu 86 CuoM
Tshona (Mama)neʔ¹³ ‘exist / be present’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 748.6
Cuona Menbaneʔ³⁵ v.‘be (in the house)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1775.06

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchanyí~nyímmorpheme v.‘be’Plaisier 07 Lepcha

3.2Qiangic1

Muyani⁵³ v.‘be (3rd person)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1628.15

6.1.1Burmish10

Achang (Lianghe)nɑi⁵⁵ ‘exist / be present’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Lianghe)ȵ̥ɛʔ⁵⁵ ‘be / copula’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Longchuan)ni⁵⁵ v.‘be (in the house)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1775.28
Achang (Longchuan)ni⁵⁵ ‘exist / be present’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 748.41
Achang (Longchuan)ȵ̥eʔ⁵⁵ ‘be / copula’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 733.41
Achang (Luxi)ȵi³¹ ‘exist / be present’Dai 85 AcJZ
Achang (Xiandao)nai⁵⁵ v.‘be (in the house)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1775.29
Atsi [Zaiwa]ŋji⁵¹ v.‘be (in the house)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1775.30
Atsi [Zaiwa]ŋji⁵¹ ‘exist / be present’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 748.42

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish5

Nusu (Northern)ni³¹ ‘exist / be present’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Southern)ni⁵⁵ ‘exist / be present’Sun J 86 Nusu
Nusu (Central)ȵi³³ v.‘be (in the house)’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1775.34
Nusu (Bijiang)ȵi³⁵ ‘exist / be present’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 748.45
Yi (Liangshan)ȵi³³ ‘encased; exist (of a component part)’Ma 08 Yi: index

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Lisuȵɛ³⁵ ‘exist / be present’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 748.27

6.2Naxi2

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5741, *nay ‘COPULA / BE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5741
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: JAM
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5741,
  title  = {{*nay 'COPULA / BE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5741},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5741}
}