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STEDT #5772

*m-ga

HELP / PITCH IN

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Loloish*N-k(r)a³/¹ ‘HELP’

Reflexes & cognates33 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphogā n.‘laborer called for joint or communal work’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 163

6.1.2Loloish2

Lahu has a doublet here: ga from *m-ga³ ⪤ kà from *gra¹.

*Loloishgra³ ‘help’Bradley 79 PLo: 696

*Loloishgra³ v.‘help’Bradley 79 PLo: 779

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish3

Laloga ‘help’Björverud 94

Yi (Nanjian)gɑ³³ ‘help’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 699.23

Yi (Weishan)gɑ³³ ‘help’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1140.36

6.1.2.2Central Loloish27

Lahu (Lancang)gɑ³³ ‘help’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1140.43

Lahu (Black)gᴀ³³ ‘help’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 699.33

Lahu (Black)kà v.‘assist, help’Matisoff 88 DL: 326

Lahu (Yellow)ga¹ ‘help’Chang 86

Lisu (Northern)dʑa²¹wa²¹morphemehwa³³morpheme V‘ask for help’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)dʑa⁴⁴ N‘help’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)dʑa⁴⁴ læ²¹morphemehɔ³³morpheme ‘help each other’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Central)ja³ ‘assist’Fraser 22

Lisu (Central)ja³ v.‘help’Fraser 22

Lisu (Northern)je³³morphemedʑa³³ ‘cooperate; aid; help’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)je³³morphemedʑa³³ mɔ³³morphemedʑa³³morpheme ‘help each other’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ni³³morphemedʑa³³ mu³³morphemedʑa³³morpheme ‘take care of; help; protect; preserve’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)pi⁵⁵morphemedʑa⁴⁴ ‘help to carry; undertake’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Central)pjø⁵⁵morphemedʑa⁴⁴ ‘help to carry; undertake’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ta³³morphemedʑa³³ V‘help; assist; subsidise’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)tɔ³⁵morphemedʑa³³ ‘assist; support; support with hand; persist’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)tɔ³⁵morphemedʑa³³ læ²¹morphemehɔ³³morpheme ‘support each other; help each other’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)wa²¹morphemedʑa³³ ‘help in work; help each other’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)wa²¹morphemedʑɔ⁴⁴ ‘exchange labour (form of mutual help)’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Central)ye³morpheme ja³ ‘assist’Fraser 22

Lisu (Northern)zø²¹morphemedʑa³³ ‘help; assist; support’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Northern)ɕa³⁵morphemegɔ²¹ ‘help to do something’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Central)ɲi³³morphemedʑa³³ mu³³morphemedʑa³³ ‘take care of; help; protect; preserve’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisuʑi³³morphemedʑɑ³³ ‘help’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1140.40

Lisuʒe³³morphemedʒɑ³³ ‘help’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 699.27

Yi (Sani)m̩³³morphemekɒ³³ ‘help’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1140.39

Yi (Sani)pɒ⁴⁴morphemegɒ³³ ‘help’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 1140.39

6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish2

Pholaɣɑ³¹morphemetɛ³³morphemeɡɑ³³ ‘help’Pelkey 11 Phula: 767

Phuzaɡa¹³bi³³morpheme ‘help’Pelkey 11 Phula: 767

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5772, *m-ga ‘HELP / PITCH IN’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5772

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5772,
  title  = {{*m-ga 'HELP / PITCH IN'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5772},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5772}
}