STEDT
STEDT #5777

*ʔlak

YOUTH / YOUNG PERSON
Proto-Lolo-Burmese · provisional

Reflexes & cognates10 reflexes · 4 subgroups

6.1Lolo-Burmese3

*Lolo-Burmeseʔ-lakᴸ ‘youth (youngster)’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 599
*Lolo-Burmeseʔlak GD 52‘youth / young person’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 177
*Lolo-Burmeseʔlak ‘youth / young person’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 177

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishʔ-lakᴸ ‘bachelor?’Bradley 79 PLo: 159

6.1.2.1Northern Loloish1

Luquanhla 55c ‘youth / young person’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 177

6.1.2.2Central Loloish10

Ahilie 55 ~ liɛ 55 ‘youth / young person’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 177
Kucongtshu33morpheme la55 zʌ31morpheme ‘youth’Dai 09 Kucong
*Common Lahuhaˉˉ ‘bachelor’Bradley 79 PLo: 159
Lisura5morpheme-gu4morpheme-lá1 ‘youth’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 177
Lisura5morpheme-mrghʻ5morpheme-lá1 ‘maid’Matisoff 72 LTSR: 177
Lisu (Central)ra⁵morpheme-gu⁴morpheme-lá¹ (ra⁵morpheme) ‘youth’Fraser 22
Lisu (Central)ra⁵morpheme-mrghʼ⁵morpheme-lá¹-ra⁵ n.‘maid’Fraser 22

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5777, *ʔlak ‘YOUTH / YOUNG PERSON’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5777
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: LTSR 177
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5777,
  title  = {{*ʔlak 'YOUTH / YOUNG PERSON'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5777},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5777}
}