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STEDT #5780

*s-lak ⪤ *s-laŋ

BRIDGE / LADDER / STAIRS
Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*hlaak ‘LADDER / STAIRS’PKC #1112

Connections

Allofams

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 10 subgroups

1.1.1.1Western Tani2

Miri, Hilldamorphemeloŋ ‘bridge’Simon 76 Miri
Nishingsamorpheme-lek ‘bridge (single cane-line)’Das Gupta 69 Daf

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2

Damulak-go#260 PTB *m-gam ‘LADDER / RAMP’ ‘bridge (made of cane-rope)’Sun J 93 Tani
Milangdomorphemeloŋ ‘bridge’Tayeng 76 Mil

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinhlaak ‘LADDER / STAIRS’VanBik 09 PKC: 1112

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Thadoláy làʔ ‘ladder, stairs’VanBik 09 PKC: 1112

1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin1

Cho (Mindat)hlak-kum ‘ladder, stairs’VanBik 09 PKC: 1112

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lai (Hakha)hlây-hlaak ‘ladder, stairs’VanBik 09 PKC: 1112

1.2.4“Old Kuki”1

Sorbungʔəprefixláak ‘ladder’Mortensen 11 Sorbung: Implements.026

1.7.1.3Koch1

Atongdomorphemelong n‘bridge’van Breugel 08 Atong

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1

Limbumorphemerɔŋ ‘bridge’Michailovsky 89 Lm

4Nungic4

Nungluŋ³¹dɔn⁵³morpheme n‘ladder’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0582.21
Anongluŋ³¹dɔn⁵³morpheme ‘ladder’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 456.44
Rawanglɔŋ³¹ CL‘CL (non-rope bridge)’LaPolla 03: 899
Trung [Dulong] (Nujiang)lɑŋ³¹dɔn⁵³morpheme ‘ladder’Sun H 82 Dul

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5780, *s-lak ⪤ *s-laŋ ‘BRIDGE / LADDER / STAIRS’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5780
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5780,
  title  = {{*s-lak ⪤ *s-laŋ 'BRIDGE / LADDER / STAIRS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5780},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5780}
}