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STEDT #5792

*g-sa(ŋ)

GOD / CREATOR

Proto-Tibeto-Burman · provisional

Notes

The cognacy of the Konyak form is uncertain.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 5 subgroups

1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang1

Konyakkawang ‘God’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho1

Jingphokərài#658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’Allofams1 #1821 PTB *s/g-ray ⪤ *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD’1a #449 PTB *g-ray ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1b #658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’1c #450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1d #5495 PTB *s-ray ‘PLURALIZER’(-kəsāŋ) ‘Creator’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 005

6.1.2Loloish1

*Loloishsa¹ ‘God’Bradley 79 PLo: 360-2

6.1.2.2Central Loloish4

Lisu (Northern)wu³³#658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’Allofams1 #1821 PTB *s/g-ray ⪤ *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD’1a #449 PTB *g-ray ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1b #658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’1c #450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1d #5495 PTB *s-ray ‘PLURALIZER’sa³³ N‘god’Bradley 94 Lisu

Lisu (Central)wu⁴#658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’Allofams1 #1821 PTB *s/g-ray ⪤ *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD’1a #449 PTB *g-ray ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1b #658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’1c #450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1d #5495 PTB *s-ray ‘PLURALIZER’-sa⁴ ‘God, the creator’Fraser 22

Lisuwu⁴#658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’Allofams1 #1821 PTB *s/g-ray ⪤ *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD’1a #449 PTB *g-ray ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1b #658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’1c #450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1d #5495 PTB *s-ray ‘PLURALIZER’sa⁴ ‘God’Bradley 79 PLo: 360-1

Lisu (Northern)ɔ³³prefixsa³³ N‘God’Bradley 94 Lisu

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Akhagui#658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’Allofams1 #1821 PTB *s/g-ray ⪤ *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR / GOD’1a #449 PTB *g-ray ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1b #658 PTB *g-ray ‘GOD / CREATOR’1c #450 PTB *way ‘BE / COPULA / NOMINALIZER / SUBORDINATOR’1d #5495 PTB *s-ray ‘PLURALIZER’ shah ̬ ‘god’Bradley 79 PLo: 360

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5792, *g-sa(ŋ) ‘GOD / CREATOR’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5792

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

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5792,
  title  = {{*g-sa(ŋ) 'GOD / CREATOR'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5792},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5792}
}